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Child poverty | Tunisia's new president

Posted by: The Conversation Global

Date: Friday, 18 October 2019

 

Editor's note

Child poverty remains stubbornly high in sub-Saharan Africa. If African governments are going to make a real difference, their policies must move beyond singular responses. This is because child poverty is a lot more complex and its causes are more multidimensional than current policies had assumed. Keetie Roelen explains, for example, that child poverty’s strong psychosocial and relational dimensions are often overlooked.

Supporters of Kais Saied took to the streets this week celebrating the election of the former law professor and political outsider as president of Tunisia. Omar Safi argues that the victory wasn’t surprising as the new president represents the Tunisian ideal of how the ruling class should be.

Jabulani Sikhakhane

Deputy Editor and Business & Economy Editor

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One in five children in sub-Saharan Africa live in poverty. Shutterstock

We must go beyond singular responses in the fight against child poverty

Keetie Roelen, University of Sussex

Child poverty has important psychological and social consequences. This means solutions need to cover very many different angles.

Kais Saied, Tunisia’s new president. Mohamed Messara/EPA

Tunisia’s new president Kais Saied has a big job to wrestle the country back from its political elites

Omar Safi, University of Portsmouth

Parts of Tunisia's political discourse look a lot like its colonial past.

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Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

China is betting that a massive set of investments around the world will bring it economic prosperity and international political power.

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Martin Abel, Middlebury

Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.

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Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster

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Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Harvard University; Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, University of the Witwatersrand; Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive Casas, University of the Witwatersrand; Kathleen Kahn, University of the Witwatersrand

Rapid population ageing has prompted researchers to study disease trends in older South Africans. The aim is to understand the role that specific health conditions play in ageing among rural people.

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Ce n’est pas Eric Zemmour le problème mais la légitimité que lui confèrent les médias

Patrick Charaudeau, Université Paris 13 – USPC

Éric Zemmour pose un autre débat que celui des idées, celui des modes de diffusion et de circulation de la parole publique et de la légitimité de cette dernière.

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Benoit Coquard, Inra

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