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Rebecca Silus
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Rebecca Silus was born in Minneapolis and received her MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2008. After she had been living in Berlin until 2014, where she worked as an artist, editor, and author, she returned to Minneapolis.

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March 25, 2014
Press Review: Asia’s coasts to be first casualties of rising sea levels
by:Rebecca Silus
Here hundreds of millions of people will lose their homes and face food insecurity, disease, and shortages of clean drinking water. Although [...]
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March 18, 2014
Press Review: Nutrition advocates push for big changes in 2014 & Iraq to vote on bill detrimental to women's rights
by:Rebecca Silus
Scaling Up Nutrition (Sun) is spearheading the movement by enlisting 45 countries to participate in its movement, which combines a multi-sectoral [...]
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March 11, 2014
Press Review: UN urges immediate action to stop Haitian cholera epidemic & Malala Fund to focus on Syrian child refugees
by:Rebecca Silus
Pedro Medrano Rojas says a proposed 10-year plan would eradicate cholera by building public health and sanitation services, but would require $69m in [...]
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March 04, 2014
Press Review: Using mobile technology to prevent trafficking of women & 10,000 violent attacks on places of education
by:Rebecca Silus
Currently under development, the project will use mobile phones to create labor networks that would connect potential employees with employers and [...]
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February 25, 2014
Press Review: Woman convicted of "indecent acts" after rape in Sudan & Women in poorest nations not benefitting from strides in health care and education
by:Rebecca Silus
Her arrest followed the release of a video showing the rape, which prosecutors used to prove she participated in “indecent acts.” In addition to [...]
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February 11, 2014
Press Review: Four billion living without protection of the law & CAR's Muslim population in need of immediate action
by:Rebecca Silus
Now 4 billion people live without the protection of the law, making them vulnerable to violence, the loss of land, and denial of basic services. In [...]
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February 04, 2014
Press Review: Drug trafficking responsible for large-scale deforestation in South America & Humanitarian crisis in south DRC ignored by UN
by:Rebecca Silus
Threats and bribes from the cartels have silenced conservation groups, indigenous groups, prosecutors, and government officials, allowing them to [...]
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January 21, 2014
Press Review: UN warns of genocide in Central African Republic & France refuses to pay more for Niger uranium
by:Rebecca Silus
Director of operations John Ging says that the situation resembles previous genocides in Rwanda and Bosnia. People are committing atrocities against [...]
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January 14, 2014
Press Review: Local food aid sourcing & New program for preventing malnutrition in the Sahel
by:Rebecca Silus
Donors such as the EU and Japan allow their funding to be used to buy local food. The United States, which makes up 36 percent of contributions to [...]
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January 07, 2014
Press Review: Landless young in Kenya turn to beekeeping & A biofuel project in Kenya helps stop deforestation
by:Rebecca Silus
With youth unemployment at 30%, many are forced to take on dangerous work or go abroad where they often work in domestic servitude. The NGO Farm [...]
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December 31, 2014
Press Review: Ugandans worry about cost of commercial oil production & 2013 death toll for journalists hits 70
by:Rebecca Silus
Critics are less optimistic about the outcomes, citing lack of transparency in planning and that despite billions already paid out by oil companies, [...]
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December 17, 2013
Press Review: Electronic waste to grow 33% in four years & UN asks for 6.5b in aid
by:Rebecca Silus
Syria’s neighbors Saudi Arabia and Qatar have yet to donate any aid for Syria to the UN. [BBC] The money used to buy the natural resources used in [...]
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