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South Africa has one of the world’s leading legal frameworks for protecting women’s rights. South Africa’s 1996 constitutional provisions give equal importance to “non-sexism” and “non-racialism.” Progress for women is visible in the public sector where, i ...


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Liberia’s fourteen years of civil war, 1989 to 2003, destroyed the country’s economic and social fabric. At the grassroots level, Liberia’s women contributed to forging peace and allowing the country to begin to rebuild from the ashes of war. The documenta ...


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The current Ebola outbreak has claimed thousands of lives and has been declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization. The rate of new infections in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and the spread of cases ...


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Kim Heys's blog This video and post from Senior Fellow Roger Thurow originally appeared on the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Good nutrition in the first 1,000 days is vital for the growth of a child’s body and brain. Micronutrient deficiencies ...


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What is the impact of losing your land? South Africa’s history of colonial land appropriation has created a lasting legacy of hardship. As the country struggles to reconcile demands for restitution with the rights of current landowners—many of whom acquir ...




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Anonymous's blog We’re excited to announce the launch of a new multi-part film series on Roger Thurow’s The Last Hunger Season. Now through October 16—coinciding with World Food Day 2014—we will be releasing new episodes from the series each week. Pa ...



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Anonymous's blog We’re excited to announce the launch of a new multi-part film series on Roger Thurow’s The Last Hunger Season. Now through October 16—coinciding with World Food Day 2014—we will be releasing new episodes from the series each week. Pa ...