{UAH} FW: Welcoming a playmate to Afghanistan: A lesson in aid

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PS: ikanos.  Have a peep at  Christiana Figueres, the Climate Champion, and one of the most influential women in the world today- she is also a feminist. But she is a feminist with a cause.

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Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 18:06:04 -0500
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To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add info@devex.com to your address book. May 3, 2016 WHAT TO KNOW NOW Welcoming a playmate to Afghanistan: A lesson in aid By Michael Bear Kleinman @devex I once worked for an aid agency that — for reasons lost to logic and the need to raise funds — decided to send a celebrity delegation to visit our country office in Afghanistan. The delegation included a German TV personality, a little known German actress whose main claim to fame was that she was once a Playboy Playmate.     Photo by: Heimo Liendl / CC BY-ND   Part of me was appalled — cultural sensitivity and all the rest — and part of me was thrilled. Absolutely thrilled. Needless to say, I completely failed to get her attention over the first few days of her visit. Undaunted, I decided to try and make an impression when the delegation visited a widows' feeding program that my agency ran in a particularly destitute district of Kabul.   + Read more QUOTABLE "I'm an optimist at heart. My motto in life is 'impossible is not a fact, it's merely an attitude.'"   By Christiana Figueres, executive secretary, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change   Be the first to see and share each week's Quotable by liking Devex on Facebook.   @WORK At WHO's Western Pacific office, 'sitting is the new smoking'   By Jenny Lei Ravelo @JennyLeiRavelo       Photo by: Jenny Lei Ravelo / Devex Staff at the World Health Organization's regional office in Manila were often served pizza, cake and sugary beverages during long meetings. But things at the office — mainly cheesy, fatty, sugary things — are changing. + Read more SPOTLIGHT ON #PowerWithPurpose: Up close and personal with Christiana Figueres   By Devex @devex       via YouTube Five powerful women, five stories of purpose, five leaders changing the world. Christiana's passion and commitment corralled 195 nations in an effort to halt global warming through the historic 2015 Paris Agreement. + Play video THE WEEK AHEAD Events preview: This week in development cooperation   By Devex Editor   The Climate Action Summit takes place in Washington, D.C. this week following the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement last month. Meanwhile, the Asian Development Bank holds its annual meeting in Germany and the Global Summit on Corporate Sustainability is happening in Czech Republic.     Photo by: Asian Development Bank / CC BY-NC-ND   Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting May 3: + 49th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank May 2-5. Frankfurt, Germany + Global Compact 2030: Looking into the Future of Corporate Sustainability May 4. Prague, Czech Republic + What does Climate Change have to do with Zika, and How is the US Responding? May 4. Washington, D.C., United States + Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Conference for Europe May 4-6. Antalya, Turkey + USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Shelter and Settlements Workshop May 6. Washington, D.C., United States + Shared Value Leadership Summit May 10-11. New York, United States Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Email us at news@devex.com. Doing Good - Development community buzz, innovation & lifestyle. Copyright 2016 Unauthorized commercial reapplication, reproduction or retransmission, in whole or in part, is prohibited. Manage your newsletter subscriptions | Read the latest Devex News | RSS Feed Connect with us Devex is the media platform for the global development community. Corporate Headquarters: 1341 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA Main +1.202.249.9222  |  Fax +1.202.318.2456   www.devex.com

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