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The term genocide was first used in 1941 by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish lawyer who escaped to the US from the Nazi occupation of Poland. Lemkin used the term to describe crimes committed by Nazi Germany against Jews during the Second World War; however, the term genocide came into its …

1 UN Environment Programme UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is a leading UN environmental agency that operates in seven different thematic areas; climate change, disasters and conflicts, ecosystem management, environmental governance, chemicals and waste, resource and efficiency, and environment under review. UNEP’s mission is ‘’to provide leadership and encourage partnership in …

Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability is a free online social sciences course offered by the UN’s SDG Academy. The seven-week course is ideal for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in agriculture, economics, international development and related fields. In addition, …

International relations (also known as international affairs) connects politics, law, economics, social issues, and more on a global scale. By studying international relations in school, a person is set up for a wide variety of jobs that involves fields like diplomacy, communications, human rights, political analysis, security, and so on. …

Diplomacy is a word that gets thrown around a lot in today’s world, but what does it mean exactly? It is essentially another term for negotiation, specifically between diplomats who represent different states. The goal of diplomacy is to influence decisions and conduct between foreign governments and officials without violence. …

When a problem impacts an entire community, addressing it requires the whole community. When every part of a society works together, change can happen. Community mobilization is a process that brings together different societal factions to deal with something such as a health crisis, a social problem, or an environmental …

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Strategic Approach Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Strategic Approach is a free online course offered by the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. The class is geared toward individuals who hold leadership roles in corporations and wish to learn more about corporate social responsibility. …

If your passion is to improve upon the state of the world, working with GIZ is an excellent place to start. GIZ is an organization that strives to provide modern solutions to modern problems faced all around the world, acting globally to advise the changing of policies and develop solutions …

Financing for Development: Unlocking Investment Opportunities Financing for Development: Unlocking Investment Opportunities is a free online finance course offered by the World Bank. This course is ideal for anyone who works with a nonprofit organization and wishes to explore public, private and commercial financing to fund projects that can be …

Although there are many popular examples of international development organizations such as the American Refugee Committee, the United States Agency for International Development, World Bank, Oxfam or CARE, it is common that many people do not know precisely what it is that these organizations work to accomplish. Though the work …