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Mabel van Oranje

Mabel van Oranje

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Mabel van Oranje, a former CEO of The Elders, is Co-Founder of Girls Not Brides.

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  1. Desmond Tutu's True Self
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    Desmond Tutu's True Self

    Dec 27, 2021 Mabel van Oranje reflects on the invaluable work South Africa's anti-apartheid leader carried out in recent years.

  2. The Cost of Child Marriage
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    The Cost of Child Marriage

    May 30, 2018 Henrietta H. Fore, et al. urge next week’s G7 summit to address a major impediment to economic growth in developing countries.

  3. Let’s Talk About Sex
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    Let’s Talk About Sex

    Mar 7, 2017 Mabel van Oranje calls for eliminating taboos that damage the autonomy, health, and future of women and girls.

  4. Students, Not Brides
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    Students, Not Brides

    Jul 29, 2016 Mabel van Oranje emphasizes the link between ending child marriage and improving girls' access to education.

  5. Girls, Not Brides
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    Girls, Not Brides

    Apr 22, 2015 Graça Machel & Mabel van Oranje urge governments to combat child marriage by setting the minimum age for marriage at 18.

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    Europe Needs Shared Defense Capabilities

    Lars Frølund & Fiona Murray argue that gaining a technological edge requires focusing on collective, rather than national, interests.
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    Australia’s Great Social-Media Experiment

    Peter Singer assesses the merits of new legislation requiring users to be at least 16 years old.
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    Trump Is on a Collision Course With the US Budget

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

    No matter how committed Donald Trump and his oligarch cronies are to a tax cut, the laws of arithmetic cannot be repealed. If only a handful of Republican lawmakers keep their promise not to increase the US budget deficit, there is no way that the incoming administration can enact its economic agenda and keep the government running.

    points out that no amount of bluster or strong-arming can overcome the laws of arithmetic.
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    Fintech Must Embrace Universal Inclusion

    Carl Manlan & Adanna Chukwuma point out that developing financial products for people with disabilities is a major economic opportunity.
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    The Urgency of Global Debt Reform

    Anne O. Krueger highlights the need for an international framework that prevents prolonged restructuring negotiations.
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    Economic Development in a Protectionist World

    Raghuram G. Rajan thinks poorer countries should be exploring new growth models, regardless of whether a new trade war erupts.
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    China Takes Aim at Philippine Democracy

    Adam Nelson & May Butoy urge the US and its regional allies to focus on helping policymakers address five key vulnerabilities.
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    The Economic Consequences of Trump 2.0

    Simon Johnson

    The US president-elect's signature policies will do almost nothing positive for less educated Americans or significantly improve the lives of most others. The rich will get richer, the richest will get a lot richer, and everyone else will contend with higher inflation, cuts to public services, and the effects of runaway deregulation.

    explains why reality is unlikely to come close to matching the US president-elect's rhetoric.
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    Our AI Near-Future

    Charles Ferguson offers a brief roadmap of how the technology will evolve and be deployed over the next few years.

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