Tuesday In USA: Ugandan Journalist To Discuss "Africa & The Curse Of Foreign Aid" at Yale
The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism at Yale University will host a talk by Andrew Mwenda, the founding managing editor of Uganda’s The Independent, on Tuesday, March 2. The libertarian journalist' lecture, titled “Paved With Good Intentions: Africa And The Curse Of Foreign Aid,” will take place at 4 p.m. in the Luce Hall auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
Tuesday In USA: Swedish Minister Nyamko Sabuni To Speak At United Nations
Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish Minister for Integration and Gender Equality and moderate-conservative, will speaks at the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York City. She speaks before the General Assembly at 1:00pm EST (article in Swedish). More than 8,000 delegates from around the world will participate in the meeting, including U.N. Secretary General Ban ki-Moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. This year's session will include an assessment of how states have lived up to the commitments contained in the U.N. action plan on gender equality, known as the Beijing Platform.
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