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R. S. DIENG

@drlandislife.bsky.social
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Award-winning academic, educator & author researching #politics, #feminism, #InternationalRelations, #land, #food, #ecofeminism and #labour in #Senegal, Francophone #Africa & #WesternEurope | #Flowers #Film #Photo |Personal Account

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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please join our #GenderCentre (@gvagrad-gc.bsky.social ) Seminar series at the Geneva Graduate Institute ( @gvagrad.bsky.social) this fall! @bibiapavard.bsky.social @ailitripp.bsky.social @annettejosephg.bsky.social We look forward to welcoming you! Register using the QR code. #Gender #Seminars
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
bell hooks trilogy is so precious! Teaching Critical thinking Teaching Community Teaching to Transgress
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please join our #GenderCentre (@gvagrad-gc.bsky.social ) Seminar series at the Geneva Graduate Institute ( @gvagrad.bsky.social) this fall! @bibiapavard.bsky.social @ailitripp.bsky.social @annettejosephg.bsky.social We look forward to welcoming you! Register using the QR code. #Gender #Seminars
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Madina Thiam @thiamm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Baltimore, tomorrow Minkah Makalani and I will be in conversation with Howard French (@hofrench.bsky.social) about The Second Emancipation Don't miss it! 6pm, Bird in Hand www.eventbrite.com/e/howard-fre...
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Howard French with Minkah Makalani & Madina Thiam: THE SECOND EMANCIPATION
Journalist and author Howard W. French discuss his new volume about Africa’s pivotal role in shaping world history at Bird in Hand!
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Full solidarity with Macklemore.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A must-read by Elisabeth Prügl: The Gendered #Geopolitics of Transatlantic Divorce. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Season of Wolves by Mohammad-Mahmoud ould Mohamedou.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small
The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far smaller than it really is.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Je suis heureuse d'annoncer que j'ai rejoint l'Institut des Hautes Études Internationales & du Développement à #Genève (#IHEID @gvagrad.bsky.social ) en qualité de Professeure Associée en Genre, Relations Internationales & Science Politique.Je co-dirige aussi le #CentreGenre @gvagrad-gc.bsky.social
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I am elated to share that I have joined the Geneva Graduate Institute (@gvagrad.bsky.social ) as an Associate Professor in Gender, International Relations and Political Science. I will also serve as Co-Director of the Gender Centre (@gvagrad-gc.bsky.social ) www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW FACULTY MEMBER Prof. Rama Dieng
Rama Salla Dieng is joining the Geneva Graduate Institute as Associate Professor in the International Relations/Political Science Department and Co-Director of the Gender Centre.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
May Professor Jason Arday rest in power. Warm thoughts to his family, friends and loved ones. No matter what he had done, or not, he deserved to live. For people are more important than positions, and life stories. He deserved to live. May those who hounded him to death never find peace.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A flower is a lovesome thing.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
4 femmes ministres seulement sur 30 dans le nouveau gouvernement de Al Aminou Lô au #Sénégal. Je reposte ce texte de 2024 dans @theconversation.com theconversation.com/les-femmes-o... #Parité #Genre
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Les femmes ont toujours été marginalisées dans la politique au Sénégal : les trois mesures que le gouvernement doit prendre
Les femmes sénégalaises déçues par le manque de représentation féminine malgré les promesses d'égalité. Cette marginalisation persistante souligne un défi continu pour l'égalité des sexes au Sénégal.
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A BANGER from Rama Salla Dieng... africasacountry.com/2026/03/sene...
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Senegal’s theater of morality
As debt mounts and police violence on campuses goes unanswered, Senegal’s government is targeting its queer citizens.
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The Sex Work Historian ☂️(#DecrimNow) @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
(1/2) Book recs for #Women'sHistoryMonth and beyond: Feminism for the World (ed. by Lola Olufemi, Françoise Vergès, Silvia Federici, Verónica Gago, Zahra Ali, Rama Salla Dieng, Sayak Valencia and Djamila Ribeiro & translated by Fionn Petch and Sophie Lewis) www.plutobooks.com/product/femi...
