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Being a millennial with a digital footprint, a topic that regularly comes up in conversation with other women with political aspirations, is our pasts becoming the subject of public discussion in a way that would never happen to a man. I know many women who are scared to nominate for candidacy or enter public life because they have sent consensual nude images or are concerned that their private sex lives would become a topic for public discussion. The irony is not lost on me that this fear exists for many women while sitting male members of parliament manage to hold on to their jobs despite a...

The conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is a tragedy for the citizens caught up in the fighting. It also threatens to destabilize the country’s economic and political system for years to come. Compared with these catastrophes, the implications of the war for the model of authoritarian development promoted by the Ethiopian government over the last two decades pale in significance. But these effects are nonetheless likely to be profound and may lead to a recalibration of international aid models. In recent years, the impressive economic performances of Ethiopia and Rwanda have mea...