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India Leprosy Mission 3

Geopolitics in the Pacific heats up, global disability summit and more of Social Enterprises

Posted on 31 July 2018

+ How much do our members love us?

+ Geopolitics in the Pacific heats up

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo gave a keynote speech overnight, committing $113 million to new investments…
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Social enterprises, partnering with business and asylum seekers good for the economy

Posted on 24 July 2018

+ How much do our members love us?

+ CID opens the door to social enterprise

A huge CID welcome to our new member, The Ākina Foundation.  Ākina is well known to many…
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SDGs, new development fund, rule of law & refugees

SDGs, new development fund, rule of law & refugees

Posted on 10 July 2018

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+ New energy NGOs, business and government  to work on SDGs

"Expect to work together longer and more closely, get better at reporting and involve more local…
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EU & migrants, Syria, plastic bags and are you woke?

Posted on 03 July 2018

+ Off-shore migration centres for EU?

European Union leaders are exploring “controlled centers” inside Europe to assess migrants, and "regional disembarkment platforms” outside the bloc, likely in North Africa, according to Devex. They also agreed to…
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Refugees, US withdraws from human rights and new stats on the Pacific

Posted on 26 June 2018

+ A 'crime' to help refugees doesn't stop NGOs

Just after World Refugee Day, Hungary’s parliament passed a law that not only makes it almost impossible to seek asylum in Hungary, but also…
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World Refugee Day, Crisis in Yemen and Violence in PNG

Posted on 19 June 2018

+ By the time you read this newsletter 20 more people will be forced from their home
Tomorrow, June 20, is World Refugee Day.

On World Refugee Day, we commemorate the strength,…
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Nearly a million Syrians displaced in 2018 alone, Trump, Kim and the G7...

Posted on 12 June 2018

+ Nearly a million Syrians displaced in 2018 alone 
 Figures from the first 4 months of this year are the highest since war began in 2011, bringing the total number of internally displaced Syrians to 6.2…
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EU data legislation, more on safeguarding, menstruation, Trump and two Kims.

Posted on 05 June 2018

+ The EU's Data Protection law and its impact on New Zealand  

You may be noticing an avalanche of emails telling you that companies' online privacy policies had changed. The European GDPR (General Data…
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Why does only China do infrastructure, the SDGs, refugees and more

Posted on 29 May 2018

+ Well-being measures, the SDGs and trade deals

CID was very pleased to host Girol Karacaoglu at a CID Talk last week. He talked about the connection between the Government's new well-being measurements and the…
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Floods and cyclones in Africa and Asia, Russian ships in PNG, and emojis for disasters

Posted on 22 May 2018

+ Breathe out in the Pacific, inhale sharply in parts of Africa and Asia...   

As the cyclone season comes to an end in the Pacific and communities start to rebuild, climate extremes…
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