April 1, 2019, 9:59 am
By The Carter Center
The Carter Center, with the support of UK Aid, helped prepare a range of voter education materials for the March 31 municipal elections in Yangon, Myanmar. A coalition of 10 civil society organizations, coordinated by our partner New Myanmar Foundation, is using the materials in its street campaign. These are Yangon’s first elections with universal suffrage, so many women and …
March 8, 2019, 10:33 am
By Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters
The Center’s work is never easy, even in the best of times, when the world seems eager to embrace the efforts you help make possible in seeking peace, health, and hope for people in need.
November 14, 2018, 3:09 pm
By Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters is the chief executive officer of The Carter Center.
At The Carter Center, we believe people can improve their own lives when they have the right skills, knowledge, and access to resources. I’d like to introduce you to a few people who are making a real difference in their communities.
Abudala Kakooza collects black flies …
November 5, 2018, 1:05 pm
By The Carter Center
Reverend Esther Ibanga is the senior pastor of Jos Christian Missions International and the president and founder of Women Without Walls Initiative (WOWWI), an organization established to address the persistent ethno–religious conflicts in Plateau state. Under her leadership, WOWWI has provided a platform for women across different ethnic and religious groups to activate their voices in the call for peace.…
October 8, 2018, 11:29 am
By annamarie1234
In case you missed “A Conversation with the Carters” on Sept. 11 at The Carter Center, an archived version of the webcast can be viewed below.
About Conversations at The Carter Center
Conversations brings you up close with Carter Center experts, policy makers, and other special guests to discuss the issues that shape your world. All Conversations are webcast live …
June 19, 2018, 11:15 am
By The Carter Center
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters is the chief executive officer of The Carter Center.
It’s no secret that this world is full of problems—some big and terrifying, some small and trivial. It may seem overwhelming at times, but it doesn’t have to be paralyzing.
Wisdom and experience teach us that when faced with a difficult situation, the best approach is …
April 8, 2018, 9:01 am
By The Carter Center
Last year, a Liberian woman named Beatrix decided she wanted to run for a seat in Liberia’s House of Representatives. But when she told her husband of her plan, he told her that she couldn’t, because she was a woman.
Liberia’s laws allow women to hold public office, but he didn’t want the mother of his 11 children to become …
March 21, 2018, 2:23 pm
By The Carter Center
In Feburary 2018, President Carter got candid about China in a guest lecture at Emory University. President Carter discussed factors that led to his decision to normalize U.S. relations with China in 1979. He also talks about a dinner conversation with President Deng Xiaoping that likely led to a surge of Christianity in China, now one of the world’s leading …
March 8, 2018, 8:30 am
By Laura Neuman
Access to information is a transformative human right.
Enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, access to information is foundational not just for the exercise of other rights, but also for economic empowerment and meaningful participation in public life.
And yet, a large portion of the world’s population is unable to enjoy this right. Carter Center …
February 5, 2018, 2:23 pm
By The Carter Center
Play our puzzle! Find peace, health, and hope words in the Carter Center’s Word Search below.
December 1, 2017, 12:15 pm
By Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters
Ambassador (ret.) Mary Ann Peters is the chief executive officer of The Carter Center.
We all know Benjamin Franklin’s proverb “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It makes sense to try to keep a bad thing from happening rather than to try to fix the mess that results if you let the bad thing happen. This …
November 21, 2017, 9:08 am
By The Carter Center
The Carter Center and Emory University celebrate an amazing 35-year partnership in 2017, a rare and productive union between a nongovernmental organization and a leading institution of higher education. Together, our reach has improved the lives of millions of the world’s poorest people through disease prevention, conflict resolution, and the strengthening of human rights and democracy.
November 13, 2017, 12:23 pm
By Jason Kibiswa Bulambo
Jason Kibiswa Bulambo, 34, is a technical trainer for the Youth Initiative project at the Carter Center’s Human Rights House (HRH) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He recently created a large mural at the HRH Kinshasa office.
The Human Rights House operates three neighborhood Youth Houses, or Maisons des Jeunes — two in Kinshasa and one in Goma …
October 27, 2017, 7:52 am
By Jordan Ryan
Jordan Ryan is vice president, peace programs, at The Carter Center.
Over the course of six recent posts, I shared some of the approaches to waging peace that that The Carter Center and its founder, former President Jimmy Carter, have developed or learned over many years.
1. Gain perspective.
2. One size does not fit all.
3. Patience and persistence …
