Kathy Dodworth
@dodgington.bsky.social
Research Fellow UoE | Voluntary Labour | Global Politics | Health | Kenya | Tanzania | Non-State Actors | Heat Pump Widow
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Kathy Dodworth
@dodgington.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Dispossession and voluntarism: The dynamics of Community Health Work in Kenya
In a past episode of the Kenyanist, we talked about reforming the NHIF, which the government has recently undertaken to improve healthcare delivery. We also heard a…
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A year ago I did podcast w/ @kamauwairuri.bsky.social on community health labour. I re-listened and remain proud (especially as nervous speaker!). It didn’t get huge amount of play so if interested in community health, Kenya or voluntary labour give it a listen! www.thekenyanist.com/dispossessio...
New article out in Third World Quarterly on the gendering of community health in pastoralist Kenya. It’s not what you think…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Step up, step down, step out: the gendering of community health work in pastoralist Kenya
Community health is a long-established approach to accessing healthcare, the face of which is female. In the case of rural Isiolo, Kenya, the majority of community health volunteers are men. To und...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New article out in Third World Quarterly on the gendering of community health in pastoralist Kenya. It’s not what you think…
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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💰 “The rich had a very good pandemic,” says @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
While billionaires’ wealth rose, 165 million people fell into poverty. Inequality doesn’t just divide — it weakens pandemic response itself.
⚕️Inequality is a public-health risk multiplier.
@panaction.bsky.social @unaids.org
While billionaires’ wealth rose, 165 million people fell into poverty. Inequality doesn’t just divide — it weakens pandemic response itself.
⚕️Inequality is a public-health risk multiplier.
@panaction.bsky.social @unaids.org
The Rich 'Had A Good Pandemic’: How Inequality Weakens Disease Responses - Health Policy Watch
The poorest people and countries suffer the most during pandemics, setting in motion a “vicious cycle” of inequality where those who suffer the most are least
healthpolicy-watch.news
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
💰 “The rich had a very good pandemic,” says @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
While billionaires’ wealth rose, 165 million people fell into poverty. Inequality doesn’t just divide — it weakens pandemic response itself.
⚕️Inequality is a public-health risk multiplier.
@panaction.bsky.social @unaids.org
While billionaires’ wealth rose, 165 million people fell into poverty. Inequality doesn’t just divide — it weakens pandemic response itself.
⚕️Inequality is a public-health risk multiplier.
@panaction.bsky.social @unaids.org
If interested in life history approach to studying health, join us Tuesday 9am GMT, 11am CAT, 12pm EAT
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If interested in life history approach to studying health, join us Tuesday 9am GMT, 11am CAT, 12pm EAT
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“Do or do not. There is no try" 🙄
Full abolition of two-child benefit cap not expected in Budget
UK chancellor in discussions over plans to reform the contentious welfare policy
www.ft.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“Do or do not. There is no try" 🙄
Urgh, recognise Palestine as a state because it is a state, not as a bargaining chip. Everyone, including Israel, knows it is a separate state (why else use the language of right to self-defence and of war rather than policing its own territory)
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Urgh, recognise Palestine as a state because it is a state, not as a bargaining chip. Everyone, including Israel, knows it is a separate state (why else use the language of right to self-defence and of war rather than policing its own territory)
This is the nub of this scandal: grooming gangs (of any race) are not policed because deep down the police think these young victims are garbage too
BBC: South Yorkshire Police officers took part in rape and sexual assault of under-age girls who were victims of grooming gangs. The force has frequently featured in the worst scandals of police corruption over many decades. This may be a new nadir
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police officers ‘also abused’ Rotherham grooming gang victims
One says she was raped from the age of 12 by a South Yorkshire Police officer in a marked police car.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is the nub of this scandal: grooming gangs (of any race) are not policed because deep down the police think these young victims are garbage too
Quite right. Govt, tabloids be like ‘why on earth are they striking now, spoilt brats’. One article suggested they knew what their pay would be on entering medical school (!). Doctors be like, what else works?! Pay me what I was worth in 2008
NHS is unjust and more unsafe without pay restoration
NHS is unjust and more unsafe without pay restoration
“Why are Wes Streeting & the government trying to portray Resident doctors' demands in the worst possible light?”
Hope from Just Treatment breaks down the politics behind the attacks on striking #NHS workers & why we should all back their fight for #PayRestoration.
youtube.com/shorts/QuYas...
Hope from Just Treatment breaks down the politics behind the attacks on striking #NHS workers & why we should all back their fight for #PayRestoration.
youtube.com/shorts/QuYas...
