Foreign Policy: Human Rights Groups Bristling at State Department Report “Human rights groups blasted the State Department’s annual human rights report, released on Friday, which removed the term ‘reproductive rights’ and softened language on human rights violations in a number of countries, including Yemen and the Dominican Republic. … Human…

Devex: 5 takeaways from the World Bank Spring Meetings “…After months of negotiations — including with a skeptical Trump administration — [World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Saturday] was able to announce a $13 billion capital increase that will allow the bank to lend more money and finance more…

The Hill: An American development finance playbook for a 21st century market Tessie San Martin, president of Plan International USA and co-chair of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network “…[The BUILD Act, which proposes the establishment of a new U.S. international development finance corporation,] is a unique opportunity to modernize the tools…

International Policy Digest: Only the United States can Save the Yemeni People Ryan McFerran, graduate student at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs “…The U.S. has demonstrated a strong capacity to address the emergency [in Yemen] through negotiations with Saudi Arabia … [and] should continue with its diplomatic initiative…

Center for Global Development’s “U.S. Development Policy”: Trump’s Treasury Delivers at the World Bank: More Capital for Climate, Solid Policy Framework Scott Morris, senior fellow and director of the U.S. Development Policy Initiative at CGD, discusses the U.S. endorsement of the World Bank’s new capital increase package, which according to…

U.S. Department of State’s “DipNote”: State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Reports Jonathan Collett, public diplomacy specialist, and Kerri Spindler-Ranta, public diplomacy adviser, both in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the U.S. Department of State, discuss the release of the State Department’s 2017 Country Reports on…

Washington Post: The Daily 202: Barbara Bush and Donald Trump responded very differently to the AIDS epidemic This analysis outlines the differences between former First Lady Barbara Bush and President Donald Trump in how they addressed the HIV/AIDS epidemic and LGBTQ issues (Hohmann et al., 4/19).

Taiwan News: U.S. senator advocates for Taiwan to join WHO against China’s bullying “On Thursday, two U.S. senators proposed … a bill to help Taiwan regain its observer status in the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of the annual global assembly May 21-26. … Senators Jim Inhofe [R-Okla.] and [Bob]…

POLITICO: State Dept. to release human rights report as Pompeo nears confirmation vote “The State Department plans to release its annual human rights report on Friday, a document that will draw unusual scrutiny thanks to expected changes to its format, including the amount of space devoted to women’s reproductive rights.…

Dallas Morning News: U2’s Bono says Barbara Bush made George W. an ‘AIDS activist’ “…As the first recipient of the George W. Bush Medal for Distinguished Leadership, Bono was the night’s honored guest. The award was meant to recognize his high-profile humanitarian efforts, in particular in fighting HIV and AIDS…