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The RISE PodcastJennifer Opare-Kumi on ‘Teaching at the Right Level’ and Children’s Mental Health Outcomes in the Global SouthThis episode features RISE Research Fellow Yue-Yi Hwa in conversation with Jennifer Opare-Kumi, a final-year doctoral researcher at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. They cover a breadth of issues including the potential for targeted instructional programs to contribute towards improved child mental health outcomes, why mainstreaming children’s mental health during early learning might improve their educational and other life outcomes, and the need to adopt an expanded view of the ‘learning crisis’ currently affecting countries in the global south. LinksJenn Opare-Kumi (webpage)Foundational Learning and Mental Health: Empirical Evidence from Botswana (working pape...2023-08-0726 min
Horn of Africa LeftistsHow The Left Got Ethiopia Wrong AgainImportant episode to consider what does principled anti-imperialist solidarity suppose to look like for the Horn of Africa with critical three points1. Let's examine the left content creators and journalist position as being too pro Abiy/PP due to the sourcing info from the Abyssinian (Amhara region)/PFDJ alliance that is led to the creation of the new diaspora based #NoMore movement and current development...Why did they do this? Maybe the motivating factor is for social media traction/audience metrics/donations etcYou take away the TPLF you can see why t...2021-11-241h 00