Traditional beliefs inform attitudes to disability in Africa. Why it matters: An albino child and his mother get a visual test as part of programmes to expand social awareness for albino people in Lagos, Nigeria. Photo by Sodiq Adelakun/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesDisabled people all over the world are confronted with a range of explanations for disability. These can have an … [Read more...] about Traditional beliefs inform attitudes to disability in Africa. Why it matters | The Conversation
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Don’t blame women for leaving fields like engineering. Blame bad attitudes | The Conversation
Don't blame women for leaving fields like engineering. Blame bad attitudes: ShutterstockThere are reasons why feminists use the slogan “the personal is political”, especially when men make arguments using the age old idea that “biology is destiny”. Manglin Pillay, the CEO of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, recently resorted to … [Read more...] about Don’t blame women for leaving fields like engineering. Blame bad attitudes | The Conversation
The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed | The Conversation
The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed: A woman with her treatment regime for extensively drug-resistant TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. MSFThe informal settlement of Khayelitsha in Cape Town is the latest site of a multi country trial that aims to transform the treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). The endTB clinic was officially … [Read more...] about The remarkable story of hope: how attitudes to drug-resistant TB changed | The Conversation
What rising protests in South Africa say about attitudes towards local government | The Conversation
What rising protests in South Africa say about attitudes towards local government: Residents of Zandspruit, a shanty town north-west of Johannesburg, during a violent protest against the removal of illegal electricity connections. EPAKevin SutherlandThe euphoria of South Africa’s 2016 municipal elections is at its peak, with political parties parading their manifestos, all in … [Read more...] about What rising protests in South Africa say about attitudes towards local government | The Conversation
