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GPIA Alumna Mary Robbins on the Economics of Paternity Leave

Alumna Mary E. Robbins recently co-authored an article for Time Magazine discussing the conflict around paternity leave in Brazil for city employees, which may be extended from 5 days to 30 days. The article reads: Many government officials at the local and federal level in Brazil… believe allowing 30 days of paternity leave will disrupt worker productivity and …

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GPIA Alumna Ashlee Tuttleman Designs Social Impact Programs Increasing Profits for Rwandan Coffee Farmers

Ashlee is the Social Enterprise Project Manager at Sustainable Harvest Rwanda, where she designs and implements social impact programs that improve information exchange among coffee origins and along the coffee supply chain. Programs she designs reinvest premiums earned through coffee processing back to the farmers.

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Romancing True Power: D20-Co-curated by Milano Associate Dean and Prof. Nina Khruschcheva

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Romancing True Power: D20 February 12 to 26, 2015 Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries 66 Fifth Avenue New York The D20 – modeled after the G20 group of the most industrialized nations – is a selective list of leaders from present and recent past, across continents and political systems, who, …

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2013 Uganda IFP Team Launches E-Book

Kampala-UgandaThe 2013 Uganda IFP team conducted thorough research while interning in the capital city of Kampala during the Summer of 2013. All IFP participants interned at Slum Dwellers International, a community based organization that works in the informal settlements and helps promote income generating activities, women’s rights and sustainable urban development.

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Alumni in the News: Ferney Giraldo GPIA ’14 receives Franklin H. Williams Award

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Originally from Colombia, Ferney Giraldo has spent over 10 years working in youth and family advocacy and community outreach, both in the U.S. and abroad. From 2008–10, Giraldo served as a Youth and Community Development Volunteer in Guatemala. He worked closely with the local Mayan K’iche community, facilitating life skills education and HIV/AIDS awareness workshops for students, teachers, …

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