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Hi all,

There has been a lot of terrible tidings since final week's review together with luckily things have got been a fleck quieter inwards #globaldev-but at that topographic point is lots of nifty nutrient for reading this week-especially a novel laid of interesting reports together with opened upwards access books that deserve to a greater extent than attention!

Development news from South Sudan, Solomon Islands, Republic of Guinea & the USA; plus: working for UNHCR; ICT4D & the Fourth Industrial Revolution; philanthropy & sexual practice work(ers).

Our digital lives: Content moderation; Momo challenge hoax; Gwyneth Paltrow's uber-privilege.

Publications: Targeting Effectiveness; measuring empowerment the correct way; participatory video to combat corruption; views from affected people inwards Afghanistan; novel books on negotiating gender equity & the politics of education.

Academia: The inequality of LSE's novel inequality chair; diversifying reading lists; Gender Gap Tracker inwards Canada.

Enjoy!

Development news
LL3: Living Level-3 South Sudan
The 48-page graphic novel offers a snapshot of what life is similar for 1 employment solid unit of measurement inwards South Sudan. The crops have got turned chocolate-brown together with brittle, the good has run dry, together with they have got gone iv months without substantial food.
WFP already published their bit graphic novel inwards January. I wrote virtually the offset novel inwards 2016 & precisely used both books teaching a bird on comics together with social change!

The political economic scheme of the Solomon Islands crude spill
Against this backdrop, at that topographic point are no incentives, indeed, at that topographic point is no need, for whatever of Solomon Islands’ 50 fragmented national MPs to worry themselves virtually a mounting environmental catastrophe which authorities neglect together with malfeasance has contributed to. Not 1 vote cast at April’s upcoming election volition endure made on the reason of what is transpiring inwards Rennell. The vast bulk of voters only have got no involvement inwards matters beyond the personal: the provision of corrugated Fe roofing, given past times a local MP, upon which a similarly gifted inexpensive solar panel tin bathroom endure affixed. And this likewise is completely rational given a historical failure of authorities service delivery together with limited livelihood options. At a political level, no 1 volition endure held accountable for this disaster.
While crude haemorrhages, the vexed interrogation of how to address the fundamental problems underlying Solomon Islands’ natural resources sector continues to endure ignored. And at that topographic point are null political repercussions for this; precisely equally at that topographic point have got been none for the national authorities for foregoing much needed revenue past times scrapping all export duties on bauxite inwards slow 2016, together with for quietly pulling out of the global touchstone for governance inwards minerals, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, final year.
Daniel Evans for Devpolicy Blog shares some nifty insights that link a 'current affairs' story to broader questions virtually governance & #globaldev!

Complaint Filed Against Bauxite Mining Company inwards Guinea
Last week, xiii rural communities inwards Republic of Guinea made world a electrical charge against the World Bank’s private lending arm over a loan to 1 of country’s largest bauxite miners, alleging its operations have got destroyed ancestral farm lands together with polluted vital H2O sources.
The electrical charge to the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Compliance Advisor Ombudsman is over a loan made to la Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG), co-owned past times the Guinean authorities together with multinationals Alcoa together with Rio Tinto.
Jim Wormington for Human Rights Watch amongst an all-too-familiar story of how global mining giants amongst the back upwards from World Bank/IFC have got a negative impact on many communities.

Shadow falls over Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia reforms equally warnings of crisis travel unheeded
More than a 1000000 Ethiopians were forced from their homes past times ethnic violence inwards 2018 – the highest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) of whatever dry soil final year. The worst of it took identify inwards the south, where an estimated 800,000 to a greater extent than oftentimes than non ethnic Gedeos fled the district of West Guji inwards Oromia, the country’s largest region.
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Aid workers speak amongst warning at the prospect of yet some other circular of premature returns, especially since it volition coincide amongst the start of the national census inwards Apr (possibly triggering to a greater extent than violence). Involuntary returns together with the “instrumentalisation” of humanitarian assist are, of course, breaches of humanitarian principles.
Tom Gardner for the Guardian amongst a reminder that Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia yet has a long agency to travel despite opening up, economical growth, reconciliation efforts amongst Eritrea.

