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DESCRIPTION:THE GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN PICTURE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR 
 HUMANITARIAN ACTION\n\nSPEAKER: Jacob Kurtzer\nHumanitarian Agenda Interim 
 Director, Center for Strategic and International Studies 
 (CSIS)\n\nMODERATOR: Linda Calhoun, Founder, Career Girls\n\nWhen: Tuesday, 
 March 31 @ 12 PM/noon Pacific Time\n\nWhere: Live stream event (FREE, 
 register below)\n\nThe Center for Strategic and International Studies 
 (CSIS) presents a discussion on the most pressing challenges to 
 humanitarian assistance in the 21st century. Globally, 70.8 million people 
 are considered forcibly displaced by armed conflict, and over 160 million 
 people need emergency humanitarian assistance. \n\nConflict has replaced 
 natural disasters as the driver of humanitarian need—aid organizations 
 are faced with navigating complicated security and political environments 
 while meeting growing demand on the ground. In addition, new actors and 
 increasingly urbanized conflict have strained the global acceptance and 
 adherence to international humanitarian law and the Geneva 
 Conventions.\n\nThe Humanitarian Agenda is an initiative that leverages the 
 expertise of CSIS programs to explore complex humanitarian challenges. 
 Jacob Kurtzer’s primary focus is the Task Force on Humanitarian Access, 
 which will look at challenges in access to aid in complex man-made 
 emergencies. Prior to joining CSIS, Kurtzer spent seven years with the 
 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), most recently as head of 
 communications for the ICRC Delegation in Israel and the occupied 
 territories. \n\nPreviously, Kurtzer served as head of public and 
 congressional affairs for the Washington delegation of the ICRC, 
 representing the ICRC to a broad spectrum of audiences in the United States 
 and Canada. In addition, he has conducted field missions in South Sudan and 
 Rakhine State, Myanmar and spent nearly three years as a consultant with 
 the ICRC delegation in Pretoria, South Africa. \n\nFrom 2007–2009, 
 Kurtzer served as the congressional advocate at Refugees International 
 (RI), a humanitarian advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. Kurtzer 
 began his career as a legislative assistant to Representative Robert Wexler 
 (D–FL), covering domestic and foreign policy issues, including managing 
 the Congressional Indonesia Caucus. \n\nKurtzer earned a master’s in 
 peace and conflict studies from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, 
 Australia, where he studied as a Rotary Foundation World Peace Fellow. He 
 also holds a bachelor’s in philosophy from the University of Maryland, 
 College Park, with a citation in religious studies, and is an alumnus of 
 the College Park Scholars Public Leadership program.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/24/18831775.php
SUMMARY:Live Stream: Challenges & Opportunities for Global Humanitarian Action Speaker Event
LOCATION:Online event via live stream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/24/18831775.php
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