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A Subscript in Global Education

by: Nnadozie Onyekuru Innovating in Africa is hard, but even harder is realizing the full potential of African innovations. This appears to be the case with Tuteria, a Nigerian innovation that connects parents to home tutors for their children. The innovation has received accolades from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the MIT Inclusive Innovation …

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A Territorial Peace Approach to Curb Coca Production in Colombia

by: Juanita Esguerra-Rezk Originally published in Peace Direct’s Peace Policy on May 09, 2019  In 2014 when I was working for a humanitarian organization in Colombia, I found myself in Putumayo walking amidst a mined area surrounded by coca crops (the raw plant used to produce cocaine). Contrary to the image that is widely portrayed …

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Combatting the Stereotype of the “Criminal” Immigrants

by: Shuyuan Shen On March 16, 2019, 50 people were killed and 50 others were wounded in the Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand. Muslim immigrants again became the focal point in the discussion on Chinese social media. The prevailing commentary on Chinese social media blamed immigrants for the violence, despite the fact that they …

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The Other Family Separation Issue

by: Patrick Calderon When I was in McAllen, Texas, last summer to interview migrants and humanitarian workers for an immigration-related research project, news broke in major media outlets that US authorities were separating immigrant children from their parents at the southern border with Mexico. I was heartened by how Republicans and Democrats alike raised their …

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Imagine the Peace

How a fishing agreement might serve as a key for the South China Sea puzzle by: Ngoc Thang “They raided our boat. First, they took our fish, then the essential equipment. If they liked it, they took it. If they didn’t, they threw it away,” said Le Tan, a Vietnamese fisherman recalling his terrible experience …

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