Sarah Jane Staats
Translating #globaldevelopment research and ideas for real people. Now . Formerly . Fan of wit, words, policy wonk. Views my own.
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Global Press 16d 2 tweets
Women and the Future of Work: Fix the Present
Center For Global Development 8d 5 tweets
There is a lot we don’t know about what automation will mean for jobs in the future, including its impact (if any) on gender inequality. This note reviews evidence and forecasts on that question and makes four main points.
The Real Mommy War Is Against the State
Nytimes.com 13d 33 tweets
Stop blaming yourselves. Blame the total lack of social supports.
Day Care for All
Nytimes.com 13d 45 tweets
The progressive to-do list is missing a very important idea.
New research highlights how gender equality impacts the economy
IDRC - International Development Research Centre 14d 1 tweets
Research led by Gottingen University finds that reducing gender inequality in education improves a country’s economic performance.
Why We Banned the Word "Ethnic"
Nieman Reports - Nieman Reports 16d 3 tweets
What is ethnic tension? Early in my journalism career I heard that phrase over and over. I lived in Utica, New York, a small city with a sizable community of refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina. An editor loaded me up with books and articles about...
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Sarah Jane Staats Words matter. has a style guide to help journalists and the rest of use precise, dignified language to tell accurate stories. Kudos to the Stylebook for making one of the changes the Global Press Style Guide recommends. Read about it here 16d
Supporting policymakers to use evidence
Onthinktanks.org 47d 2 tweets
Evidence is a key resource in helping policymakers make better decisions. The Department for International Development (DFID) and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation both acknowledge this...
The Dream
Stitcher.com 131d 5 tweets
Listen to The Dream episodes free, on demand. What if we told you that with zero experience and only a few hundred dollars down, this podcast could change your life? Well, we’d be lying. This season on The Dream, Jane Marie dives into the world of...
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Sarah Jane Staats I'm hooked on The Dream podcast with . Second episode on #womenswork especially good on the psychology, economics, history, and realities of women's work and lives. #informalworkers #informaleconomy HT ! 22d
How the geography of climate damage could make the politics less polarizing
Mark Muro - Brookings 25d 15 tweets
What if flip the frame from emissions to impacts when looking at the geography of climate change?
Sarah Jane Staats 23d
Workday
Nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com 29d 1 tweets
Shifting our mindset on financing data for the Sustainable Development Goals
Hewlett Foundation 30d 3 tweets
This post is based on comments Sarah Lucas made at the 2018 World Data Forum Financing for More and Better Data panel. Sarah thanks her colleagues Ruth Levine, Norma Altshuler and Sarah Jane Staats for helping craft the ideas outlined here. The...
'Tidying Up with Marie Kondo' Is Inadvertently About Women's Invisible Labor
Vice 38d 2 tweets
In the new Netflix show, couples learn how to tackle household tasks by 'tidying' together, a process that reveals just how gendered our domestic expectations are.
Sarah Jane Staats Marie Kondo's life-changing magic of explaining everything...including women's invisible labor. 31d
A partnership for a global public good: Data to improve learning
Globalpartnership.org 31d 4 tweets
Around 80% of countries assess learning. However, because they are based on different methodologies the results cannot be compared internationally. A new initiative by UIS could help solve this challenge.
The life-changing magic of simplistic solutions to complex problems
The Economist 31d 1 tweets
The craze for de-cluttering is understandable, but a new neurosis or compulsion is the last thing the world needs
Sarah Jane Staats A sarcastic headline that could apply to so many things right now 31d
Professional development opportunities for African academics
Rachel Strohm - Rachel Strohm 636d 4 tweets
[Updated 26 October 2016.  New entries are marked with an asterisk.] While there are a decent range of scholarships available for African students doing MAs and PhDs, the professional development o…
Fellowships for Anglophone African students
Rachel Strohm - Rachel Strohm 636d 6 tweets
[Updated 26 October 2016.  New entries are marked with an asterisk.] I’ve come across several great scholarship opportunities for African students who’d like to study or attend workshop…
Bridging generational and partisan divides in Congress: Q&A with Millennial Action Project President Steven Olikara
Hewlett Foundation 37d 1 tweets
When the 116th Congress was sworn in earlier this month, it included a record 26 millennial representatives according to Pew Research Center’s definition, which includes members born between 1981 and 1996. This is almost five times the number of...
Women’s Economic Empowerment Act “moves us in the right direction”
USGLC 37d 1 tweets
USGLC talks women's economic empowerment with Representative Marjorie Margolies
Vacancies
UNICEF 38d 1 tweets
The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Rebecca Kukla on Moving Through and Responding to the World (Ep. 57)
Medium 52d 11 tweets
And what philosophy has in common with stand-up comedy.
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Sarah Jane Staats Love this: So many philosophers think philosophy is about responding to other texts and other people, and they forget that it's first and foremost about responding to the world -- Rebecca Kukla citing Femi Taiwo in latest Conversations with 38d