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Five experts on Africa discussed the continent’s economic and political progress and prospects last night. Entitled “Africa: The Next 50 Years,” and featuring a World Bank official and an African and African American Studies professor, the panel convened at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) days after the legitimacy of this Saturday’s presidential election in Nigeria was questioned by various international watchdogs. The event was also scheduled to fall during the year of the 50th anniversary of Ghana’s independence from Britain. Panel members emphasized progress...
Since the Hyde Amendment was passed in 1976, the federal government cannot lawfully fund abortions unless the mother’s life is in danger, or the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest. The Center for American Progress reports that in 2001, the number of federally or state-funded Medicaid abortions was 81. Furthermore, 70,000 women a year die from abortion procedures around the world because of faulty and sub-standard medical conditions according to a 2006 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics report. The political infrastructure in place in America currently does not adequately allow women...
...agrees. An economics professor at Carnegie Mellon and co-author of Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide, she points to a host of cultural factors that influence women's expectations and actions practically from the day they are born. As the founder of Carnegie Mellon's PROGRESS (Program for Research & Outreach on Gender Equity in Society), Babcock is developing ways to teach negotiation skills to women and girls. One such tool is the Girls Scouts' new negotiation badge, launched last fall, which girls can earn after completing a seminar on negotiation skills...
...most Nigerians have long since been resigned to the dishonesty of their rulers. That's why millions did not bother to vote last Saturday. Nigeria's presidential election did not signify democratic progress. But the apathy shown by many Nigerians and the long-standing tradition of the country's rulers to simply buy off powerful opponents with a share of the spoils may actually help the country avert a violent political showdown...
...Since about one fifth of all electricity in the U.S. comes from nuclear power plants, Nunn added, "One out of 10 of these light bulbs right here in this room, theoretically, comes from missile material that was aimed at us during the Cold War. So we've made some progress...