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Feminism for the World - Pluto Press
A stellar cast of authors bring distinctive and shared perspectives on radical, internationalist feminism
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GBVnet @preventgbvnet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This Women’s History Month, check out this powerful interview with Senegalese scholar-activist Rama Salla Dieng about her book African Feminism: A Decolonial History (2021). Read here now: mronline.org/2026/03/21/a...
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Camille Lefebvre @camillelefebvre.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Pour quelques semaines, chaque vendredi, je propose dans l’émission de @xaviermauduit.bsky.social sur @franceculture.fr une chronique sur l’histoire de l’Afrique. 3 minutes pour raconter l’histoire du Sahel et du Sahara et comment on l’écrit aujourd’hui. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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En Afrique, comme ailleurs, les Européens ne sont pas les premiers explorateurs
Aucun espace terrestre n’était inconnu avant le regard porté par les Européens sur le continent africain. Dans toutes les régions du monde, des savants produisaient des connaissances dans leur propre ...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Thanks so much/ Obrigade to Papéis Selvagens for featuring our book of interviews: “Feminismos Africanos: Uma Historià Decolonial ” which they recently translated in Portuguese and released in #Brazil. #AfricanFeminim #Decoloniality #FéminismeAfricain
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Éditions Ròt-Bò-Krik @rotbokrik.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
[À PARAÎTRE LE 17 AVRIL] « Notre Sœur Rabat-Joie : Méditations obliques d’une Noire », d’Ama Ata Aidoo Ghana, ​​​​Littérature / Roman, 2026 (1977) 224 pages, 15€ Traduction de Patricia Houéfa Grange et @guillaumecingal.bsky.social Diffusion : @hobodiffusion.bsky.social
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
thetricontinental.org/newsletteris...
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Senegal on the Edge of Collapse: The Thirteenth Newsletter (2026)
Burdened by decades of neocolonialism and corruption, Senegal faces an all-too-familiar dilemma faced by countries across the Global South: how to pursue sovereign development under the weight of debt...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...
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Massacre de Thiaroye en 1944 : l’Etat français condamné pour avoir dissimulé les circonstances de la mort d’un tirailleur africain
Le tribunal administratif de Paris avait été saisi par le fils d’un des tirailleurs qui, après avoir servi la France au cours de la seconde guerre mondiale, a été tué par l’armée française en même tem...
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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
#Senegal L’universitaire Rama Salla Dieng met en évidence la diversion opérée par le régime sénégalais : le durcissement de la loi contre l’homosexualité occupe l’espace médiatique tandis que la crise à l’université et la crise de la dette perdurent. Elle pointe aussi l’ingérence états-unienne⤵️
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Sénégal. Une loi contre les queers, cache-sexe des échecs du régime - Parti Pris
L’universitaire sénégalaise met en évidence la diversion opérée par le gouvernement sénégalais : le durcissement de la loi contre l’homosexualité occupe l’espace médiatique tandis que la crise à (…)
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Mon parti pris: #Sénégal. Une loi contre les queers, cache-sexe des échecs du régime afriquexxi.info/Senegal-Une-... . Merci @afriquexxi.bsky.social
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Sénégal. Une loi contre les queers, cache-sexe des échecs du régime - Parti Pris
L’universitaire sénégalaise met en évidence la diversion opérée par le gouvernement sénégalais : le durcissement de la loi contre l’homosexualité occupe l’espace médiatique tandis que la crise à (…)
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama
This is not about assigning collective guilt to present generations. But injustice does not simply fade with time – it requires deliberate effort to address and redress, says Ghana’s president, John D...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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UN votes to recognise slavery as 'gravest crime against humanity'
The landmark resolution calls for an apology and contributions to a reparations fund, without specifying an amount.
