@DrenGerguri: there are different motives for those spreading misinformation and malinformation, such as financial or political incentives
@angengere: We are now seeing a spillover of the spread of misinformation to different vaccine campaigns.
Judes Jonathas: there is a lot of tension in Haiti because of the rumors that spread before we knew much about COVID.
@angengere for fact-checkers, it's important to know where and how misinformation is spreading in order to address it.
Judes Jonathas: face-to-face communication is really important for some cultures to receive information directly from their local leaders - we need to talk about the science in our own language.
@DrenGerguri a model for quickly checking your resources asks, 1) who is the author; are they credible 2) is this piece being reported by other outlets; is it available elsewhere, 3) what are the other sources in the news - text, photos, or videos?
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HAPPENING NOW - Conversations with @DFCgov and @MCCgov Leadership
“We are focusing on gender equity and inclusion where we help finance local institutions who can bring capital to local female entrepreneurs. Likewise we are looking to help@close the digital divide in the developing world.” @DFCgov
“The US Nexus requirement being removed has allowed us to now directly finance partner companies allowing for a more significant impact” @DFCgov
Nisha Singh: I think data reflects a lot of the biases that society has. Not only is data sexist but sometimes when it's simplified, it can render people vulnerable by the label used.
Ryan Ubuntu Olson: as much as I respect data, it's not everything. I like to think of gender data as a prism, it's multi-faceted and gives us a better understanding of situations.
Olivier Girard: Needs to be a deliberate effort to make sure that diplomats can get out in the field as much as they can to engage and learn from communities #SIDUSConference
Robert Jenkins: We are going to all of you, your experience, your analysis... We are on this journey in implementing GFA together
We need to listen to local leaders, civil society, and local communities
HAPPENING NOW - @RTI_Intl panel, A Systems Approach to Climate Change Programming: Understanding Unintended Consequences and Achieving Transformative Change
“As practitioners we have to minimize the downside and at the same time maximize the upside of our actions, keeping in mind how these actions effect the system.”
“We must couple agricultural credit with our programming as an unintended consequence of climate change is a larger gap between higher capacity farmers with credit and cash reserves versus smaller scale farmers who don’t have the same economic capabilities.”
Thank you to @Chemonics for sponsoring this event!
“Most commonly, conflict instability and economic insecurity have been the driving push factors that we see in Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.” – Anna Slother
“While each conflict has been different, a similar level of basic services is needed in the immediate term followed by a longer term plan for relocation and, ideally, integration. For example, in Colombia, that’s what we’re seeing happen for Venezuelan migrants.” – Anna Slother
@jenkatesdc "Equity is not about equality, it's about ensuring that everyone has the same ability to access the same things. Equity requires work to get there."
@NFBilimoria "I think we can actually use a lot of the interventions we've learned from COVID response to be usable towards other important health activities."