Before I transferred to a Geography PhD program, I did not give much thought to GIS. I used it in … More
Category: Migration
Glass Ceilings, Grassroots, and Such: Why Top-Down Feminisms Don’t Work
When you shatter glass ceilings, does that mean you shower the grassroots with glass shards? I tweeted that in a … More
On The Anti-Trafficking Discourse and its Material Consequences
(cross-linked with my other blog) WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING? According to the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially … More
In the Face of a Receding Lake, Water Conflict at the Ethiopia-Kenya Border
Cross-linked with Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s site In May 2012, the Kenyan government sent 200 additional reserve troops to the … More
Initial Impressions on the Sullivan Foundation Summit in Equatorial Guinea
In a statement released August 6, Mrs. Hope Sullivan-Masters sought to rebut the criticisms of her choice to host the … More
Addressing African Youths’ Periods of Inactivity Between Educational Attainment & Employment
Cross-linked with Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Sixty-five percent of Africa’s population is under the age of 24, with over … More
Youth Unemployment in Africa and its Political Implications
Cross-linked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges’ site Africa is a young continent, with 65 percent of the continent’s population is … More
Forcible Resettlement and Land Grabs in Ethiopia
Cross-linked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s Blog Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest aid recipient, and one of Africa’s most food-insecure nations. Simultaneously, … More
The Great Land Rush: Land Grabs & Food Security
Crosslinked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization The Great Land Rush and Food Security What is land? Many of … More
Remittances to Drought/Famine-Affected Households in Northern Kenya
[Cross-linked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges’ blog] Women and children are the ones most susceptible to the effects of … More
“Cash Back”: Diaspora Remittances to Somalia
[Cross-linked at Future Challenges – Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Blog] As of May 2011, annual remittances to the continent of Africa exceeded 40 billion US … More
African Governments, NGOs & Civil Society: A Crisis of Legitimacy?
[Crosslinked with Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s Blog] In April, the Columbia Journalism Review raised the question of whether non-governmental organizations … More
Beyond Abolition: Ending Slavery in Mauritania
[Crossposted at Future Challenges Organization] Slavery is forced labor or exploitation with little to no pay (beyond subsistence) as a result … More
The Feminization of Migration and the Fight Against HIV
[crossposted at Future Challenges Organization’s blog] Is there a direct relationship between the feminization of migration and HIV prevalence on … More
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