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The Workplace Has Failed to Adapt to Mothers’ Needs — and It’s Taking a Toll

Posted: 24 Oct 2018 09:01 PM PDT

This piece by Didem Tali is part of Apolitical's spotlight series on the care economy, in partnership with the Wilson Center."I don't wanna work anymore," the comedian Ali Wong exclaimed in front of her audience on her recent Netflix stand-up show — she was heavily pregnant at the time. "Well, I don't wanna lean in, […] Related posts: How to Value Unpaid Care Work: The $10 Trillion Question Ageing Populations Could Create a Care Crisis—Or Millions of Jobs Dr. Belen Garijo: "I Believe We...

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African Free Trade Could Increase Resilience to Climate Change and Conflict

Posted: 24 Oct 2018 05:57 AM PDT

Developing countries are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as drought, flooding, severe weather events, and threats to humanity's basic needs like food, water, energy, and shelter. The African continent knows much about the impacts of climate change. But what can it do about it?Enter the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). […] Related posts: The New Slave Trade: Migration, Trafficking, and Terrorists in Libya Backdraft Revisited: The Conflict Potential of...

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