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Posted on February 7, 2018
$1 million investment will train refugees in tech and in-demand sectors; supporting integration into the German labor market
New York, NY, February 7, 2018 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) announced a major collaboration with the Intel Foundation that will provide 1,000 refugees in Germany with skills training and employment services. Titled Project CORE: Creating Opportunities for Refugee Employment, the program will equip individuals in Germany with critical skills in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and other in-demand sectors of the German economy.
“It is exciting and encouraging to see that opportunities are being extended to refugees living in the Read More “International Rescue Committee Announces Job Training Program for Refugees in Germany”
Posted on January 31, 2018
SEATTLE, WA – Seattle International Foundation (SIF) today named José Arturo Aguilar as its new Executive Director. Aguilar is an internationally-renowned human rights defender and political strategist, with more than 20 years of experience championing justice and democracy in Latin America, especially in his home country of Guatemala.
In Aguilar, SIF has found a passionate, visionary leader committed to social justice with deep experience working with public, private, and diplomatic entities throughout Latin America, the United States, and Europe. Most recently, Aguilar, who goes by Arturo, served as senior advisor and second in command on the UN-backed International Commission Against Read More “Seattle International Foundation Names José Arturo Aguilar as Executive Director”
Posted on December 11, 2017
By Gregory Scruggs
SEATTLE — When Libyan-Canadian medical doctor and peacebuilder Dr. Alaa Murabit, newly appointed as Sustainable Development Advocate by the United Nations secretary-general, took a seat in front of her nameplate at a U.N. event, she was quickly shooed away by an intern who insisted that Dr. Murabit was a “he.”
Murabit was perplexed and took a seat at the back of the room, until colleagues found her there and ushered her back up to the front. While no slight to the intern, who was just doing her job, Murabit later realized that attitudes about age and Read More “Q&A: Dr Alaa Murabit on Pushing the SDGs Alongside Messi and Shakira”