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Guest Post: Yanzhong Huang on Healthy Development in the Post-2015 Era

by Guest Blogger for Terra Lawson-Remer
A mother hugs her baby, who was born at 7 months, during the "Kangaroo Mothers" program in the maternity ward of the Roosevelt hospital in Guatemala City, October 29, 2012 (Jorge Lopez/Courtesy Reuters). A mother hugs her baby, who was born at 7 months, during the "Kangaroo Mothers" program in the maternity ward of the Roosevelt hospital in Guatemala City, October 29, 2012 (Jorge Lopez/Courtesy Reuters).

This post is written by my colleague Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at CFR. He reviews the major takeaways of a recent workshop he hosted on the post-2015 agenda, an event I also mentioned in my Development Channel post last week. 

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Guest Post: Holding Governments Accountable for Gender Equality in Development

by Guest Blogger for Terra Lawson-Remer
Women march with banners to protest the recent public execution of a young woman, in Kabul July 11, 2012 (Omar Sobhani/Courtesy Reuters). Women march with banners to protest the recent public execution of a young woman, in Kabul on July 11, 2012 (Omar Sobhani/Courtesy Reuters).

This is a guest post by Ashley Harden, research associate in CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy Program. She examines efforts to integrate gender concerns into development programs, arguing that the United States and international actors must do more to put their commitments to gender equality into practice. Read more »

Guest Post: Film and Development in Rwanda

by Guest Blogger for Terra Lawson-Remer
Authors Ashley Harden (center) and Ann-Elise Francis (right) meet with an aspiring Rwandan filmmaker at Bourbon Café in Kigali, Rwanda, August 18, 2012 (Courtesy Ashley Harden). Authors Ashley Harden (center) and Ann-Elise Francis (right) meet with an aspiring Rwandan filmmaker at Bourbon Café in Kigali, Rwanda, August 18, 2012 (Courtesy Ashley Harden).

This is a guest post by Ann-Elise Francis, special assistant to the vice president in CFR’s Meetings and Membership department, and Ashley Harden, research associate in CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy Program. In the post they share findings from their recent trip to study Rwanda’s nascent film industry. Read more »