Date and Time:
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 10:30 a.m.Location:
First Amendment Forum
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
555 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Attend via Zoom.
Global Conversations with the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows
Global conversations are public-facing panels hosted by the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows that showcase their expertise worldwide, allowing them to discuss issues across society. These panels will be moderated by Jake Taylor, student body president at ASU’s Thunderbird School of Global Management.
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Angela Aurora, Tasneem Amro, Elira Çanga, Anum Hanif
Digital poverty and educational systems: A global vision of the advantages and disadvantages in our regions
Each of our regions Southeast in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Central America share the challenge of creating strong educational systems that advance with technology, to enter the path of sustainable development; Our intention is to know how each of these regions share these challenges.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Johnson Mayamba, Gahyeok Lee, Bálint Fabók, Andrea Polanco
Migration: Four narratives of how the movement of people continues to shape the social fabric of four continents across the world
This discussion will provide global lens on how migration patterns over the last century have shaped four countries in four different regions across the world, from a landlocked nation in Central Europe to a small Latin American country, all the way over to a republic in East Asia and a far-flung country in East Africa. These are the stories of how Hungary has been able to remain an ethnically homogeneous country despite the movement of millions of people every year across Europe; how orderly and humane migration allowed for the settlement of European descendants whose agricultural prowess helped to shape Belize’s identity; how restrictive migrations laws have enabled a discriminatory climate for immigrants in South Korea; and the remarkable tale of how Uganda has become a safe haven for refugees, making it the top refugee-hosting country in Africa and one of the top five in the world.
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. – Elita Dilshad Karim, Hyuntaek Lee, Milana Mazaeva, Siqi Yao
Birth control across the globe
Birth Control is a critical issue for developing countries. Recently, China gave up the ‘one child’ policy, which can be an important issue for the world population. South Korea had a similar policy 30 years ago, where people are experiencing the lowest birth rate in the world. In Russia, many people have difficulties raising their kids although the government pays relatively much money for parents. Bangladesh, on the other hand, has a tradition for having many kids per family. How is the birth control or management situation of each country? How does the media cover birth rate and management?
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Mohamed Bah, Atok Dan, moderated by Johnson Mayamba
The emergence of military coups in Africa
The last few years have seen the reemergence of military coups in Africa, starting with Egypt in North Africa after the Arab Spring, Sudan in East Africa after the fall of Umar Al Bahir and recently in West Africa. The West African region registered its latest coup in Burkina Faso, where the military toppled the civilian government that was led by President Roch Marc Kabore. Towards the end of 2021, Guinea‘s military also kicked out Alpha Conde, the octogenarian President who had amended his country constitution that of enabled him run for a third term. It is more than a year now since the Malian Military also overthrew the country’s President. In all of these rising coups, the populace of each of these countries except for Sudan has welcomed the khaki boys, through the regional block of West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States. ECOWAS has slammed sanctions against the military regimes of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso. What does this rise in coups mean for the continent, and how can the military be prevented from meddling into politics are some of the issues the two panelists will be discussing?