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The method of national accounting known as the Gross Domestic Product has been used by countries around the world for 80 years. Feminist economists have long taken issue with the exclusion of unpaid women’s labour from the calculations. Luke Messac writes that it’s time to bring women’s work out of the shadows by re-imagining how countries measure their economic worth.
And, the Trump administration signaled yesterday that it plans to end family separation, a policy that seemed designed to discourage parents from migrating to the U.S. out of fear that their children will be taken away. But families don’t pack their bags and abandon their homes on a whim. The current media focus on the U.S. border misses the fact that many Central American refugees are fleeing conflict, extreme violence or targeted persecution.
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African women do a lot of unpaid work that isn’t captured in GDP calculations.
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Luke Messac, University of Pennsylvania
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
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The United Nations has called a new Trump administration policy of separating migrant families and detaining children ‘abuse.’
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Catesby Holmes, The Conversation
Trump hopes migrants won't come if they know their children will be taken away. That grim logic ignores the inescapable dangers that drive thousands of Central Americans to flee their homes each year.
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Politics + Society
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Melissa de Zwart, University of Adelaide
The Outer Space Treaty has guided global exploration and use of outer space since 1967. Trump's 'Space Force' may not be a good fit.
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Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College
Ethiopia's new premier has brought hope but he must address the eviction of ethnic Amharas.
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Science + Technology
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Moa Petersén, Lund University
Sweden's deep relationship with digital technology helps explain why its biohacking scene is so unique.
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Environment + Energy
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Mike Jeffries, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Footballers came under attack from a swarm of flies on the Volgograd pitch. But there's more to midges and gnats than meets the eye.
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Has Pride been coopted? This year’s Pride parade spectators have been asked to wear black in honour of the victims of serial killers. A drag queen at the Toronto 2016 gay pride parade.
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Sky Gilbert, University of Guelph
Spectators at Toronto's Pride parade this year are being asked to wear black to honour victims of serial killers. While it's right to mourn, it's not the biggest issue facing gay communities today.
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