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COMMENT Lea Mwambene and Roberta Mgidlana In this short note we ask: What are the challenges of criminalizing ukuthwala in the protection of girls affected…
Source: Susan Yin COMMENT Temu Goodluck 25 June 2021 On 24th January 2021, the world celebrated the International Day of Education. This day results from…
Source: Markus Spiske ANALYSIS Dr. Tanu Biswas 18 June 2021 * Blog piece based on a forthcoming article co-authored with Prof. Thomas Hylland Eriksen[1] Within…
Source: United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs COMMENT Tinyade Kachika 11 June 2021 Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and…
Source: UNICEF ANALYSIS Lisa Strube 04 June 2021 According to UNICEF, there are 218 million working children between the ages of 5 and 17 years…
Source: M.B.M. ANALYSIS Prof. Dr Stefan Ouma 31 May 2021 Books abound on what is wrong with economics (Chang 2014; Keen 2011; Nelson 2018, Mazzucato…