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ENOUGH: by the women of Haiti. Thank you to everyone who tuned into the Dec. 20 video premiere. Enough: by the women of Haiti is a documentary highlighting the Security and Sensitization Project in the Place Petion Camp in Port au Prince Haiti. This video was produced by the Goldin Institute in partnership with the Institute for… Continue reading Community Driven Solutions for Ending Gender-Based Violence

  Our colleauges in Colombia welcome the latest development in the ongoing peace negotiations and hope that this is a step in breaking the cycle of violence. BBC News outlines the details for peace talks between FARC and the government of Colombia to end the 48-year-old conflict.

Interested in learning more about the promise and peril of microcredit? The current debate about the efficacy of microfinance is marked by the absence of those who have most at stake in the controversy: loan recipients. The Goldin Institute is working to lift up these voices—most often marginalized women—and restore their perspectives, insights and aspirations… Continue reading Goldin Institute’s Travis Rejman Interviewed on Worldview

The Goldin Institute believes that one of the most effective ways to further our mission and bring greater awareness to the global community issues we are working towards solving is to make use of the best tools that today’s technology has to offer. Much of our work is done on a personal and direct level… Continue reading Goldin Advances Digital Storytelling Project

Children Living in Conflict-Torn Region Would Benefit Directly From Proposed “Peace School” As part of her ongoing work in Mindanao, Global Associate Dr. Susana Salvador-Anayatin hosted the Adopt a School of Peace summit in Cotabato City, Philippines on Mar. 23, 2011. Community leaders are engaging government officials, teachers, members of the military, former child soldiers… Continue reading Philippines Update: Adopt a School of Peace Summit

Community Based Oral Testimony Rethinking Research from the Perspective of Community Experience In debates on development, the voices of those it affects the most are often conspicuously absent.  Our strategy for bringing their voices back in was simple: we decided to ask them. We adopted a strategy known as “oral testimony” which relies on extended… Continue reading Community Based Oral Testimony