Bush, Abstinence Education and Global AIDS Prevention
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=985 Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, defends the Bush Administration's reliance on abstinence education and assistance from faith-based organizations in waging the fight against global AIDS. ----- "Global HIV/AIDS and the U.S. Government's Response: The Power of Partn... Read more
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- -: Bush, Abstinence Education and Global AIDS Prevention
June 6, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=985 Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, defends the Bush Administration's reliance on abstinence education and assistance from faith-based organizations in waging the fight against global AIDS. ----- "Global HIV/AIDS and ...
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- -: A Duty to Heal
February 7, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/19/Dan_Gediman_This_I_Believe Dr. Pius Kamau reads his essay "A Duty to Heal." This excerpt is taken from a program on the book "This I Believe," featuring Dan Gediman. ----- Dan Gediman, the executive producer of NPR's This I Believe, joins local cont...
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- -: On Writing About Africa - Charlayne Hunter-Gault
July 17, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault criticizes racist and sensationalist reporting on Africa. ----- On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described p...
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- -: Ben Affleck - Grassroots Change in Africa
September 26, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/27/Ben_Affleck_Engaging_Africans_on_the_Ground Actor Ben Affleck discusses grassroots efforts to encourage positive economic development in Africa. This program is taken from a panel discussion entitled "Combating Global Poverty," recorded at the 2008 De...
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- -: How 9/11 Derailed African Peace - Funmi Olonisakin
March 20, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/03/Challenging_Militarism_Feminist_Activism_and_Scholarship Funmi Olonisakin argues that global security changes brought about by 9/11 ended the process of post-Cold War demilitarization in Africa, and "arrested" development towards democratic control of...
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- -: Witch Hunts and Economic Scapegoats - Raymond Fisman
April 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/24/Ray_Fisman_Economic_Gangsters Economist Raymond Fisman examines the phenomenon of economic scapegoating, as illustrated through modern-day witch hunts in Tanzania. ----- Raymond Fisman, Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School, di...
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- -: Wangari Maathai: Money Alone Won't Help Africa
June 30, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Wangari_Maathai_The_Challenge_for_Africa Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai argues that well-intentioned aid to Africa may have unexpected negative consequences. She draws from Sharon Stone's pledge to buy anti-malaria bed nets in Tanzania to explain why ...
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- -: Dambisa Moyo: Stop Sending Aid to Africa
July 7, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/05/Uncommon_Knowledge_Dambisa_Moyo Economist and author Dambisa Moyo responds to her critics, explaining the long-term impact that charitable HIV/AIDS programs will have on building sustainable economies in Africa. She theorizes that such financial contr...
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- -: Dambisa Moyo: Do Developing Nations Need Dictators?
July 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/05/Uncommon_Knowledge_Dambisa_Moyo Economist and author Dambisa Moyo defends her opinion that impoverished countries need a "decisive, benevolent dictator." She explains that she is in favor of democratic societies, but that they need to occur naturally ...
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- -: Jane Goodall: The Plight of the Chimpanzee
September 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Famed biologist Jane Goodall recalls the gradual destruction of the chimpanzee's natural habitat and their rapidly declining numbers. She presents the plight of the chimpanzee as just one example of a species that has been pushed to "the brink of extinction" by human factors. ----- Famed biolog...
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