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  • Sexuality Education Begins to Take Root in Africa

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    Africa in Transition  //  Guest Contributor  //  March 24, 2020  //  By Robert Engelman
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    In Kenya, primary and secondary school students take courses called Life Skills Education. So do students in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and Swaziland. South Sudan adds “peace-building” to the subject title. Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia are more direct. These countries add the word “sexuality” to the course name.

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  • Four Cattle and a Farm: On Finding More Inclusive Solutions to Climate Change

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    Guest Contributor  //  June 14, 2016  //  By Laura Stewart
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    As early as 1911, coal miners in Britain carried caged canaries into mining pits. Any sign of distress from the small birds, which are incredibly sensitive to the presence of harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, meant immediate evacuation. Today’s canaries in the coal mine are low-income, minority communities whose exposure to environmental risks in the United States and elsewhere puts them at the frontlines of the global climate crisis.

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