Leadership: A constructive rebel bucks hierarchy
New York — The highlights reel of Dennis Jett’s foreign-service career would screen like an action film – saving journalists from warlords, calling out…
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Leadership: For this non-profit organization, leaving was leading
New York — Successful mavericks can have more in common than vision: Often, they’re obsessed. Their drive keeps them focused and convinces others to…
Read MoreViolence erupts on eve of #Liberia elections (breaking w/ field reporting & aggregation)
Here’s what we seem to know at around 10:45 eastern time this morning: Al Jazeera (AJE) is reporting three people dead, based on their correspondent’s…
Read MoreGoodbye to a great Great Lakes emissary
The Associated Press reported last night that former US Congressman and, later, Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe died on Tuesday. Congressman Wolpe had…
Read MoreWant a doctor to deliver your baby? In Uganda, you have to sue for that
When the good guys are also bad guys
The Globe & Mail has an article today about abuses by Libyan rebels (h/t @geoffreyyork). I think it’s a good piece, and if you’ll indulge…
Read More“Order of Ghastliness”: This week in Numbers Masquerading as Meaningful
When I and others wrote recently about a problematic study allegedly clarifying the number of women raped in Congo, there was a common refrain…
Read MoreNobel Women’s Initiative takes on sexual violence
The Nobel Women’s Initiative, which is exactly what you think it is, is taking up the cause of ending sexual violence in war. Tall…
Read MoreWhy you should go to church. At least, if you live in Kinshasa
Rape in the DRC: Now complete with statistics!
A few days ago, I got a press release about Congo, the first line of which is this: “A new study shows that women…
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