Laura Adams

Supporting global learning for civil society and media organizations. My #CSMSTAND work @PactWorld brings me great joy and thank you @AKF_Global for turning it into a short, inspiring video: youtu.be/qOngZA7uGJE

@dickobrema @CisseGaly @MoumouniSoumano

Grant for Malian and international researchers; qualitative applied research on an information integrity intervention. Deadline for applications: May 6. Full details: pactworld.org/procurement @

With journalists jailed and a prevailing feeling that anyone could be targeted next, suffocating dread has spread across civil society in Kyrgyzstan. Let Kyrgyz journalists know that they aren't alone. Share a video in support of press freedom in Kyrgyzstan using #FreeKyrgyz11

Hoping to talk to @Lassaneo or other similar scholars about an applied research opportunity. DM email/Signal info if interested: careers-pactworld.icims.com/jobs/2011/moni…

been working w/other @PactWorld teams to id how they do social accountability I've learned abt concrete ways in which APEA supported politically savvier work in their local systems Register 👇 @arochamenocal @lhpiron @DNJFollows Can't wait to connect dots in future convos!

Oyan, Qazaqstan activists Darkhan Sharipov and Vlada Ermolcheva were arrested in Almaty today and will be shortly tried for their protests for fair and open elections a few months ago. This is old #Kazakhstan

Evidence on human rights interventions is a real challenge to wrangle! Congratulations @TKozakiewicz and team!

@aewooden I’m so sorry to hear about all you have been through! No one should have to live like this, with neither help nor understanding from the “experts.”

#Misinformation and distrust in independent media and #civilsociety are key challenges to #democracy. That's why Pact, @IREXintl and @USAID, through the CSM-STAND project, are committed to treating information disorders. Read more > pactworld.org/blog/rebuildin… @USAIDDRG

I welcome links to other places where these concerns are addressed.

I see a similar lack of reflection on the power of agenda setting in the debates about what counts as evidence. To what extent are our standards of rigor contributing to agenda setting of what stories can and should be told?

We can critically examine the facts behind a story without saying that the story shouldn’t be told. Respectable critics of “wokeness” that I have read don’t see that their defense of universalism and liberty is also engaging in agenda setting that reproduces existing inequities.

Today, on #InternationalWomensDay, I call to remember & honor the brave women of Belarus who stood up against tyranny. Masha, Katsiaryna, Marfa, Danuta & many more - there are almost 200 female political prisoners in Belarus right now. Every one of them deserves freedom. #IWD2023

Alysson Akiko Oakley @PactWorld shares how #eval #democracy support evolved from Cowboys to "MEL Tax" tech to Messy Middle to the Compliance Crew & new #DRG systems approaches to #evaluation at @aeaweb NDE issue launch @AeaDrg today

@AltAcChats I slogged away in academia for 17 years and now happily use my social science background at @PactWorld to further evidence and learning in international development programs.

Hi friends! Let’s do a special #FollowFriday today. Can all our #AltAc friends who are *not* in tech introduce themselves? Tech had gotten a lot of attention lately but hoping to emphasize the variability in non-ac roles!

#Belarus In 2022, at least 6,380 people were detained for political reasons. That's 17 people a day. The number might be higher as the regime jailed or pushed out of the country many human rights defenders from @viasna96. People are detained for opposing Lukashenka and the war.

Yesterday the trial of Nobel laureate and Viasna @viasna96 leader Ales Bialitski, his deputy Valiantin Stefanovich and lawyer Uladzimir Labkovich started in Minsk. Today the trial continues.

@SyinatS @EurasiaUTsukuba @mextjapan I’m so, so happy for you! 🥹👏

Overjoyed that my book based on my doctoral dissertation (written @EurasiaUTsukuba on a scholarship from @mextjapan) has been published at last: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… - of course, I did a little dance of happiness upon reading the email from publishers😁

@AltAcChats I want to continue my pattern of annually luring two social science Ph.Ds into international development jobs doing evaluation/learning. 😈

Does anyone have an #AltAc goal or two for 2023? We’d love to hear them!