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Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 6 PM – 7:30 PM ET Gender, Illiberalism, and the Contentious Politics of Gender Online & IAB 1512 RSVP | EVENT INFO

As part of the annual MWG Migration Symposium, we are pleased to present "Careers in Migration": a panel event with migration experts based in New York and New Jersey. The panel will be held from 6-7 pm, moderated by Professor Daniel Naujoks, where students will hear about the work our panelists do and how they got there. This will be followed by a reception with food and drinks from 7-8 pm where students can network and engage with migration field professionals.

• Xin Guo, Migration Policy Officer, IOM;
• Firas Kayal, Senior Policy Advisor, UNHCR;
• David Khoudour, Global Adviser - Human Mobility, UNDP;
• Alexander Mirescu, Director of Immigrant Affairs-Jersey City

Food Provided (Food & drinks provided at the reception (7-8 pm) following the panel.)

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The Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions was launched by the UN Secretary-General in September 2021, with the aim of helping countries recover from the unprecedented losses of jobs and livelihoods and cost-of-living crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Accelerator ambitions to fast-track global actions to create 400 million decent jobs, including in the green, digital and care economies, and to extend social protection to 4 billion people currently uncovered. It works through three inter-linked pillars, (i) support for integrated and coordinated national employment and social protections policies and strategies, (ii) integrated national financing frameworks combining domestic resources and international financial support, and (iii) multilateral cooperation on jobs and social protection.

To achieve its aims, the Global Accelerator is establishing a Technical Support Facility to assist countries in identifying priority entry points for policy integration that would leverage a human-centred climate resilient recovery and inclusive structural transformation of the economy. As it moves from inception to the implementation phase, this Knowledge Café will discuss the importance of integrated policy approaches, actions required at global, regional and country levels to operationalize the Global Accelerator, and the support that will be provided to UN Country Teams in pathfinder countries through the Technical Support Facility to achieve its objectives.

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Gender politics have been central to both illiberal movements and democratic resurgences. How have they played out in recent elections worldwide? How are the contentious politics of gender linked?

Panelists include:
- Åsa Regnér - Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
- Flávia Biroli - Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Brasi╠ülia
- Florence Haegal - Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po
- Jeri Powell - Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs; Founder of nonprofit Take Office.
- Marianna Muravyeva - Law Professor at University of Helsinki
Moderated by Yasmine Ergas, Director of Gender and Public Policy Specialization

Panelists will participate virtually. Columbia students and faculty can opt to join the in-person joint viewing or to join virtually. Due to the pandemic, other guests only have the option to join online. Please see the separate registration options.

Co-Sponsored by EPD, USP, IO/UNS, HRHP, TMaC, and Leadership, Innovation, and Design, GPWG, WIL.

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To join online, please register online here.

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Please join us for a discussion about the 2021-22 UNDP Human Development Report "Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World" with Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office at UNDP and José Antonio Ocampo, SIPA Professor and EPD Co-Director currently serving as a Minister of Finance in his home country of Colombia. 

The 2021-22 report centers on the theme of global uncertainty, underlining the important crossroads we are facing as humanity, while also highlighting hope and solutions by unlocking human potential through inclusion, creativity, flexibility, and solidarity. While the report provokes next-level (next-frontier) thinking, discussions, and arguments on how to navigate uncertain times, it also suggests possible action courses that project the best way forward.

Take away lunch boxes will be provided. 

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The Workshop in Sustainable Development allows undergraduate students to bridge the theoretical knowledge they have gained through their coursework in the natural and social sciences with a real-world, client-based project. Students will share project results with the university community at this event before final presentations with their clients. Following the Workshop presentations, there will be a poster session where students in SDEV 4101 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainable Development will present their final projects. Workshop projects this semester include:

A Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Restoration of the Graniteville Wetlands

An Exploration of Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) in Agricultural Value Chains

Incentivizing Policy for Green Roofs for New York City

Pathway to Electrification: Aligning Columbia Transportation with Plan 2030

The Internship is for the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme in the Education Outreach Section, which is part of the Outreach Division of the Department of Global Communications. The Outreach Programme was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 to mobilize civil society for Holocaust remembrance and education in order to help prevent future acts of genocide. The Outreach Programme leads the United Nations observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on 27 January and develops multifaced initiatives and educational resources. Its global network of partnerships with civil society, governments and Holocaust education institutions enables the Outreach Programme to extend its work to a wider audience.

The internship is for a minimum period of four months with an opportunity for extension up to six months, depending on the needs of the Outreach Programme and availability of the candidate, with substantial preference being given to candidates who are able to commit to the maximum six-month period, preferably starting in November or December 2022.

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The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) is seeking  motivated interns to support the work of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. The interns can take up assignments with any team in the Office, including the Strategic Planning and Monitoring Unit; the Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights Unit; the Rule of Law Unit; the Sustainable Development Unit; the Policy Advisor’s Office; or other units.

Interns report to full-time professional staff and focus on one of the three tracks set out under Responsibilities.

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The internship with the Inter-organizational and Inter-institutional Support Branch (IISB) of the Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development (OISC) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) is for two months, with an opportunity for extension, pending on the needs of the Department.

The internship is UNPAID and full time.

Interns work five days per week (35 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in IISB to which they are assigned.

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The Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) / Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) internship is for two months with the opportunity for extension up to a total of six months, depending on the needs of the Division.

For more information about the Division, please visit, https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/.

The internship is UNPAID and full time.
Interns work five days per week (35 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in the department or office to which they are assigned.

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The internship with the Inter-organizational and Inter-institutional Support Branch (IISB) of the Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development (OISC) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) is for two months, with an opportunity for extension, pending on the needs of the Department.

The internship is UNPAID and full time.

Interns work five days per week (35 hours) under the supervision of a staff member in IISB to which they are assigned.

Apply Here