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Israeli elections | Manning up in Malawi

Posted by: Global Perspectives

Date: Friday, 20 September 2019

 

Editor's note

When Benjamin Netanyahu called Israel's second election this year, he hoped it could break the political deadlock. He was wrong. Netanyahu emerged weakened after Tuesday's poll, but neither he nor his rival Benny Gantz won enough seats to secure a majority in the Knesset, Israel's parliament. But what does the political deadlock mean for the wider Middle East, and the Israel-Palestine conflict in particular? Martin Beck explains.

In patriarchal societies such as Malawi, women do the bulk of the housework: caring for children, finding and preparing food, and cleaning the house. These multiple roles prevent women from engaging in activities that would earn them an income. But things are slowly changing for the better thanks to progressive interventions by the health ministry and traditional leaders. Elizabeth Mkandawire and Sheryl L Hendriks share the results of their study showing how some men are getting more involved in the home.

Gemma Ware

Global Affairs Editor

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Benny Gantz: one seat ahead. Atef Safadi/EPA

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Martin Beck, University of Southern Denmark

Coalition negotiations begin in Israel after neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor Benny Gantz secure a majority.

A woman and baby on a bicycle taxi in Salima, Malawi. Some Malawian men are becoming more involved in childcare. EPA-EFE

Malawi study highlights the importance of men in childcare and nutrition

Elizabeth Mkandawire, University of Pretoria; Sheryl L Hendriks, University of Pretoria

While not all men are willing to become involved in women and children’s health, some situations force them take on 'women’s work'.

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Nandini Ramesh, University of California, Berkeley; James Rising, London School of Economics and Political Science; Kimberly Oremus, University of Delaware

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En Ouganda, ces bidonvilles qui s’emparent du recyclage des déchets

Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University

Dans les zones urbaines défavorisées de Kampala, un réseau de petites structures valorisent les déchets pour en faire des briquettes combustibles.

Le réchauffement des eaux modifie la relation que les communautés côtières entretiennent avec l'océan

Eric Oliver, Dalhousie University

Les collectivités côtières aident les scientifiques à comprendre les impacts des vagues de chaleur marines et à trouver des solutions.

En español

Fertilizantes de nitrógeno, tan imprescindibles como contaminantes

Antonio Rafael Sánchez-Rodríguez, Universidad de Córdoba

Se calcula que la agricultura origina entre el 60 y el 70 % de las emisiones de óxido nitroso generadas por la actividad humana, asociadas en gran medida al uso de fertilizantes nitrogenados.

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Ignacio López-Goñi, Universidad de Navarra

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Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion at the XXIX International Rosa Luxemburg Conference in Berlin on January

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