Tag: gender
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Gender-focused Training for HIV Providers Reduces Stigma, but Implementation Proves Challenging
Introduction: The promise of gender-focused training Healthcare settings increasingly recognize that stigma toward gender diversity can deter people living with HIV from seeking care. A growing body of evidence suggests that gender-focused training for HIV providers—covering gender identity, sexual orientation, and the social determinants of health—can reduce implicit and explicit biases. When clinicians understand patients’…
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Cape Fever by Nadia Davids: A Power Struggle Between Mistress and Maid
Overview Nadia Davids’s Cape Fever revisits the social maelstrom of a South African city just after World War I, a nation beginning to reckon with its colonial legacies. The novel, her second, follows the award-winning author as she sharpens her lens on power, gender, and class. Set in a small unnamed coastal city that evokes…
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CGIAR at COP30: Updates on Gender Negotiations and the New GAP
Introduction: Climate Action with a Gender Lens As COP30 unfolds, the climate negotiation landscape is increasingly shaped by a clear and urgent truth: climate change is not gender-neutral, and neither can our response be. The CGIAR network, along with other global partners, is closely watching the negotiations around the new UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (GAP)…
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SPP Convenes African Stakeholders to Chart Path to COP30
Strategic Kickoff Ahead of COP30: Africa’s Roadmap for NDCs and Implementation The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), a Nigerian civil society group, is hosting a pivotal multi-country webinar designed to sharpen Africa’s stance as the continent prepares for COP30 in Belém, Brazil. With only 13 of 54 African nations having submitted their updated NDCs…
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Hamlet: A Masterpiece of Power, Identity, and Rebellion
Introduction Hamlet has long been read as a mirror of political anxiety, moral complexity, and personal doubt. The Swedish prompt invites a fresh reading: Hamlet as a masterful examination of all that is evil in the world, a chameleon who shifts with every social configuration. Far from a static prince, he becomes a dynamic force…
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Hamlet: A Masterclass on All Evil in the World
Introduction This piece presents Hamlet not merely as a tragic prince but as a living map of all the evil in the world. Through his chameleon-like shifts, he mirrors how societies configure themselves around power, fear, and desire for order. Each era reads him differently, and every interpretation teaches us something about the structures that…
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Read for Sex? Is It Really Wrong for Male Bookworms
Read for Sex? A Controversial Debate Goes On In a time of hyper-polarization, a lighter but telling debate continues to surface: do men read for the thrill of attraction, or is the idea a stereotype that misses the broader truth about reading habits? A recent cultural volley—centered on a satirical column about male book lovers—frames…