US Abortion Restrictions Violate Women’s Human Rights
The global gag dominion stifles the vocalization communication of doctors together with other wellness attention providers, preventing them from informing their patients of all the medical options available to them. This censorship worsens stigma, especially for individuals living amongst HIV together with AIDS, sexual practice workers, members of the LGBTQ community together with people amongst disabilities.
We must handgrip our leaders accountable to the human-rights framework that the U.S. together with 171 other parties have got agreed upon. As province parties prepare for the United Nations Human Rights Committee coming together on March 25, when they volition written report on the implementation of the ICCPR, nosotros urge them to insist on access to rubber abortion equally a right. The history of the U.S. disregarding international human-rights standards should non endure accepted equally the status quo.
Serra Sippel & Akila Radhakrishnan for PassBlue amongst a reminder that fancy PR initiatives past times America's offset employment solid unit of measurement enshroud the truth virtually the US' shameful tape when it comes to women's rights globally.

Real talk: The thrills together with risks of beingness a woman someone humanitarian worker
Like you lot said, I sob similar a babe inwards whatever movie. And I volition call equally well, fifty-fifty afterwards thirty years. But I precisely essay together with promise that it is non inwards a land setting. Our task is to assist the people together with thence us beingness emotional inwards some instances powerfulness work, it powerfulness assist them to experience that we’re empathetic, that nosotros understand, but inwards other situations it powerfulness endure the opposite—‘How is this adult woman going to assist us if she’s crying? We do plenty of it ourselves together with nosotros demand somebody strong together with determined.’ Of course of instruction we’re human, so equally much equally you lot wishing to have got this emotion, sometimes you lot precisely have got to create do amongst it together with convey that it’s in all likelihood non the correct emotion at that correct time.
Aurvasi Patel & Eujin Byun for UNHCR percentage some interesting together with frank (for an official United Nations organizational blog) insights their piece of work for International Women's Day. There was some criticism precisely about the Internet, but I yet believe that such blogs tin bathroom together with should spark of import discussions virtually our industry.

Why the notion of a Fourth Industrial Revolution is so problematic
The employment is that although the espoused aspirations to benefit of those acclaiming the Fourth Industrial Revolution may indeed endure praiseworthy, they are starting at the incorrect place. The interests of those shaping these technologies are non primarily inwards changing the reason of our gild into a fairer together with to a greater extent than equal agency of living together, but rather they are inwards competing to ensure their potency together with wealth equally far equally possible into the future. The thought of a Fourth Industrial Revolution seeks to legitimise such behavior at all levels from that of states such equally the USA, to senior leaders together with investors inwards applied scientific discipline companies, to immature entrepreneurs eager to brand their offset million. Almost all are driven primarily past times their interests inwards money bent on the accretion of money; some are beguiled past times the prestige of potential status equally a hero of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In some cultures such behavior is indeed seen equally beingness good, but inwards others at that topographic point are greater goods. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is inwards large operate a conspiracy to shape the Earth ever to a greater extent than closely inwards the imagination of a small, rich, manly someone together with powerful élite.
Tim Unwin amongst a nifty long-read on the myths of the 'Fourth Industrial revolution' together with their implications for ICT4D & #globaldev.

Out of the Shadows: What Philanthropy is Doing to Support Sex Worker Movements Around the World
Abdalla of the Republic of Kenya Sex Workers Alliance said, “Sex workers are feminists, too. We belong inwards the feminist movement. My body, my business!”
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An anonymous sexual practice worker from Southeast Asia said, “Funders should have got courage. Be willing to hear to us together with back upwards us inwards our scrap to have got our rights respected together with our voices heard.”
Julia Travers for Inside Philanthropy. My rather curt quote does non do jurist to this nifty long-read on the past, acquaint & hereafter of philanthropy engaging amongst sexual practice work(ers).

Why You Should Stop Trying to Save the World
If you lot actually wishing to brand a difference, start past times taking fourth dimension for yourself correct straightaway because you lot can’t “change the world” if you’re non precisely about long plenty to brand that happen. Also know that emails, projects, together with other piece of work volition never halt or dull downwards plenty for you lot to grab up. There volition never endure a perfect fourth dimension to convey fourth dimension for you. If you’re doing worthwhile work, at that topographic point volition never endure a shortage of challenges on your plate.
So, I hereby give you lot permission to halt trying to relieve the world. If you lot halt thinking you lot must travel to piece of work each 24-hour interval together with relieve the world, you lot elevator a tremendous burden off yourself together with those precisely about you.
Yes, acquire out together with do good. Work hard. Make a difference. But also brand fourth dimension to endure acquaint for your employment solid unit of measurement together with friends. Have a hobby. Take attention of yourself.
Meico Marquette Whitlock for npEngage with a of import reminder at the destination of yet some other busy week...

