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The Actionists: Young Urban Women fights for downtrodden Orange Farm residents

Young Urban Women is essentially a support group that facilitates dialogue and creates bridges between young women who all too often are in competition with each other rather than respectfully working together for a better future for all. ....

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Empowering young people is at the heart of Ntsiki Khunju's activism

Ntsiki Khunju lives her life in the pursuit of change. Change in the way that young people see themselves and change in the way that the older generations see the youth. Although her activism starts at home, with the education of her young daughter, it manifests in all areas of her life, from p. ....

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The BMJ Appeal 2023-24: IMF austerity policies are strangling healthcare systems in the Global South

Austerity should be replaced by economic alternatives that prioritise wellbeing, gender equality, and human rights, writes Natalia Rodriguez Malagon

A typical day for volunteer nurse Martha, one of only two healthcare workers at a public health unit in Mbundorbu, Sierra Leone, involves seeing anywhere between 40 and 150 patients. “Most of the time we overwork ourselves, and it is demanding on both our bodies and minds,” the 24 year old told ActionAid.1 Martha qualified in maternal and child health aid four years ago but has yet to secure a job.

This isn’t because Sierra Leone already has enough nurses the country desperately needs more. As of 2021, Sierra Leone had 7.51 nurses per 10 000 people a ratio well below the WHO recommendation of 83 nurses for every 10 000 people, equating to a shortfall of around 170 000 nurses.1 Yet, despite the urgent need to increase spending on healthcare workers, the government has been advised by the International Monetary Fun ....

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IMF meetings are a chance to address harmful austerity and debt policies says ActionAid

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual meetings in Morocco are a chance to address harmful austerity and debt policies that have left millions in poverty on the African continent, says ActionAid 

ActionAid is publishing a new report based on research in 10 countries titled ‘Fifty Years of Failure- the IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa.’ The report shows that despite shifting its rhetoric, the IMF's practice on austerity remains unchanged and has negatively impacted development. The report highlights the following:  

Six billion people are now facing austerity, largely owing to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) reluctance to accept that its economic model has failed. 

African countries still have very little say in decision-making in the World Bank and the IMF with less than 10 percent vote share in the IMF board. 

The IMF is advising cuts in public spending which are having a detrimental effect on healt ....

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