insert_link Africa Africa’s ageing leaders: succession race in Cameroon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea could destabilise the region By Serge Loungou, Université Omar Bongo (UOB) Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is 82 and has been in power for 45 years. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, 79, has held on to power for 40 years. Cameroon’s Paul Biya is 91 and has been president for 42 years. Their extended tenures are largely due to a lack of constitutional limits on presidential age and terms […] todayAugust 23, 2024 10
insert_link Africa Sex sells in these Zimbabwe take-out chicken ads – showing how fragile masculinity is Mambo’s Chicken ads are the focus of a new study. Rustic/Getty Images By Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University Around the world, fast food advertising has been called out for sexualising and objectifying women’s bodies. In South Africa in 2019, for example, one fast food chain was castigated by advertising authorities for “the gratuitous use of sexualised women and sexual puns, with no product relevance”. At the same time, UK authorities […] todayAugust 23, 2024 34
insert_link Uncategorized We research online ‘misogynist radicalisation’. Here’s what parents of boys should know Komorebi Photo/Unsplash , CC BY By Steven Roberts, Monash University and Stephanie Wescott, Monash University Many parents are worried about their children using social media. But these concerns tend to focus on privacy, exposure to explicit material or contact with strangers. As researchers looking at sexism and misogyny in Australian schools and the influence of social media, we think it is also important for parents to […] todayJuly 1, 2024 9