Our digital lives
The Human Costs of Content Moderation
What, if anything, should endure banned from online media? And who should review tearing together with explicit content, inwards monastic say to create upwards one's head if it’s okay for the public? Thousands of people precisely about the Earth are working long, hard hours equally content moderators inwards back upwards of sites similar Facebook, Twitter, together with YouTube. They are guided past times complex together with shifting guidelines, together with their piece of work tin bathroom sometimes Pb to psychological trauma. But the exercise of content moderation also raises questions virtually censorship together with complimentary aspect online.
Manoush Zomorodi, Ellen Silver, Kalev Leetaru & Kat Lo for Mozilla's podcast serial amongst an goodness overview over electrical flow debates inwards online content moderation.

Momo challenge shows how fifty-fifty experts are falling for digital hoaxes
Of course of instruction this applies to a greater extent than to older children together with teenagers. But the push clitoris per unit of measurement area together with wishing to protect children from the horrors of the meshwork could inadvertently motion parents to engage with, or divulge their children to, pitiful content they would non have got otherwise.
Digital hoaxes highlight the demand for everyone to intend to a greater extent than critically virtually online information. Often the hype tin bathroom distract us from the existent online issues affecting children together with immature people together with the demand for greater advice together with back upwards for suicide prevention inwards general.
Lisa Sugiura & Anne Kirby for the Conversation position the recent viral hoax into a broader evidence-based framework that equally common makes the Conversation such a nifty resources for sharing!

Gwyneth Paltrow Owns Up to Goop’s Mistakes at SXSW: ‘We Thought We Were Writing a Blog'
Asked virtually her willingness to poke fun at these controversies together with at her ain world image, equally she did during a recent SNL appearance, Paltrow beatifically responded, “Throughout this whole journeying from the modify of career together with trying to create a company, I intend it’s actually of import to ever have got a feel of sense of humor virtually everything inwards life.”
Amy Zimmerman for Daily Beast on a mind-bogging instance of what happens when uber-privileged celebrities start a company, the devaluation of whatever variety of expertise & how to express mirth it off at SNL fifty-fifty though existent people are affected past times GOOP's pseudo-science together with imitation empowerment claims...

Publications
Hit together with Miss: An assessment of targeting effectiveness inwards social protection
The findings are a damning indictment of advocates for targeting effectiveness, amongst solely 1 of the programmes reaching over one-half of the poorest xx per cent of the households it is targeted at.
Interesting novel newspaper from Development Pathways on selecting social protection target recipients.

Ensuring the participation of women together with girls inwards the measure of empowerment
How evolution programmes select to stair out the empowerment of women together with girls impacts whether an intervention ultimately contributes to or impedes their empowerment. In a novel paper, KIT Royal Tropical Institute provides insight together with guidance on the value of participatory approaches, those that the world the measure of empowerment inwards the lives together with perspectives of women together with girls.
Julie Newton, Anouka van Eerdewijk & Franz Wong amongst a novel newspaper from KIT Royal Tropical Institute.

Combatting Corruption through Participatory Video
The guide outlines exercises together with approaches to using participatory video inwards this context to opened upwards ears together with minds together with assist other ordinary citizens, chiefs, concern leaders together with politicians displace out of their filter bubbles together with into the realities of those they rarely meet, allow lonely hear to. The lived experiences of the women together with men affected past times corruption together with the impact on entire communities, cultures together with ecosystems are all-too-often absent from the anti-corruption conversation. Overcoming the apathy of citizens towards the corruption that corrodes gild together with thwarts evolution – oftentimes tolerated equally intractable or accepted equally inevitable – requires people everywhere to endure informed together with empowered to convey action. We promise this guidebook contributes inwards a really practical together with tangible agency to strengthening that of import movement.
Another novel paper-this 1 from Gareth Benest for Insight Share.

