More than half of the world’s 25.4 million refugees are children. They often spend years, if not their entire childhoods, displaced.What does this mean for early childhood development? How are they affected by lack of access to education or p

Special Event: Women & Peacebuilding Discussion Forum

Jan 29th, 2019 54m 22s

Building on our reports for Peacebuilding Deeply in 2018, we hosted a special Discussion Forum on Women & Peacebuilding in association with the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, looking at the politics of women’s participation

Deeply Talks: Returning Children to Afghanistan

Nov 6th, 2018 32m 48s

As European countries are finding grounds to refuse asylum to more and more Afghans, even children are being sent to Kabul. We use the word "returnees" cautiously, as many Afghans were born outside the country and are being sent 'back' to a cou

Deeply Talks: A Conversation with Cynthia Nimmo

Oct 22nd, 2018 29m 30s

On this episode of Deeply Talks, News Deeply CEO and Executive Editor Lara Setrakian talks to Cynthia Nimmo, president and CEO of the Women’s Funding Network, which was born with the intention of bringing "together the financial power and influ

Deeply Talks: Drought on the Upper Colorado: Can We Adapt to Changing Runoff?

Oct 5th, 2018 34m 24s

Snowmelt is shrinking and runoff is coming earlier on the Upper Colorado River, source of 90 percent of the water for 40 million people. This is leading to vegetation changes, water-quality issues and other concerns. But it may be possible to o

Deeply Talks Special Edition: Disaster Resilient Housing

Sep 6th, 2018 29m 13s

Resilient cities have become a hot topic. But a hard truth is that resilient cities require resilient housing to cope with disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes, which can overwhelm local resources such rescue teams and hospital emergenc

Deeply Talks: Domestic Workers in the Gulf

Aug 31st, 2018 32m 46s

As millions of migrants workers - including domestic and care workers grows - continue to flow into Arab Gulf countries, so does the number of stories of abuse, harassment and exploitation of migrant women who emigrate to the region in search o

Deeply Talks: Fire & Drought - The Extremes Become Routine

Aug 31st, 2018 33m 5s

The West has entered an era of permanent water scarcity and is facing more frequent, larger wildfires. Crystal Kolden, associate professor of forest, range, and fire sciences in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho, and V

Deeply Talks: Women and Negotiating Peace

Aug 24th, 2018 33m 39s

On our Deeply Talks: Women and Negotiating Peace, we discuss questions such as why it is important for peace talks and negotiations to incorporate women’s voices and what, specifically, people and organizations can do to include women in these

Deeply Talks: Venezuelan Refugees: Regional Solidarity, Global Significance

Aug 16th, 2018 32m 31s

Latin America has a long tradition of regional solidarity and openness to migration. Most countries in the region have responded to Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic and political crisis by keeping borders open and offering Venezuela

Deeply Talks: Challenges in Promoting Exclusive Breastfeeding

Aug 9th, 2018 28m 9s

In this episode, we speak to Kathleen Pellechia, a nutrition knowledge management specialist at Alive & Thrive, to understand the challenges on both an international and national level to encouraging exclusive breastfeeding.

Deeply Talks: Engaging Men in Women's Advancement

Aug 6th, 2018 46m 40s

The global movement for women's rights is, thanks in part to #MeToo, more energized and prominent than ever. But as we look at solutions to issues such as the gender pay gap, the unequal distribution of unpaid care, and the effects of sexual ha

Deeply Talks: Water Conservation and Efficiency Challenges

Jul 31st, 2018 28m 17s

Statewide regulations and local innovations are all contributing to making water conservation a “California way of life.” Water Deeply managing editor Tara Lohan discusses California’s statewide and local conservation efforts with Cynthia Koehl

Deeply Talks: Big Business Joins the Fight Against Ocean Plastic

Jul 30th, 2018 24m 23s

Plastic straws are designed to be used once, but they remain in the environment forever, contributing to the ocean pollution crisis. In recent weeks, multinational corporations like Starbucks, Bacardi, Alaska Airlines and others have committed

Deeply Talks: Understanding the Impact of Climate Change on Nutrition

Jul 23rd, 2018 30m 21s

For this episode of Deeply Talks, Andrew Green the managing editor of Malnutrition Deeply, spoke to researchers Irakli Loladze, associate professor at the Bryan College of Health Sciences, and Dr. Kristie Ebi, director of Center for Health and

Deeply Talks: Widows' Rights

Jun 28th, 2018 33m 18s

In many parts of the world, the loss of a husband is just the first in a lifetime of tragedies a widow must endure. Widows can be stigmatized, stripped of their inheritance and property rights, and denied the chance to find work. Neglected by a

Deeply Talks: New Water Storage in California

Jun 27th, 2018 31m 1s

In 2014, California voters approved a water bond that allocated $2.7 billion to fund the public benefits of new water storage projects. The California Water Commission has been reviewing a list of potential projects and will be announcing how m

Deeply Talks: Unarmed Civilian Protection

Jun 26th, 2018 33m 16s

A conversation with Tiffany Easthom, Executive Director of Nonviolent Peaceforce, about the role of unarmed civilian protection in peacebuilding. As the methodologies of unarmed civilian protection become more accepted into the mainstream pea

Deeply Talks: A Conversation with Sandra Postel

Jun 22nd, 2018 33m 11s

In this episode of Deeply Talks, Tara Lohan, Water Deeply’s managing editor, speaks with author and water expert Sandra Postel about her newest book, Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity, and about today’s major water problems,

Deeply Talks: U.S. Ocean Politics in 2018 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Jun 20th, 2018 38m 59s

Every week, we hear about gridlock in Washington, D.C., attacks on science and new environmental rollbacks. As ocean issues become more prominent on the global stage, will the United States be left behind? Are there areas where progress can be

Deeply Talks: Lessons from Europe’s Migration Laboratory

Jun 14th, 2018 48m 2s

This edition of Deeply Talks: Lessons from Europe’s Migration Laboratory, features a conversation with Bram Frouws, Head of the Mixed Migration Centre, and Elizabeth Collett, Director of the Migration Policy Institute Europe, moderated by Danie

Deeply Talks: Gender Lens Investing

Jun 4th, 2018 34m 19s

As more and more investors decide to put their money behind women entrepreneurs worldwide, the emerging field of gender lens investing is taking hold. In 2017 alone, investment focused on women and girls eclipsed $2.2 billion, an all-time recor

Deeply Talks: What does the 2018 Access to Nutrition Index Reveal?

May 30th, 2018 29m 23s

We discussed the latest Access to Nutrition Index with Inge Kauer, executive director at the Access to Nutrition Foundation, Paul Vos, senior research manager at the Access to Nutrition Foundation, and Simon Wright, the director of internationa

Deeply Talks: Fisheries in the Delta

May 24th, 2018 34m 4s

Tara Lohan, Water Deeply's managing editor, speaks with U.C. Davis fisheries experts Peter Moyle and John Durand about the challenges and opportunities for restoration in the California Delta and a new roadmap to get us there.

Deeply Talks: Fragile States and Data for Peacebuilding

May 16th, 2018 33m 38s

Peacebuilding Deeply Talks with J.J. Messner of the Fund for Peace about the 2018 Fragile State Index, and how data can help inform policy decisions and peacebuilding efforts.