A Change in Focus for Covering Africa
Dateline (Overseas Press Club magazine) April 18, 2019 At a prison in Thiès, Senegal, a group of women in fine dresses cut from the same colorful fabric enact […]
Category Archives: Women & Children
Strength in Numbers: StrongMinds looks to break the cycle of depression for women in Uganda and beyond.
Stanford Social Innovation Review August 2018 Harriet Nakalyango sells water and farms a small plot of land to make a living on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. After she married at age 16 […]
Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads
NPR June 15, 2018 Jean Marie Rukundo did not accompany his wife to the clinic the first two times she gave birth. Here in rural Rwanda, that was considered the […]
Access to family planning in Senegal can stem infanticide and abortion
The Lancet March 8, 2018 In a jail in Senegal, a woman is imprisoned, convicted with infanticide. Access to family planning could help to prevent this societal woe. Amy Yee […]
A Mission to Stop Genital Cutting
New York Times International November 9, 2017 KEUR SIMBARA, Senegal — Demba Diawara is an unlikely advocate for women’s rights. The imam, now in his 80s, has lived all his […]
New Yorker Redesigns Her Life To Help Kids In Ghana
NPR July 24, 2017 AMY YEE Pat Wilkins didn’t plan to live in Ghana. But the former New Yorker is now so much a part of the society that, as […]
She arrived in Senegal 43 years ago – and is still there working on social issues
Christian Science Monitor July 20, 2017 Molly Melching founded the nonprofit Tostan, which operates in a number of African countries. It’s known globally for alleviating poverty, as well as for […]
China Blocks UN Resolution to Curb Lead in Paint
Voice of America May 30, 2016 China blocked a much-anticipated United Nations resolution to curb lead in paint during last-ditch negotiations at the U.N. Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi. A […]
Autism Research’s Overlooked Racial Bias: Despite popular belief, white kids aren’t the only ones on the spectrum.
May 4, 2016 Minority families often miss out on treatment or get left out of research — an ethical failure. New projects are illuminating autism’s diverse shades. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/autism-research-overlooked-racial-bias/481314/ Each Tuesday […]
In Bangladesh, a Half-Century of Saving Lives With Data
New York Times November 17, 2015 NABAKALASH, Bangladesh — Sufia Khatun wears a green sari around her thin 76-year-old frame. Round gold-rimmed glasses perch on her wizened face. When she […]
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