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| Essential workers at one Ugandan factory and fighting childhood malaria in Sierra Leone. NEWSWIRE Aug. 6, 2020 Hi Devex readers, Would you live at work? Just for a little bit? That was the choice made by some essential workers in Uganda. Read on for more on that story, a look at travel restrictions and aid work, and Devex Analytics dives into the climate funding footprint at Global Environment Facility, as part of our latest Pro series. Today's online event: Elevate your strategy with the Devex funding platform. 10 a.m. ET (4 p.m. CET). TODAY'S TOP STORY At a Ugandan factory, workers prove that 'periods don't pause for pandemics' At a Ugandan factory, workers prove that 'periods don't pause for pandemics' In April, in response to the pandemic, the Ugandan government declared that businesses could only continue operating if workers remained on the premises. The team at AFRIpads, a domestic social enterprise that produces reusable menstrual products, faced a tough decision: Shut down and sell off stocks, or transform the factory into a co-living space to remain in operation. To keep AFRIpads open for employees and the diverse populations that the products serve, 60 workers offered to live inside the factory after the government decree. Associate Editor Kelli Rogers looks into how the Ugandan social enterprise and its workers adapted. SPONSORED BY CBM Opinion: Remaining agile and competent during the coronavirus pandemic Opinion: Remaining agile and competent during the coronavirus pandemic The ongoing pandemic is undeniably one of the most volatile, uncertain, and complex scenarios the world has faced. CBM weighs in on rapid response efforts, business continuity, and new operating models amid a crisis. YOUR HEADLINES OECD DAC chair on ODA. Devex speaks with the Development Assistance Committee's Susanna Moorehead for her take on the latest trends in development assistance, COVID-19, and DAC's year-old safeguarding policy. What do travel restrictions for aid workers mean? Many aid workers remain grounded at home. But mandatory quarantines, visa restrictions, and commercial flight cancellations continue to complicate the job for those working outside their home country. Childhood malaria. To avoid an increase in child malaria deaths in Sierra Leone, health actors must adapt while addressing fears that make some parents reluctant to take their children to the hospital, says Dr. Carola Buscemi, a pediatrician at Médecins Sans Frontières. This is part of our Duty of Care series. Watch: Angela Bruce-Raeburn on racism in global development. In the latest installment of Devex's Careers During COVID series, Angela Bruce-Raeburn of the Global Health Advocacy Incubator asks whether this is truly a 'watershed moment' for the sector. https://pages.devex.com/empowering-health-workers-series.html FOR PRO SUBSCRIBERS Exploring GEF's climate funding footprint For Pro members only The share of project and program financing committed to agencies in GEF's seventh replenishment cycle, from 2018 to 2022. Since 1992, the Global Environment Facility has been addressing global environmental issues, providing funding to assist low- and middle-income countries in meeting international environmental objectives, and serving as a financial mechanism for environment conventions and partners with 18 institutions that act as GEF agencies. Now, potential changes are on the horizon. According to new CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, in the face of climate change and biodiversity collapse just around the corner, GEF needs to review its partnership in terms of mobilizing resources like never before. Devex Analytics explores the data on some 30 years of GEF projects for insights into investments, focus areas, and locations. IN OTHER NEWS Thousands of women have joined demonstrations in cities across Turkey to protest the government's plan to pull out of the Istanbul Convention, a treaty to prevent violence against women, as domestic violence cases rise in the country. [Al Jazeera] Almost half of the British charities abroad face shut down in a year due to lack of funding, according to a survey by Small International Development Charities Network. [The Guardian] The U.K., Australia, and Canada have all pledged to send aid to Lebanon, following the deadly blast in Beirut that injured thousands and displaced some 300,000 people. [BBC, AP, and CBC] SPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENT Donor Tracker analyzes donors' funding and policy for climate action In 2015, the latest in a series of global climate change agreements was signed in Paris. The Paris Agreement includes a pledge by donor countries to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 for climate action in low- and middle-income countries, or LMICs. Our latest Donor Tracker Insights piece and upcoming webinar address the pressing need for international climate finance in LMICs, examining in particular the role that official development assistance, or ODA, can and should play in funding for climate action — including the $100 billion target. We also give an overview of trends in ODA-related climate funding and policies by OECD donors. These analyses complement the recent addition of the climate sector to our Donor Tracker donor profiles, made this year in recognition of the importance of climate action to the future of global development efforts. SPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENT Homeboy Industries announced as 2020 Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries has been announced as the recipient of the largest annual humanitarian award, the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Presented to nonprofit organizations that have made 'extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering,' the prize is worth $2.5 million. This year’s recipient is the largest gang rehabilitation and reentry program in the world and has been offering support and training to those formerly incarcerated for over 30 years. Homeboy Industries' founder, Father Gregory Boyle, hopes the recognition of the award will help to highlight its model of creating a culture of compassion, tenderness, and kinship, which he says can be applied to other contexts and issues. Learn more. The pandemic has shown an appreciation for our essential workers. 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