🗞️Our Regional Director Michelle Muschett talked to Elissa Miolene from Devex to discuss development challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Today we mark #WorldPressFreedomDay as attacks on the media are rising.

Our freedoms depend on #PressFreedom , CPJ’s Jodie Ginsberg wrote in Project Syndicate: project-syndicate.org/commentary/att…

A world without journalism is a world without truth.

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The world wealth gap has grown post-pandemic — but where has it been worst? Insight from Michelle Muschett and UN Development's latest Human Development Index 🌎 devex.com/news/the-world… #Devex via @Devex

“We don’t have a credible death count. We literally don’t know how many people have died, possibly to a factor of 10 or 15,” U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello told U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday.

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New report reveals limited funding for global south organizations, to the tune of just one-tenth of the Global North's official development assistance Peace Direct GlobalFundCF

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The struggle to provide health care to refugees, migrants in South Africa by Andrew Green devex.com/news/the-strug… #Devex via @Devex

Inside the Mastercard Foundation: A conversation with CEO Reeta Roy devex.com/news/inside-th… @Devex

'The default trajectory is toward famine,' U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello told lawmakers this morning. 'Yet the world has treated Sudan as largely an invisible crisis.'

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José Andrés demands answers at memorial for World Central Kitchen staff: “The official explanation is not good enough.' Devex

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USAID has received a multibillion cash injection. What next? Read more about what the $95 billion #supplemental means for foreign aid, with insights from CatholicRelief, Mercy Corps, Razom for Ukraine 🇺🇦, & InterAction devex.com/news/usaid-has… @Devex

AI ventures into grantmaking — and proposal writing may get a lot easier Grant Assistant Mustafa Hasnain Sean Carroll TechChange

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'Losing our moral compass': Mia Amor Mottley and Amina J Mohammed talk 🌍 debt devex.com/news/losing-ou… via @Devex

'All the Light We Cannot See' star 🌟 Aria Mia Loberti named a UNICEF USA ambassador
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As the days — and months — tick by, Senator Ben Cardin pushes the House to pass the #supplemental , and the Biden Admin to ramp up support for Sudan. 'We should not have to choose between saving starving Sudanese or saving starving Gazans,' Cardin said from the Senate floor.

At the #GlobalIGS , Megan Rapinoe told us she's not running for office — but that she hasn't shut the door on the idea just yet... ⚽️ Devex

'The person that I am has been able to inform the public figure that I am,' said Aria Mia Loberti, the star of All the Light We Cannot See. Today, Aria became UNICEF USA's newest ambassador.

'I never lost sleep over standing up for myself or other people,' said Megan Rapinoe Megan Rapinoe. 'If one of us isn’t free, none of us are.' Devex #GlobalIGS

'By 2035, the [African] continent will have the youngest and the largest workforce in the world,' said Reeta Roy, the CEO of the Mastercard Foundation. 'That’s not a challenge — it’s a massive opportunity.' #GlobalIGS Devex

'Storytelling is a commodity and an intervention that we don’t focus on enough,' said Lilly Singh at the #GlobalIGS Lilly Singh Devex