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Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
As debt mounts and police violence on campuses goes unanswered, Senegal’s government is targeting its queer citizens. africasacountry.com/2026/03/sene...
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Senegal’s theater of morality
As debt mounts and police violence on campuses goes unanswered, Senegal’s government is targeting its queer citizens.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I am pleased to share my last article: “Bodies under surveillance in Senegal’s governance crisis: Patriarchy, anti-gender backlash & the postcolonial carceral state”on the blog of the Review of African Political Economy roape.net/2026/03/17/b...
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Bodies under surveillance in Senegal’s governance crisis | ROAPE
Let us be honest about what happened on 12 March 2026. Senegal's National Assembly voted to raise the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to ten years and to criminalise the "promotion" or ...
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Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2026, we are reposting this amazing interview with Senegalese scholar-activist Rama Salla Dieng about her book African Feminism: A Decolonial History (2021). buff.ly/MRE0oCo
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African Feminisms – a decolonial history: an interview with Rama Salla Dieng | ROAPE
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2026, we are reposting this interview with Senegalese scholar-activist Rama Salla Dieng about her book African Feminism: A Decolonial History (2001). In…
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Madina Thiam @thiamm.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Indispensable reading by Rama Salla Dieng on concurrent crises in Senegal, fabricated at home and abroad, that led to the recent anti-LGBTQ law. roape.net/2026/03/17/b...
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Bodies under surveillance in Senegal’s governance crisis | ROAPE
Let us be honest about what happened on 12 March 2026. Senegal's National Assembly voted to raise the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to ten years and to criminalise the "promotion" or ...
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Ben Radley @radleyben.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
An excellent and timely intervention from @drlandislife.bsky.social, deconstructing self-determination narratives around Senegal's recent move to pass homophobic legislation by highlighting the internal political dynamics & external US interests at play. roape.net/2026/03/17/b...
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Bodies under surveillance in Senegal’s governance crisis | ROAPE
Let us be honest about what happened on 12 March 2026. Senegal's National Assembly voted to raise the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to ten years and to criminalise the "promotion" or ...
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Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
On 12 March, Senegal’s National Assembly voted to raise same-sex relations sentence to 10 years & to criminalise “promotion” or “apology” of homosexuality. Writing for roape.net, Rama Salla Dieng argues against those who hail this as an act of African self-determination. roape.net/2026/03/17/b...
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Celia Murias @celiamurias.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Feliz de leer este artículo de Rama Salla Dieng haciendo un análisis completo, honesto y directo sobre la oportuna instrumentalización del (anti)género en el caso de Senegal. Excelente análisis. 👌🏽👌🏽
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I am pleased to share my last article: “Bodies under surveillance in Senegal’s governance crisis: Patriarchy, anti-gender backlash & the postcolonial carceral state”on the blog of the Review of African Political Economy roape.net/2026/03/17/b...
roape.net
Bodies under surveillance in Senegal’s governance crisis | ROAPE
Let us be honest about what happened on 12 March 2026. Senegal's National Assembly voted to raise the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to ten years and to criminalise the "promotion" or ...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The vernissage of our collective exhibition on the power of women, land and water, is on 29 October 5:30pm, Museum of Black Civilizations, Senegal Le vernissage de notre exposition sur La force des femmes, de la terre et de l’eau est le 29 octobre à 17:30 au Musée des Civilisations Noires Sénégal
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Following my previous post, I also share this article on the necessity for justice to be served for the victims of #policebrutality & their families. Yet, this must be done in respect of the rule of law and while preserving the separation of powers. roape.net/2024/03/27/h...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
En politiste & féministe, j’ai lu et écouté beaucoup de choses sur le #remaniement ministériel de ce samedi au #Sénégal. Je republie cet article de 2024 dans The Conversation Africa sur l’ #invilibilisation des #femmes en politique depuis l’indépendance. theconversation.com/les-femmes-o...
