Bio
Rebecca Laks is currently pursuing a Master's of Public Health in the Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and is interning at International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region.
Laks has worked in reproductive and sexual health research in Africa, in health education at a community clinic in Oakland, California, and has coordinated reproductive and child health projects at a rural Bolivian medical clinic. She has traveled extensively, particularly throughout Latin America, and is interested in the intersection between new media and public health and human rights.
Featured Work
![Firewood market in Darfur. CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/genocideintervention/2713877998/in/set-72157606434376928/">Genocide Intervention Network</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/darfur_firewood_2023-04-10-053646_rulq.jpg?v=1721182651)
DEC 9, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Alternative Fuels Take Root in Refugee Camps
Faced with scarce firewood, humanitarian organizations are introducing efficient alternative-fuel stoves to Darfur and other refugee camps worldwide.