Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a celebration of Global Crowdfunding Day, an examination of Afghanistan's elections, a look back at the Rwandan genocide, and more.
 | April 5th was the celebration of the 2nd annual Global Crowdfunding Day! There are three important trends to watch that are already shaping the crowdfunding movement worldwide in 2014. Read more about it here! |
 | Crowdfunding Diplomacy: The Next Frontier for Government If you combined government’s ability to convene and accelerate projects globally with the crowdfunding platform’s ability to engage local communities and investors in projects, you would have a potentially game-changing impact on grassroots diplomacy and development. Read more about it here! |
 | Afghanistan's Presidential Election: A Guide On April 5, 2014, 11 million citizens were eligible to vote in Afghanistan’s third presidential election—arguably the country’s most important election since the fall of the Taliban. And now it appears as if the elections may be going into a second round. Read about the candidates and issues in this election here. |
 | Devoid of Research: An Evaluation of Human Trafficking Interventions In the wake of limited or non-existent research, anti-trafficking policies and interventions are being developed on the basis of “best practice” assumptions, which may be ineffective. Rigorous empirical research is strikingly absent from the anti-trafficking movement. Read more about it here. |
 | Free E-Book: The 2014 Global Women For the first time, the Top Global Women is available as an e-book! Read all about these amazing women and the change they are bringing to not only to their local communities, but to the world. Download your copy today! |
Diplomatic Calendar
Did you know that the median approval of U.S. leadership worldwide rebounded to 46 percent in 2013, up from 41 percent in 2012? Find out more when Gallup and Meridian International Center release:
What the World Thinks about U.S. Leadership–The Fifth Annual U.S. Global Leadership Project
April 10, 2014 at 8:30am
Register here today!
Around the Web
Twenty years ago, the small African country of Rwanda was ripped apart by violence, in a genocide that took the lives of more than 800,000 people and still echoes in occasional ripples of violence across the continent. But from devastation came hope: today, Rwanda is an example of economic growth and gender parity in government, with over 56 percent of the national parliamentary seats filled by women. However, The Washington Post reports that most of the high-level figures behind the genocide are still at large and thought to be in Africa, and the conviction processes of those captured has been slow. “I cannot sit down and share a Coke with my family’s killers,” Egide Nkuranga, 48, told The Washington Post. “Maybe it will happen, but not now.” BBC News has a photo gallery of the commemoration ceremony.
This Week in History
1948: President Truman signs the Marshall Plan, allocating more than $5 billion in aid for 16 European countries following the destruction of World War II.
1994: The Hutu President of Rwanda is killed when his plane was shot down on its descent into Kigali, resulting in the deaths of all on board. The following day, Hutu extremist soldiers, police, and militia quickly executed key Tutsi and moderate Hutu leaders, sparking 100 days of genocidal killings that resulted in the murders of nearly 20 percent of Rwanda's total population and 70 percent of the Tutsi then living in the country.
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Around the World!
April 8, 2014
Welcome to Around the World! This week we feature a celebration of Global Crowdfunding Day, an examination of Afghanistan's elections, a look back at the Rwandan genocide, and more.
| April 5th was the celebration of the 2nd annual Global Crowdfunding Day! There are three important trends to watch that are already shaping the crowdfunding movement worldwide in 2014. Read more about it here! |
| Crowdfunding Diplomacy: The Next Frontier for Government If you combined government’s ability to convene and accelerate projects globally with the crowdfunding platform’s ability to engage local communities and investors in projects, you would have a potentially game-changing impact on grassroots diplomacy and development. Read more about it here! |
| Afghanistan's Presidential Election: A Guide On April 5, 2014, 11 million citizens were eligible to vote in Afghanistan’s third presidential election—arguably the country’s most important election since the fall of the Taliban. And now it appears as if the elections may be going into a second round. Read about the candidates and issues in this election here. |
| Devoid of Research: An Evaluation of Human Trafficking Interventions In the wake of limited or non-existent research, anti-trafficking policies and interventions are being developed on the basis of “best practice” assumptions, which may be ineffective. Rigorous empirical research is strikingly absent from the anti-trafficking movement. Read more about it here. |
| Free E-Book: The 2014 Global Women For the first time, the Top Global Women is available as an e-book! Read all about these amazing women and the change they are bringing to not only to their local communities, but to the world. Download your copy today! |
Diplomatic Calendar
Did you know that the median approval of U.S. leadership worldwide rebounded to 46 percent in 2013, up from 41 percent in 2012? Find out more when Gallup and Meridian International Center release:
What the World Thinks about U.S. Leadership–The Fifth Annual U.S. Global Leadership Project
April 10, 2014 at 8:30am
Register here today!
Around the Web
Twenty years ago, the small African country of Rwanda was ripped apart by violence, in a genocide that took the lives of more than 800,000 people and still echoes in occasional ripples of violence across the continent. But from devastation came hope: today, Rwanda is an example of economic growth and gender parity in government, with over 56 percent of the national parliamentary seats filled by women. However, The Washington Post reports that most of the high-level figures behind the genocide are still at large and thought to be in Africa, and the conviction processes of those captured has been slow. “I cannot sit down and share a Coke with my family’s killers,” Egide Nkuranga, 48, told The Washington Post. “Maybe it will happen, but not now.” BBC News has a photo gallery of the commemoration ceremony.
This Week in History
1948: President Truman signs the Marshall Plan, allocating more than $5 billion in aid for 16 European countries following the destruction of World War II.
1994: The Hutu President of Rwanda is killed when his plane was shot down on its descent into Kigali, resulting in the deaths of all on board. The following day, Hutu extremist soldiers, police, and militia quickly executed key Tutsi and moderate Hutu leaders, sparking 100 days of genocidal killings that resulted in the murders of nearly 20 percent of Rwanda's total population and 70 percent of the Tutsi then living in the country.