theconversation.com
Les femmes ont toujours été marginalisées dans la politique au Sénégal : les trois mesures que le gouvernement doit prendre
Les femmes sénégalaises déçues par le manque de représentation féminine malgré les promesses d'égalité. Cette marginalisation persistante souligne un défi continu pour l'égalité des sexes au Sénégal.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
En politiste et féministe, j’ai lu et écouté beaucoup de choses sur le #remaniement ministériel de ce samedi au #Sénégal. Je republie cet article de 2024 dans The Conversation Africa sur l’ #invilibilisation des #femmes en politique depuis l’indépendance. theconversation.com/les-femmes-o...
theconversation.com
Les femmes ont toujours été marginalisées dans la politique au Sénégal : les trois mesures que le gouvernement doit prendre
Les femmes sénégalaises déçues par le manque de représentation féminine malgré les promesses d'égalité. Cette marginalisation persistante souligne un défi continu pour l'égalité des sexes au Sénégal.
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
#Senegal cabinet shuffle trt.global/afrika-engli...
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TRT Global - Senegal's Sonko pledges 'government of commitment' with cabinet shuffle
Senegal's government has replaced the justice and interior ministers in a cabinet shake-up, pledging a "government of commitment and combat."
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Paul Kagame au Sénégal pour parler de souveraineté alimentaire alors que l’opposition croupit en prison chez lui. Quelle dissonance cognitive! Paul Kagame in Senegal to talk abt #FoodSovereignty while the opposition languishes in prison at home.This must be cognitive dissonance! shorturl.at/8rNCq
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The west ignores Rwanda’s dark side – and political prisoners like my mother pay the price | Rémy Amahirwa
She was arrested after planning to run against Paul Kagame. It’s time democracies woke up to the true nature of his regime, says Rémy Amahirwa
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) launches an investigative report “Challenging the Green Revolution: Exposing the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa- AGRA’s ne Undue Influence on African Agricultural Policies” afsafrica.org/questioning-...
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Questioning the Green Revolution: Pulling Back the Veil on AGRA’s Policy Power - AFSA
New investigation reveals how the Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is reshaping African agricultural policy behind closed doors — and at great cost to farmers, food sovereignty, and democracy. For over 15 years, AGRA has promised a productivity revolution for African farmers through its Green Revolution model: hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers,
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Le FMI a salué le #Sénégal pour avoir révélé des irrégularités budgétaires et révisé la #dette publique à 118,8 % du PIB . Les réformes du FMI pourraient rétablir la #transparence au risque d’imposer l’ #austérité. Serviront-elles les citoyen.ne.s ou les créanciers ? www.imf.org/en/News/Arti...
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IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal
A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Edward Gemayel, visited Senegal from August 19-26, 2025, to discuss corrective measures following the Court of Auditors' report publ...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
On the conclusions of the International Monetary Funds' (IMF) recent visit to #Senegal (19-26 August) #IMF reforms may restore #transparency yet risk #austerity. The real question: will these reforms serve #citizens or creditors? www.imf.org/en/News/Arti...
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IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Senegal
A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Edward Gemayel, visited Senegal from August 19-26, 2025, to discuss corrective measures following the Court of Auditors' report publ...
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Our book « Feminism for the World » was published by Pluto Press (UK) this Wednesday 20 August. www.plutobooks.com/978074535033...
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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed body says www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed body says – Israel-Gaza war latest updates
‘Famine in Gaza is entirely man-made’, UN-backed food security body says
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Je suis heureuse d’être la lauréate 2025 du Prix Paula Kantor pour l’excellence en recherche de terrain, décerné par le Centre international de recherche sur les femmes (ICRW). Honorée de cette reconnaissance. tinyurl.com/4mh72tj5
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R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I am thrilled to have been awarded the prestigious Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research by the International Center for Research on Women. Honoured to be recognised among talented early-career women researchers under 40 dedicated to advancing global gender equity tinyurl.com/4mh72tj5
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