Elizabeth Dickinson
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Peoria City, IL, United States
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Lockdowns Produced a New Generation of Child Soldiers
In Colombia, armed groups have treated the pandemic as a recruitment opportunity. → Read More
Opinion: To End The Drug War, Help Coca Farmers Find A Way Out
U.S. policy has focused on eradicating the crop used for making cocaine in Colombia. Here's why farmers keep replanting it. → Read More
The Woman Shattering Saudi Arabia's Glass Ceiling
Long before Saudi women learned they will be able to drive, the country entrusted its financial market to a woman. → Read More
Frontline workers push Guinea worm disease to the brink of eradication
Three decades after it began, the campaign to end Guinea worm disease is reaching its last mile, with just 25 cases so far this year. Frontline workers told Devex how they did it, from village to village. → Read More
Amid a Saudi Purge, Women Face the Test of a Lifetime
As the kingdom experiences momentous change, women are keenly aware that the weight of history is on their shoulders. → Read More
Q&A: Saudi Arabia as a new social impact investor in Africa
Emerging market fund managers and development officials were among the 3,500 guests who came to Riyadh this week to find out what opporutnities Saudi Arabia's newly launched sovereign wealth fund could offer for the continent. Michelle Essomé, CEO of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, tells Devex how the continent can find new opportunities for impact. → Read More
Saudi Arabia Is Betting Its Future on a Desert Megacity
Can Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious plans jumpstart social and economic reform, or are they an expensive miscalculation? → Read More
Exclusive: MSF cuts cholera operation from Yemen as cases diminish
Seeing a declining caseload, Médecins Sans Frontières will roll back its cholera operations in Yemen. The country continues to face a host of health challenges. → Read More
Q&A: How humanitarian crises are reshaping emergency mental health care
Ahead of World Mental Health Day on October 10, Devex sat down with Dr. Gregory Keane, mental health referent in the Middle East at Médecins Sans Frontières, to discuss the challenges of addressing the scale of psychological and psychiatric needs across the region. → Read More
Exclusive: Inside Alwaleed Philanthropies' new global strategy
After four decades of acting mostly as a funding source, Alwaleed Philanthropies is launching a new approach that will see the foundation play a far more active role in building partnerships and joint ventures. Secretary General Princess Lamia bint Majid Al Saud gives Devex an exclusive look inside what to expect — and how to partner with them. → Read More
The King Hands Over the Car Keys
How Saudi women finally grabbed the wheel from the country's religious conservatives. → Read More
Making the refugee crisis 'cool' for business
Business leaders have an opportunity and an obligation to step up on refugee integration, at a time when global politics is moving in the opposite direction, a high-profile group of executives said at the Tent Foundation's UNGA side event on Thursday. → Read More
Venezuela needs humanitarian planning now, say opposition officials
Key opposition figures and regional government leaders have told Devex that the international community needs to begin making contingency plans now to deal with a spiraling humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. In the absence of government efforts, these aid organizations could consider building connections with elected opposition officials. → Read More
Exclusive: Abu Dhabi to launch campaign to reach 'last mile' on preventable disease
Together with the Gates Foundation and the Carter Center, Abu Dhabi is set to host a forum in November that will launch an expanded role for the emirate as a leader in pushing for an end to neglected tropical diseases. The event marks an emerging philanthropic strategy for Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince. → Read More
UN reform, Trump, the SDGs, and moonshots: 6 things to watch at Global Goals Week
There is plenty to discuss in New York next week as international delegations arrive for Global Goals Week: A new reform-minded U.N. chief, an unpredictable American president, and humanitarian crises worldwide. Meanwhile, emerging technologies and the private sector promise radical visions of completely new models of development. → Read More
Banking conflict exacerbates Yemen's cholera and famine
Underpinning a catastrophic cholera crisis and near-famine conditions is something even more fundamental: Yemen is out of cash. The Central Bank of Yemen now sits at the heart of the country's political crisis, leaving civil servants unpaid and an entire social safety net in collapse. → Read More
Why was the cholera vaccine shipment to Yemen cancelled?
Public health experts assessed the cholera vaccine would have little impact in controlling an outbreak that is growing quickly. A botched campaign, they feared, could jeopardize the neutrality and efficacy of future humanitarian interventions. → Read More
Key insights for organizations providing WASH services in conflict
Everyone in the sector agrees there is a gap in emergency WASH services. Experts from Médecins Sans Frontières share recommendations for how to improve it. → Read More
With limited aid, Yemen cholera 'getting worse every day'
By the time cholera struck Yemen, its coping mechanisms were exhausted. Public services have collapsed to an extent that it could take months or longer to contain the outbreak. → Read More
Mohammed bin Salman Will Rule Saudi Arabia for Another 50 Years
What the elevation of the young crown prince — now successor to the throne — means for the Middle East. → Read More