How should we measure poverty?
The United Nations is starting to rethink that question. The UN Development Program yesterday unveiles this year’s Human Development Report and the Human Development Index…
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Happening Now: Cyber-broadcast “town halls” on Rwanda, Congo, minerals & more
Town hall is a twitter-character attempt to make it clear these are panels you can participate in, if you visit the online discussion webpage….
Read MoreYour Africa-related events calendar
Lately, I’ve been getting press releases about Africa-themed events. I’ve blogged a few of them, but I thought I’d put together a calendar for…
Read MoreHappy Birthday 1325, or, Why women in Burundi won’t let me be cynical about (some) UN resolutions
If you’ve never been to a birthday party for a Security Council resolution, well, get out your party shoes. Today is the 10th anniversary…
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What the UN Can Learn from the Women of Burundi
Kigali, Rwanda — If you’ve never been to a birthday party for a UN Security Council resolution, well, get out your party shoes. Today…
Read MoreSometimes, a girl’s gotta stick up for change
Check out what I think will be a debate over at change.org, between me and the new editor of the Human Rights blog. (Awkard…
Read MoreMedia training dollars run amok?
Thanks to @penelopeinparis for highlighting this great opinion piece from Tom Kamara, editor and publisher of Liberia’s New Democrat newspaper. Kamara questions the utility…
Read MoreNow crowdsourcing: Best & worst journalism about rape
If you’re a regular here, you know I manage to find myself mired in commentary about journalism on rape once every three or four…
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Muslims wear things!
Including hot little tennis dresses, cargo vests, cowboy hats, track suits… and, in the case of the founder of Pakistan, a monocole. Oh, and…
Read MoreIf you’ve got a radio, you can hear my voice
I have a short radio essay, “The Music of Language,” about the cacophony and the calm of working across a handful of languages, on…
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