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Women in Cuba Are Struggling to Ride the Waves of Economic Reform

Cuba is currently undergoing a series of economic reforms with the hopes of “updating” their national economy.  A significant component of these reforms are cuts to public sector employment.  In total 1 million civil servants are expected to loose their jobs.  Unfortunately these sweeping … Continue reading

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Women’s citizenship: implications of the Southern Sudan referendum | openDemocracy

This is a fascinating post by openDemocracy that I recently received in my regular Overseas Development Institute (ODI) newsletter.  [By the way if haven’t already the ODI institute’s newsletter is a great resources for academics and practitioners in the field of development – that … Continue reading

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