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...issues ranging from female body image insecurities, stirred by media glamorization of picture-perfect models, to the role of final clubs in the lives of Harvard women. Also discussed were body image issues resulting from specific cultural and racial views. Kimberly N. Foster ’11, a black panelist, said that “in black culture, the thick girl is the idealized girl,” while event organizer Theresa H. Cheng ’08 talked about how Chinese culture focused not only on being pale and thin, but also on the “double eyelid...
...panelist, Eleanor D. Thompson ’05, said giving back was a “responsibility” for Sierra Leoneans both inside and outside the country...
...political struggle in determining the country’s future. “This election is very important in the country’s history because for the first time Mugabe’s political future hangs in the balance,” he said. One of the four panelists, Zimbabwean graphic artist Chaz Maviyane-Davies, has tried to use art to direct the attention of the international community toward Zimbabwe’s political situation. “My aim was to raise the consciousness of our situation by spending about two to three hours...
...disease and the need for intervention at a much broader scope. “It’s not fair for people to be able to starve in the 21st century when there’s such affluence,” said Farmer. During the two-hour discussion, the panelists talked on topics ranging from gender equity in Rwanda to the controversy of declaring that basic sustenance a human right. Farmer described plans that governments can pursue in order to maximize their health care potential and better assist the poor. The internationally acclaimed professor colored his account with anecdotes...
...being sold in the markets and at what price,” Moreno said, “and they sell their catch where it’s most valuable.” One of the more popular panels of the day was on private equity and venture capital. Panelist Piero Minardi, a partner at Brazilian investment firm Gávea Investimentos, discussed what has improved investment conditions in Latin America. “Macroeconomic stability is one of the factors driving change,” Minardi said. “Mexico and Brazil in particular have displayed a stable macroeconomic...