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Sexism is making the global tuberculosis epidemic worse

Sexism is making the global tuberculosis epidemic worse | ED 262 mylineONLINE:  Gender, Sexism, & Sexual Orientations | Scoop.it
It is scientifically proven that patriarchy shoots everyone in the foot.

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Igor Espanhol's curator insight, April 9, 2019 8:15 PM

"The 38-year-old mother of three (whose name has been changed for this piece) lives in the town of Kahama, in northern Tanzania. She had been coughing for weeks prior to her diagnosis and had visited several health facilities, but she was given regular antibiotics, which are ineffective against TB."

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#Africa’s most prestigious #leadership award goes to the continent’s first elected female president #Liberia #MoIbrahim #Award #Africa

#Africa’s most prestigious #leadership award goes to the continent’s first elected female president #Liberia #MoIbrahim #Award #Africa | ED 262 mylineONLINE:  Gender, Sexism, & Sexual Orientations | Scoop.it
After twice skipping announcing a winner, the 2017 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Liberia's former president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf, the continent’s first elected female president, left office in late January, after overseeing the first democratic transfer of power in Liberia since 1944. The 79-year-old Nobel laureate cam

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Igor Espanhol's curator insight, February 12, 2018 6:34 PM

"Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins Mo Ibrahim African leadership prize."

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Boko Haram kidnaps Nigerian schoolgirls in Dapchi like with Chibok Girls #HumanitarianCauses #Africa #Nigeria #BokoHaram  

Boko Haram kidnaps Nigerian schoolgirls in Dapchi like with Chibok Girls #HumanitarianCauses #Africa #Nigeria #BokoHaram   | ED 262 mylineONLINE:  Gender, Sexism, & Sexual Orientations | Scoop.it
In April 2014, the sleepy town of Chibok in Borno State was thrust first into national, and then international limelight when 276 female students from a local high school were abducted by the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram. It's difficult to remember now how slowly news of the abduction trickled out. In part i

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Igor Espanhol's curator insight, February 25, 2018 5:08 PM

'A new schoolgirls kidnapping by Boko Haram shows Nigeria hasn’t learned its lesson."