World in Progress Folgen

Topics: Dealing with terrorist attacks in urban areas - Reducing insecurities and violence for poor citydwellers - Why so many apartment buildings in Nairobi, Kenya collapse - Improving Chile's schools 

On this week’s show, we look at issues surrounding menstruation. In Uganda, many girls are dropping out of school because they skip class when they’re on their periods. And in the UK, “period poverty” is on the rise. We’ll check out what’s facing Haiti as the UN prepares to withdraw its stabilization mission. And what is left in the wake of the Burning Man festival?

In this edition: Mobile Money in Kenya - Mobile Money and Development - Living in Tepito, Mexico City - How the dwindling Parsi community in India hopes to survive