Survey of affected people together with humanitarian staff inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
Affected people also experience slightly to a greater extent than optimistic virtually beingness able to alive without assist inwards the future, together with prospects of life inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan to a greater extent than broadly. Those who are sceptical virtually their powerfulness to travel self-reliant dot a demand for income-generating activities, shelter, growth inwards the quantity of assist together with improved security.
Affected people yet have got mixed views on the relevance of available aid, amongst almost equal shares agreeing together with disagreeing on whether assist is coming together their most pressing needs.
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The views of humanitarian staff have got travel to a greater extent than sceptical on ii accounts: they believe the back upwards that national together with local organisations have is less sufficient together with the collaboration betwixt humanitarian together with evolution actors less effective than inwards the previous survey round.
Ground Truth Solutions, OECD & U.K. Aid amongst some interesting, albeit non actually surprising findings that the humanitarian, allow lonely evolution context inwards Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan remains fragile...

Negotiating Gender Equity inwards the Global South (Open Access)
the mass investigates the weather condition nether which countries inwards sub-Saharan Africa together with Southern Asia have got adopted legislation against domestic violence, which remains widespread inwards many developing countries. The mass demonstrates that women’s presence inwards formal politics together with policy spaces does non fully explicate the stair inwards adopting together with implementing domestic violence law. Underlying drivers of modify within broader domains of powerfulness also include the operate of clientelistic politics together with informal processes of bargaining, coalition-building, together with persuasion; the discursive framing of gender-equitable ideas; together with how transnational norms influence women’s political inclusion together with gender-inclusive policy outcomes. The comparative approach across Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Ghana, India, together with People's Republic of Bangladesh demonstrates how advancing gender equality varies past times political context together with according to the interests surrounding a detail issue.
Sohela Nazneen, Sam Hickey & Eleni Sifaki amongst a novel opened upwards access mass from Routledge!

The Politics of Education inwards Developing Countries
The employment of educational activity lineament is serious across the Global South. The Politics of Education inwards Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning deploys a novel conceptual framework-the domains of powerfulness approach-to exhibit how the type of political small town shapes the bird of elite commitment together with province capacity to improving learning outcomes. The domain of educational activity is prone to beingness highly politicized, equally it offers an of import source of both rents together with legitimacy to political elites, together with tin bathroom endure fundamental to paradigmatic elite ideas precisely about nation-building together with modernity.
Sam Hickey & Naomi Hossain amongst some other nifty opened upwards access mass from Oxford University Press!

Academia
LSE announces Amartya Sen Chair inwards Inequality Studies
The London School of Economics together with Political Science (LSE) has announced the creation of the Amartya Sen Chair inwards Inequality Studies, named inwards honor of the India-born economist, philosopher together with Nobel laureate, who was Professor of Economics at LSE from 1971-82.
The holder of the Amartya Sen Chair inwards Inequality Studies volition also serve equally Director of the International Inequalities Institute (III), LSE’s flagship first focused on studying together with challenging 1 of the most pressing issues of our time.
Names mentioned inwards this LSE article (including named chairs): Minouche Shafik (no link to her profile on LSE pages or referring to her past times her sum call or championship equally 'Dame'), Amartya Sen, Professor Sir Tim Besley, Christopher G. Oechsli, Professor Mike Savage (Martin White Chair), Professor Sir John Hills (Richard Titmuss Chair)-so much white manly someone entitlement inwards such a pocket-size slice on 'inequality' together with academia...

How Diverse is your Reading List? (Probably non very…)
The results indicated a grim reality. Non-Africa based scholars represented betwixt 73.2 together with 100 per cent of cited authors inwards surveyed reading lists. Out of the 274 assigned readings for a Development Studies course of instruction at a leading British university, solely 1 reading was from an writer based at an African institution. Course conveners at African universities included their papers together with those of their colleagues inwards their reading lists, raising the percentage of African-based authors to a maximum of 26.78 per cent at a top South African university. However, nosotros have got non noticed much of a pan-African citation pattern.
Tin Hinane El Kadi for Global Policy amongst a really suitable reminder of how 'inequalities' manifest inwards classroom teaching & scholarly production.

Researchers are tracking the media’s gender gap
The Gender Gap Tracker uses advanced information analysis to cull together with interruption downwards the numbers of men together with women quoted inwards mainstream Canadian media. Co-developed past times Informed Opinions, a non-profit advocacy organization, together with researchers at Simon Fraser University, the tracker indicates men’s voices outnumber women’s inwards the media past times a ratio of nearly 3 to one.
“That’s pretty pathetic,” says Informed Opinions founder together with projection Pb Shari Graydon. “Democracy is essentially virtually beingness represented. If one-half of your potential audience is woman someone but they never regard themselves reflected on your programme or inwards your paper, you’re missing critical insights.”
Becky Rynor for University Affairs on a novel first from Canada.

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