Published on March 26th, 2020

Conserving Water During a Pandemic—How One DT Global Staff Member Met the Challenge

At a time when proper handwashing with soap and water is more important than ever to fight the spread of COVID-19, we are reminded of the scarcity of water for 2.7 billion people across the world. This scarcity is exacerbated by the impacts of climate change on water—the theme for this year’s World

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on March 16th, 2020

Fighting Water Scarcity During a Pandemic—A World Water Day Challenge

March 22 marks the annual UN World Water Day, highlighting the importance of freshwater for over 2 billion people without access to safe water and urging action to tackle the global water crisis. This year’s theme is water and climate change (worldwaterday.org)—how effective management of our global

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on March 9th, 2020

Gender and Social Inclusion in the Pacific Islands

DT Global works around the world to provide a continuum of support by delivering solutions across five principal development areas: economic growth, environment and infrastructure, human development, governance, and stabilization and transition. Through USAID’s Ready project, DT Global supports

Category: Environment & Infrastructure

Published on March 8th, 2020

DT Global Staff on Gender Equality: What It Is and Why It's Important

For International Women’s Day 2020, we reached out to our DT Global colleagues across the world to ask what gender equality means to them. We wanted to know how people think about gender equality, why it’s important, the challenges we all face in achieving it, and how we are helping to bring gender

Published on March 5th, 2020

Growing Opportunity and Peace for Women in North Darfur

Shagra, a small village located just north of El Fasher, North Darfur, is known for its high quality agricultural products, rich soil, and underground water reservoir. Despite this abundance, many women in this part of Darfur have experienced increased economic and social burdens as a result of the

Category: Conflict Prevention, Stabilization & Transition

Published on March 4th, 2020

A New Market Leads to Brighter Futures for Women in Afmadow

On International Women’s Day and every day, DT Global celebrates the innovation, leadership, and impact of women and women-owned businesses around the world. In Afmadow District, a poor economy, lack of economic opportunities, reoccurring droughts, and high unemployment rates among

Category: Conflict Prevention, Stabilization & Transition

Published on March 3rd, 2020

Mamma’s Laef: Celebrating Women-Owned Businesses on International Women’s Day

DT Global is proud to partner with and support a number of women-run and women-owned businesses throughout the Asia Pacific region and around the world. One of these incredible partners is Mamma’s Laef, supported by DT Global’s Asia Pacific office through the Scaling Frontier Innovation and Business

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on February 27th, 2020

Combating Malnutrition with Innovative LAUNCH Food Program

In the Asia Pacific region alone, nearly half a billion people are undernourished, and despite Sustainable Development Goal 2, focused on ending malnutrition by 2030, this number has grown in recent years. In addition to insufficient calories, a lack of diversity in food leads to micronutrient deficiencies and

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on February 25th, 2020

Pioneering New Approaches to Aid: Trends at the 2020 Australasian AID Conference

Bringing together international development researchers and practitioners from across the globe, the 2020 Australasian AID Conference brought to light insights across a range of topics, from health to innovative financing; rethinking civil society approaches to designing effective aid. DT Global was proud

Published on February 19th, 2020

Introducing the Tiye Angels: The First Women’s Angel Investment Network in Egypt

In December 2019, the Tiye Angel Investment Network made its formal debut. The network was launched by the USAID Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) project (implemented by DT Global) in partnership with Malaikah, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and

Category: Economic Growth & Trade

Published on February 13th, 2020

Local Problems, Local Solutions: Introducing the Sensus Analytical Framework

DT Global is excited to participate as a sponsor and speaker at the Australasian Aid Conference, February 17–19, 2020. The Australasian Aid conference brings together researchers from across Australia, the Pacific, Asia, and other countries to share insights on international development policy

Published on February 6th, 2020

From Our COPs: Q&A with Heidi Silvey on Community Engagement in Effective Stabilization Programming

Heidi Silvey is a leader in stabilization, transition, countering violent extremism, and rule of law programming with more than 17 years of experience in conflict, post-conflict, and emergency settings. She has worked on programs in across the Middle East, North and West Africa, Eastern Europe, and the

Category: Conflict Prevention, Stabilization & Transition

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