Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment
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Author ArchiveA Mali Travelogue, Part 7: A Small Enterprise is a Malian Woman’s Best FriendFriday, February 18th, 2011 Posted in Gender, Income/Poverty by Pietronella van den Oever, PRB fellow Click here to read this post in French. After spending almost a month in Mali, I am thoroughly convinced that Malian women can and will ... Read more..A Mali Travelogue, Part 6: A Story of Two Friends Who Set Out 37 Years Ago to Change Mali ForeverMonday, February 14th, 2011 Posted in Education, Gender, Income/Poverty by Pietronella van den Oever, PRB fellow Click here to read this post in French. The Women’s Banks, featured in my previous blog post, emerged largely thanks to Mariam Ndiaye, my counterpart ... Read more..A Mali Travelogue, Part 5: The Women’s BankTuesday, February 1st, 2011 Posted in Gender, Income/Poverty by Pietronella van den Oever, PRB fellow Click here to read this post in French. In every African village there is always one house where the courtyard is swept more neatly, the ... Read more..A Mali Travelogue, Part 4: The Malian Urban Family — One Huge Scholarship ProgramTuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted in Education, Income/Poverty, Youth by Pietronella van den Oever, PRB fellow Click here to read this post in French. As a rule, all taxis in Bamako are beaten up and about to fall apart. I am ... Read more..A Mali Travelogue, Part 3: Social Change — The “Iron Law” of CultureThursday, January 20th, 2011 Posted in Income/Poverty by Pietronella van den Oever, PRB fellow Click here to read this post in French. A member of the Fulani ethnic group, Aly Djiga was not supposed to ever touch iron, let alone ... Read more..A Mali Travelogue, Part 2: Education From Illiteracy to a Doctorate in One GenerationTuesday, January 18th, 2011 Posted in Education, Gender, Income/Poverty by Pietronella van den Oever, PRB fellow Click here to read this post in French. Click here for the first part in this blog series. My wonderful friend Boubacar Macalou met me ... Read more..A Mali Travelogue, Part 1: FarmingMonday, January 10th, 2011 Posted in Environment, Gender by Pietronella van den Oever, PRB fellow Click here to read this post in French. This month, I will travel to Mali and interview villagers I worked with from 1971 to 1976 for ... Read more.. |
