Overall Context
Durable social change starts from the inside out and is nurtured from the outside in, through a web of interactions between manifold dimensions. This chapter briefly explores certain implications of the Pandemic and of the containment measures at the indi
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Development and Connection in the Time of COVID-19 “Cornelia Walther offers to policymakers a new perspective, people centred, where collaboration and agility frame the paths of new opportunities for change and transformation. The four folded prism is an accessible and captivating lens, reminding us our fragility but also our potential: an inspiring carol, singing that on the brink, we are capable of the marvellous.” —Michel Maietta, Director and co-founder of the Inter-Agency Research and Analysis Network (IARAN). Former director of the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) “The future is uncertain. Nevertheless, with solid theory and a good model, it is possible to peek and discern probable trends. This book provides a superb model that not only does exactly that but also delivers tools and practical ideas to shape a post-COVID future.” —Enrique Delamonica, Senior Adviser Statistics and Monitoring (Child Poverty and Gender Equality), United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) “Cornelia Walther enlightens us on the deep bonds that can project the inner life of each person into a possible humanitarian commitment and how our feelings, values, experience and character can become a remarkable lever for action for the common good.” —Alain Boinet, Founder and Board member of NGO Solidarités International. President of ‘Coordination Humanitaire et Développement’. Board member ‘Coordination Sud’ “Cornelia Walther’s book captures your imagination and gives you inspiration to understand and act on the present complex reality and uncertain future. The author manages to integrate in brilliant manner individual aspirations, emotions, thoughts and behavior with family, community and society in a comprehensive and systemic way. This approach gives the author a deep base to formulate policy and program recommendations at different levels: the individuals, their family and work-spaces, national policy, and global institutions. Each section of the book is meaningful by itself but it is integrated in a powerful and deep way that calls for innovative actions.” —Alberto Minujin, Founder and Director of Equity for Children, New School. Professor, Graduate Program in International Affairs Program at The New School. Former UNICEF Senior Program Officer for Policy Analysis
“This book highlights that the COVID19 pandemic will perpetuate and exacerbate existing global and local inequalities—unless there is true commitment to cooperation and solidarity.” —Silke Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Southampton (UK), Author of ‘The Paradoxes of Aid Work. Passionate Professionals’ “Walther’s publication is a timely and necessary contribution to our understanding of the interplay between public health, social and mental resilience and human development. Departing from a place of social equalization, she embarks on an elegantly constructed narrative, liking human emotion, social interaction and the psychology of stress and challenge to collective response capacities and, in effect, human development. Her
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