Women agricultural workers in Tunisia continue dying on the road due to hazardous transport conditions. A deeper look, however, reveals that solving the transport predicament alone is just a band-aid solution to an issue wherein extreme precarity, systemic sexism,… [Read more]
Tag: equality
When Political Representation does not lead to Equality: The Influence of Women in National Parliaments
As part of our #WebDataMining Series, MPP student Donata Schilling uses PageRank analysis to question whether the political representation of women in Parliaments actually leads to political equality. Let’s try a straightforward exercise. Name a prominent female politician that is… [Read more]
God’s Gift to ‘Peoplekind’
When Canada lost its bid for the Security Council seat in 2010, it was the international community’s way of saying “This isn’t the Canada we’ve grown to love”. Then Canada elected Justin Trudeau, and thought… [Read more]
Reconciling Culture and Governance in Sierra Leone
“If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation.” The words of this African proverb ring true of Hertie School Alumnus Joseph Ayamga’s work in… [Read more]