Dear Dorothy, I’ve been in a relationship with a 50-year-old man for the past four years and he’s 15 years older than me. But age is not the problem; I’m one of five women in his life that I know about. The right thing to do would be to end the relationship, but I’ve been unable to. My parents and siblings don’t approve of this relationship and are putting pressure on me to end it. At the beginning of our relationship, it was really great as he paid me great attention and lavished me with gifts. Things were going quite…
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Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp and Sahawal Alidou, University of Antwerp Several studies, covering about 58 countries across the world, found that as women get older they are more able to make decisions independently of men. But scholars have struggled to pin down explanations for this age dividend – why are women given more independence the older they get? We wanted to know what the reasons may be. In a recent study, we looked at women’s autonomy across age in Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Benin. These four West African countries are home to ethnic groups that practice “voodoo”, a religion…
Terence Jackson, Middlesex University The informal economy in Africa is big business. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that its average size as a percentage of gross domestic product in sub-Saharan Africa is 41%. This ranges from under 30% in South Africa to 60% in Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. It is also a huge employer. It represents about three-quarters of non-agricultural employment, and about 72% of total employment in sub-Saharan Africa. About 93% of new jobs created in Africa during that 1990s were in the informal economy. The International Labour Office defines the informal economy as: All economic activities by…
Launched in 2017, the hangout with Tee is a laid back and fun event that allows ladies to relax, have fun and pamper themselves in the midst of great company and sound advice. ”As a woman, the biggest issue for her was finding or attending a women’s event where she could learn and have so much fun,” she said. “I wanted to create a network that was about women learning and having so much fun.” Many women are bored with their lives and want to achieve more but they would rather take care of everyone else than themselves and also…
Richard Colledge, Australian Catholic University Incredible as it may seem, the end of March marks 20 years since the release of the first film in the Matrix franchise directed by The Wachowski siblings. This “cyberpunk” sci-fi movie was a box office hit with its dystopian futuristic vision, distinctive fashion sense, and slick, innovative action sequences. But it was also a catalyst for popular discussion around some very big philosophical themes. The film centres on a computer hacker, “Neo” (played by Keanu Reeves), who learns that his whole life has been lived within an elaborate, simulated reality. This computer-generated dream world…
Joseph Attard, King’s College London and Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University In 1997, Douglas Rushkoff boldly predicted the emergence a new caste of tech-literate adolescents. He argued that the children of his day would soon blossom into “screenagers”, endowed with effortless advantages over their parents, having been raised from birth on a diet of computers and micro-chipped devices. Fast-forward to 2014: the screenagers have come of age in a world ruled by Twitter and Candy Crush Saga. A substantial body of evidence addresses the ways in which media saturation shapes the identities of children and adolescents. While there are clear…
Simon Phipps, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Md. Al Amin Sikder, The University of Queensland Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs where the airways become so obstructed the sufferer struggles to breathe. It’s vastly more prevalent in Western societies, and usually develops in childhood. But what do we know about what causes it? Given asthma is about five times more common in Western societies, this suggests lifestyle plays a major role. And as it usually develops in childhood, many studies have attempted to look at the events that transpired in infants who did or did not…
When it comes to animal prints, we are often left with making the choice between the conventional leopard and snake prints. However, a pseudo-new print is in fashion town and celebrities are already set on being our style-Sheppard. From shoes to dresses to nail art, cow print has earned a well-deserved seat at the table. Styling this print is fairly easy as it follows the same rules guiding monochromatic looks – except you opt for different hues. Below is a curated style board to give you a variety of styling options. xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá…
Our new column, Traditional and Contemporary, focuses on the Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary designs. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AnkaraCatalogue (@ankaracatalogue) on Mar 28, 2019 at 1:04am PDT View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University In the four years since the decolonisation debate took centre stage at South African universities, much of the focus has been on what decolonisation might look like in the humanities. But science subjects, too, need to be taught differently at African universities in the 21st century. This is true of my discipline, sport science. The content of the sports science curriculum needs to change. So does the focus of sports science departments. Increasingly, such departments at public universities rely on private funding to operate. This means they are driven by corporate and donors’ interests, doing less…