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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/09/is-the-u-n-s-new-migration-compact-a-major-breakthrough?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Nina Hall
Washington Post
9 December 2018
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The Global Compact for Migration, the first international agreement on migration under the United Nations, affirms the human rights of migrants and refugees and notes the benefits of migration. However, the impact of the agreement is limited because it is non-binding and weak on implementation. Key countries, including the United States, also pulled out of negotiations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/sikh-temple-could-build-bridge-between-india-and-pakistan/2018/12/07/52b01754-f98a-11e8-8642-c9718a256cbd_story.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Pamela Constable
Washington Post
8 December 2018
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For 70 years, India’s Sikhs have faced barriers to visiting one of the holiest sites in their religion, a template just three miles across the border in Pakistan. Now, the Pakistani government has announced plans to open a border crossing and building a connecting road. The high-profile gesture signals a desire for goodwill between Pakistan and India.
https://sojo.net/interactive/farc-ex-combatants-live-fragile-peace-colombia?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Albin Hillert
Sojourners
6 December 2018
Photojournalism / 800-1500 Words
From War to Peace, a project through the Lutheran World Federation, is helping ex-combatants and their families in Colombia lead a new, peaceful life. Many of these families are now living in an experimental community of former combatants as together, they work to overcome trauma and reintegrate into society with support from the Lutheran Church. More than religious motives, the group hopes to promote peace.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/30/672021657/in-gesture-to-india-pakistan-offers-easy-access-to-sikh-holy-site?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Diaa Hadid
Abdul Sattar
Kurkan Latif Khan
NPR
30 November 2018
Mixed Media / 800-1500 Words
India's Sikhs now have visa-free access to one of their holiest sites: Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, the site where their faith’s founder is believed to have passed away. The goodwill gesture between Pakistan and India has many hoping for a wider thaw in relations after decades of conflict.
https://apolitical.co/solution_article/social-impact-bonds-are-helping-solve-south-africas-toughest-challenges?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Susan de Witt
Apolitical
30 November 2018
Text / Under 800 Words
Social impact bonds are providing a relatively new way of improving health and education outcomes in developing countries. While these have been used successfully in the developing world, South Africa is relatively new its use of social impact bonds, which use a “pay for success” model to spur investment in experimental programs. Though still in the early stages, the use of this creative financing looks like it will be a huge asset in the development world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/opinion/gun-violence-america.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Patricia Leigh Brown
The New York Times
6 November 2018
Mixed Media / 800-1500 Words
Raw Tools, is a nonprofit that converts guns into garden tools. The organization was created by Michael Martin, a pastor who wanted to do something after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that resulted in the death 20 children and six educators. “You’re taking a weapon of death and turning it into the complete opposite, which is life.”
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