The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

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Caught Between Crises: The Covid Shadow-Pandemic of Domestic Violence in Mexico

In this op-ed, Sofia Navarrete Zur critically examines the shadow pandemic of domestic violence in light of Covid-19 and Mexico’s lockdown measures. On March 8th, 2020, Mexico’s largest ever women’s march took place on International Women’s Day. The following morning, […]

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World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty: When Research Prevents Implementation

Last week, the World Bank held its annual Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington, DC, in which scholars, practitioners, donors, and researchers present their work on land issues. I attended with the organization where I currently intern, the Huairou Commission, a […]