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‘Brink of Collapse’: How Frozen Assets & Halted Foreign Aid Are Impacting the Afghan People
Oct 12, 2021

Rina Amiri, Afghanistan and Regional Policy Initiative director, spoke with PBS about the impact of sanctions on Taliban leaders and their ramifications for Afghan citizens.

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Rina Amiri
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PBS NewsHour
Top generals contradict Biden’s decision to withdraw all troops
Sep 29, 2021

On ABC News Live, CIC senior fellow Rina Amiri discusses the latest Taliban actions in Afghanistan and what they mean for the population.

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Rina Amiri
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Data for Peace Dialogue: “Do No Harm” In The Digital Age

Sep 28, 2021

Data science methods can bring immense potential to support peacebuilding and humanitarian work. However, we must recognize that these methods come with an extreme risk to both the privacy and lives of vulnerable populations if the data is misused or used inappropriately. Although these risks exist across different contexts, the sensitive nature of conflict or violence affected areas uniquely exacerbates these challenges. In order to “do no harm,” we must be able to understand and tackle the technical and ethical issues of working with data about crisis-affected people.

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Data for Peace Dialogue: Using AI for Fighting Modern Slavery - Lessons for Peacebuilding

Jul 27, 2021

Over 40 million people today are trapped in modern slavery and conditions of severe exploitation worldwide. One in four of them are children, and almost 71 percent are women and girls. Governments are already behind in their commitment to eradicate modern slavery and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 by 2030. Data about this form of human rights abuses and vulnerabilities can be difficult to collect and patterns of exploitation difficult to see. On top of that, armed conflict, natural disasters, and other humanitarian settings increase vulnerability to certain forms of forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labor. In response, some organizations and researchers are looking into available data and the potential of computational science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning tools to help stop modern slavery.

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Data for Peace Discovery Day

Oct 22, 2021

New York University’s Center on International Cooperation will be hosting a Data for Peace Discovery Day for mission-driven organizations in the peacebuilding and conflict field to advance their work through data and emerging technologies.

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Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding and Prevention—Lessons Learned from Humanitarian Actors Practitioners Virtual Workshop

Dec 01, 2021

This virtual workshop will provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss the current and future applications of emerging technologies in peacebuilding and learn from humanitarian actors and their experiences. The workshop will create a space for sharing both successes and failures, while envisioning together how to increase the use and impact of data and data-driven approaches in peacebuilding and conflict prevention.

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‘Brink of Collapse’: How Frozen Assets & Halted Foreign Aid Are Impacting the Afghan People

Top generals contradict Biden’s decision to withdraw all troops

Data for Peace Dialogue: “Do No Harm” In The Digital Age

Data for Peace Dialogue: Using AI for Fighting Modern Slavery - Lessons for Peacebuilding

Data for Peace Discovery Day

Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding and Prevention—Lessons Learned from Humanitarian Actors Practitioners Virtual Workshop

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‘Brink of Collapse’: How Frozen Assets & Halted Foreign Aid Are Impacting the Afghan People

Top generals contradict Biden’s decision to withdraw all troops

Data for Peace Dialogue: “Do No Harm” In The Digital Age

Data for Peace Dialogue: Using AI for Fighting Modern Slavery - Lessons for Peacebuilding

Data for Peace Discovery Day

Emerging Technologies in Peacebuilding and Prevention—Lessons Learned from Humanitarian Actors Practitioners Virtual Workshop