Resources

News
Virtual Forum on Social Innovation
From 28 September to 02 October, the Virtual Forum on Social Innovation will provide an opportunity for our entire community to engage with the Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator social entrepreneurs and explore broad issues in Menstrual Health and Hygiene. Mark your...
Femme International Menstrual Hygiene Day Webinar
Time’s Running Out! – Donation Matching for Femme International
Duke and UNICEF Announce Innovation Accelerator Social Enterprises
Duke and UNICEF—who partnered in May 2019 to form the Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator—have announced the Accelerator’s inaugural cohort of six social enterprises. Building on UNICEF’s 70-year history of innovating for children and Duke’s track record of success in...
Giving Girls Menstrual Choice with Florence Akara
Hyasintha Ntuyeko: Starting Small But Dreaming Big
Knowledge Center
Panel Discussion: Taking Control of Periods
Taking Control of Periods: Innovations that Put the Power into the Hands of Girls Friday, October 2nd, 10:30am-11:30am EDT This global panel featured Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator social entrepreneurs and UNICEF field staff in discussion around the power of user/girl-centered design in...
In Conversation with Suhani Jalota
In Conversation with Suhani Jalota Wednesday, September 30th, 6:00pm-7:00pm EDT Suhani Jalota is the Founder and CEO of Myna Mahila Foundation based in Mumbai. Her mission is to bring equal access to health care services for all. She has been working in urban slum areas and rural communities...
Career Panel on International Development
Career Panel on International Development Tuesday, September 29th, 6:00pm-7:00pm EDT Careers in international development with Duke alums. Panelists include: Ticora V. Jones, PhD, Director, Center for Development Research, USAID (formerly Division Chief, USAID Higher Education Solutions Network)...
Panel Discussion: Innovating for Girls in Uncertain Times
Innovating for Girls in Uncertain Times: Periods Don't Pause for a Pandemic Tuesday, September 29th, 10:30am-11:30am EDT This global panel featured Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator social entrepreneurs and UNICEF field staff in a discussion focused on the reality that menstruation does not cease...
Pivoting Periods – Webinar Panel Discussion
Brought to you by the Duke UNICEF Innovation Accelerator, this open webinar panel discussion focused on how social enterprises working in menstrual health and hygiene globally have developed and adapted their business models to respond to changes in their operating environment. The...
Global Health Institute
Formed in 2006 as part of Duke University’s commitment to spark innovation in global health research and education, the institute brings together knowledge and resources from across the university to address the most important global health issues of our time.
Center for Advanced Hindsight
From academic publications and reports, to comics demonstrating behavioral science concepts through the eyes of canine companions, the Center for Advanced Hindsight's work takes many forms. While the formats are almost as wide-ranging as the subject matter, all of their work is aimed at using...
Sanford School of Public Policy
The Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University is one of America’s leading schools of public policy, offering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in public policy and international development policy.
Center for WaSH-AID
The Duke University Center for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Infectious Disease (WaSH-AID) is a collaborative translational research team working closely with more than 20 academic, non-profit, and private industry partners around the world to facilitate the development and sustainable deployment...

Stories
DUIA 2020 End of Year Retrospective
Looking Back and Leaning Forward, Lessons Learned from a Tumultuous First Year of the Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator Taylor Conger and Danielle...
DUIA Innovator Interviews
The innovators of the Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator’s first cohort are working to build and scale their enterprises that address menstrual...