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As we delve into the findings of the UNICEF 2023 Child Marriage report, we are faced with both encouraging progress and sobering realities regarding child marriage worldwide. Today, I want to share my thoughts on the report’s insights and the urgent...
by populationmediacenter
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 06:36 AM PDT
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📦ENGIn Champions: Tutoring Ukrainians in English homepage & diary list founded 2023 by captainfactoid — Comments and stories, with tips on how to get started. It's easier than you might think - and there is more help available.
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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America’s position as the sole great power within the international system has come to an end. The future of the liberal world order has become precarious. Brief History & Theoretical Concepts in International Relations The balance of power within the...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM PST
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From Guttmacher Institute email: In a new comment published in The Lancet, experts Ann Starrs, Alex Ezeh, Gilda Sedgh and Susheela Singh outline the collective work needed to advance sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services for all by 2030....
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Wednesday in California for talks on trade, Taiwan and fraught U.S.-Chinese relations in the first engagement in a ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Nov 11, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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UPDATE: re-editing to link to Help Organizations for Israelis & Palestinians by kosak Pam LaPier, posted Fri, Oct 13, [Donate to] World Central Kitchen Delivering in Israel & Gaza posted Nov 3 by Solarman55 NPR- Nov 9, 2023 “...Among those...
by mettle fatigue
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on Fri Oct 13, 2023 at 08:02 PM PDT
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Biden, Modi, and G20 allies unveil rail and shipping project linking India to Middle East and Europe President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an ambitious project aimed at fostering economic ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 09:15 AM PDT
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The Republican Party remains divided on Ukraine, but an emerging talking point from the pro-Putin side is that the U.S. needs to “pivot to China.” Their claim is that supporting Ukraine and ...
by kos
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on Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 03:59 PM PDT
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Ted’s so good at picking soft culture-war targets when he’s not conniving to overthrow the government as he did in 2020. It’s Silly Season but some hitherto unnoticeable “propaganda” is important to Ted because he has nothing better to do, pretending...
by annieli
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on Wed Jul 19, 2023 at 10:16 PM PDT
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WWII Japanese sex trafficking, like Nazi Germany’s is a neglected story. It is an example of de facto and de jure coercion in Asian labor contracts, esp. sexual coercion and its revisionist history no different than RWNJs in the US when teaching...
by annieli
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on Sat Jul 15, 2023 at 05:31 PM PDT
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This diary is about money. More specifically, it is about how much the droughts, flash floods, tornados, wildfires, and hurricanes that climate change is exacerbating (bigger – faster – louder – harder) are costing us, how much they will cost us in the...
by SninkyPoo
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on Wed Jun 07, 2023 at 09:33 AM PDT
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Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson presided over the fifth most balloted Speaker election in US history, all other House business at a standstill. (They didn’t even know if they had healthcare, or would their staff be paid at midmonth as usual.) Voting...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Jan 07, 2023 at 05:00 PM PST
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I, William Fine, authored this obituary on my Father, Dr. Daniel Fine, in today’s (Sunday 11/23/2022) Washington Post. → the full obituary is here→ www.legacy.com/...“ DANIEL FINE OBITUARY FINE DR. DANIEL FINE Dr. Daniel Fine unexpectantly passed away...
by bluewill
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on Sun Nov 13, 2022 at 01:28 PM PST
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Adding to internal plastics limitations, Thailand is engaging incremental measures toward fully banning foreign plastic-scrap by 2025, joining Malayasia, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian nations aiming to curb regional toxic ocean pollution adversely...
by mettle fatigue
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on Wed Oct 05, 2022 at 02:49 PM PDT
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In a win for immigration advocates nationwide, lawmakers in Congress introduced a bill Tuesday that if passed would work towards keeping Southeast Asian refugee families together. According to NBC ...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Thu Sep 22, 2022 at 01:30 PM PDT
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the war that matters is the war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it. Diane di Prima, “Rant" On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910) is a marvelous paper, a...
by gmoke
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on Tue Aug 23, 2022 at 04:50 PM PDT
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Given that the past few weeks (or months) have been rather big in terms of US foreign policy, I thought I might post something on it from the point of view of some of those most affected by that policy. I hope you will take a look at my argument....
by AVeng
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on Tue Jul 26, 2022 at 09:02 AM PDT
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📌 from TheConversation Although voters age 18-29 have historically been the least likely age-cohort to vote, 78% of them favor legal abortion and 69% disapprove of Dobbs, compared to roughly 62% of Americans generally (according to Pew). This...
by mettle fatigue
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on Sat Jul 16, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck and Rise ...
by side pocket
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on Sun May 08, 2022 at 09:00 PM PDT
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The Economist: This unexpected weakness of Russia in military matters arises from four concurring causes, of which three are inherent in her system, and, if not absolutely incurable, are at best little likely to be cured ... The Russian armies are...
by kos
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- The current intensification of Russian attacks may be a result of the fact that the soil has dried out after the spring mud season, which facilitates more rapid mechanized maneuver, and that Russian forces are trying to take advantage of Ukraine's...24 comments 124 Recs
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