On November 12, 2019, NYU’s Center for Global Affairs was honored to host Emmy winning director Leslie Thomas and screen her new documentary film “The Prosecutors.”
Category: Op-Ed
Supporting a Durable and Inclusive Peace in Afghanistan: The Role of Afghan Women
CGA’s new Senior Visiting Fellow, Rina Amiri, brought together experts for an event on “Supporting a Durable and Inclusive Peace in Afghanistan: The Role of Afghan Women” on October 30th
Pro bono legal services for survivors of sexual violence
Against a background of media worldwide questioning what to do with foreign fighters and their families and how they should be treated, this article considers the victims of violent crimes perpetrated by foreign fighters. Hogan Lovells and a team of international lawyers acting pro bono for The Lotus Flower, a British-based non-profit for displaced women, are bringing the first civil action to gain compensation for the gross violation of human rights by a foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighter.
NO, THE CLIMATE TOWN HALL ISN’T JUST LIP SERVICE TO LIBERALS. IT’S A STRATEGY TO WIN THE MIDWEST
The planet has finally arrived on America’s political main stage. On Wednesday, 10 Democratic presidential candidates will speak to voters for an expected seven hours about their policies to combat the climate crisis.
Even as we see the impact of climate change in devastating, intensified weather and the spread of disease, we have not changed the hearts and minds of enough Americans—or, at least, those with the power to change the climate landscape.
New York State of wind
Offshore wind is coming to New York. Last month New Jersey, in what was then the largest offshore wind procurement in the United States, announced a 1.1 gigawatts project off the coast of Atlantic City. The bid went to Orsted.