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Dr Lynn Bowie, Director of Mathematics at OLICO Maths Education.
2023 2024 NSTF SOUTH32 AWARDS

The maths masters

OLICO makes maths accessible, meaningful and enjoyable

  • Jamaine Krige
2 min read
US curtailment of information on, and access to, contraception and abortion care is a human rights violation
ABORTION

Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule

COMMENT: The US’s global gag rule blocks funding to any foreign NGOS that perform abortions, except in very limited cases. The Biden-Harris administration must rescind it

  • Nelly Munyasia
  • Womba Wanki
5 min read
Renee Bach, an American missionary who moved to Jinja, Uganda at age 18. With no formal medical training, Bach started experimenting with medical procedures she’d learn from YouTube. (Image: wjct.org)
AFRICA

End voluntourism and the white saviour industrial complex

We need to dismantle the unequal systems we have upheld in Africa. Divesting from missionary tours is a good place to start

  • Rosebell Kagumire
5 min read