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

#HappeningNow Is Data Sexist? Questions (and Answers) about Advancing Gender Data #SIDUSConference 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.

#HappeningNow: We are hosting our next breakout session on Implementing the Global Fragility Act: From Strategy to Action! #SIDUSConference @USAID @USIP @Cargill 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

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.”

#HappeningNow Uprooted: Forced Migration in an Unstable World #SIDUSConference

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

#HappeningNow Challenges and Opportunities to Achieve Greater Health Equity in Healthy Systems with @katebuntingdc @NFBilimoria @jenkatesdc @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."

#HappeningNow: We are hosting our second learning lab of the day on Organizational Sustainability in the Age if Climate Change!

#SIDUSConference David Guier, Shengyin Xu, and Karl Erdmann are now sharing their thoughts on different sustainability initiatives organizations can use

#HappeningNow Working towards a Healthy, Prosperous, and Resilient Planet for All #SIDUSConference

Thank you to @crownagents, @Nathan_Inc, @Plan4Girls, @VTCALSGlobal, and @Ag_Productivity for sponsoring this event! “How do we practically ensure that we are empowering girls? We know that community engagement is very important. Once a community accepts something, it’s easier for vulnerable people, like girls, to express themselves and spread their wings without fear.” – @MaiMwonzora

HAPPENING NOW - Innovation Competition Finalist Panel “The financial impact of the CSP project is as follows. Local partners in Lebanon will save around $8.5 Million in the next 10 years. Municipalities who, because of currency devaluations, work on an annual budget of $10,000 will save up to $200,000.”

#HappeningNow Technology: The Great Equalizer for DEIA? #SIDUSConference "What I mean by a qualified interpreter is somebody who is rooted and immersed in the culture. We need more people that want to be involved in the community and excited to learn the language. Qualified doesn't just mean certified. – @corning_jason

#HappeningNow COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and the Path Forward with Nicole Grable, @angengere, @DrenGerguri, and Judes Jonathas @DrenGerguri: there are different motives for those spreading misinformation and malinformation, such as financial or political incentives

HAPPENING NOW - @DAIGlobal panel Practical Pathways To Localizing Aid: Can TWP Help Distinguish Appropriate Opportunities and Approaches “With aTWP thinking, we must be intentional to ensure that we empower local actors but also make sure USAID’s principles are being adhered to.”

#HappeningNow Understanding Local Perspectives on the Impact of Blended Finance on Development #SIDUSConference “1.7 billion people still need access to financial services. The guarantees are going to be essential to helping us maintain focus on social elements like climate change and gender inclusion.” – @AndreeSimon

HAPPENING NOW - DT Global sponsored panel on Climate Change, Conflict, and Wash: Improving Service Provision in an Unstable World “We must ensure adherence to SDG 6 requires that everyone has access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities”

HAPPENING NOW - The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on African Food Security with @DevWorks_Intl on the virtual platform! #SIDUSConference Moderator for today is Dr. Kimberly Flowers (CSIS) with Dr. Joseph Glauber (IFPRI), Dr. Bram Govaerts (CIMMYT), Tamzin Hudson (Africa Futures) and Dr. Apollo’s Nwafra (AGRA) as speakers

HAPPENING NOW: We are starting our virtual panel on Mobilizing Private Investment to Boost Economic Growth, Sustainable Employment in the Sahel! Thank you to @1977Creative for sponsoring this panel!

#HappeningNow Learning Lab: Social Media for Social Good with @Dante_Licona! #SIDUSConference As communications professionals, @Dante_Licona asks "Who are the audiences you care about? Are we serving our organizations or our audiences?"