Why is the government trying to portray Resident #nhs doctors' demands in the worst possible light?
YouTube video by Just Treatment
youtube.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Quite right. Govt, tabloids be like ‘why on earth are they striking now, spoilt brats’. One article suggested they knew what their pay would be on entering medical school (!). Doctors be like, what else works?! Pay me what I was worth in 2008
NHS is unjust and more unsafe without pay restoration
NHS is unjust and more unsafe without pay restoration
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“if anybody should be awarded for excellence in journalism, it is all of those Palestinian journalists in Gaza who have risked their lives to live stream a genocide”
– @dianabuttu.bsky.social on journalists like @Anas al-Sharif covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Full report ▶️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU
– @dianabuttu.bsky.social on journalists like @Anas al-Sharif covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Full report ▶️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU
July 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
“if anybody should be awarded for excellence in journalism, it is all of those Palestinian journalists in Gaza who have risked their lives to live stream a genocide”
– @dianabuttu.bsky.social on journalists like @Anas al-Sharif covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Full report ▶️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU
– @dianabuttu.bsky.social on journalists like @Anas al-Sharif covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Full report ▶️ youtu.be/YeQD6spHyEU
I have a new publication out: a Fanonion analysis of community health volunteers’ place in yellow fever response in Kenya. Open Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fever pitch: Coloniality and contention within community health’s yellow fever response in Kenya
In January 2022, a number of Yellow Fever cases were identified in Kenya’s Isiolo County for the first time, triggering a national-level response centred on vaccinating residents. 181,000 people we...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have a new publication out: a Fanonion analysis of community health volunteers’ place in yellow fever response in Kenya. Open Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For a few short years, DFID became more about justice. Now aid is back to Victorian era ‘pity for the poor’ while building a personal brand
The #UK government is U-turning on its campaign promise to raise #ForeignAid to 0.7%t of GNI & will instead cut it to 0.3%.
Is this rebranding of aid as charity an attempt to dodge international responsibility?
@glorianovovic.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
Is this rebranding of aid as charity an attempt to dodge international responsibility?
@glorianovovic.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
The Government rebranded aid as charity to dodge international responsibility - British Politics and Policy at LSE
The Government's new framing of foreign aid as charity is a gross misrepresentation of the UK's domestic and international commitments
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
For a few short years, DFID became more about justice. Now aid is back to Victorian era ‘pity for the poor’ while building a personal brand
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Meanwhile the people of Gaza are starving
BREAKING: The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have agreed on a $142 billion arms deal — potentially the largest such deal in history.
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Meanwhile the people of Gaza are starving
Article accepted today! A Fanonian analysis of the Yellow Fever response in Isiolo’s 2023 outbreak. Friday news I can get on board with after a grim year professionally. Watch this space!
May 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Article accepted today! A Fanonian analysis of the Yellow Fever response in Isiolo’s 2023 outbreak. Friday news I can get on board with after a grim year professionally. Watch this space!
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Advertising new @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD studentship (covers fees + stipend), as part of new ESRC Centre @equalise.bsky.social. We've kept the application as broad as possible as we're keen to support someone to undertake research that they have designed: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... 1/2
PhD in the ESRC Centre for Lifecourse Health Equity | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Advertising new @unistrathclyde.bsky.social PhD studentship (covers fees + stipend), as part of new ESRC Centre @equalise.bsky.social. We've kept the application as broad as possible as we're keen to support someone to undertake research that they have designed: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... 1/2
Yes - Kenya has deemed its rich elites a no go for taxation since independence, leading the administration recently to tax in unjust ways that caused mass protests and violent crackdown. The money is there, often off-shored (in which Britain is complicit) - Ruto just doesn’t want to go there
Interesting reflection - can African countries raise more revenue by taxing transactions pursued by high net worth individuals, such as large real estate sales or high levels of rental income? theconversation.com/wealthy-afri...
Wealthy Africans often don’t pay tax: the answer lies in smarter collection - expert
African countries need to implement effective approaches to ensure wealthy citizens make a bigger tax contribution.
theconversation.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Yes - Kenya has deemed its rich elites a no go for taxation since independence, leading the administration recently to tax in unjust ways that caused mass protests and violent crackdown. The money is there, often off-shored (in which Britain is complicit) - Ruto just doesn’t want to go there
As of next week, I’ll be @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for about a year. Up for new connections, conversations and collaborations (voluntary labour, state-making, non-state actors, China in Africa, legitimation, critical global health - an’ aw that)
April 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
As of next week, I’ll be @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for about a year. Up for new connections, conversations and collaborations (voluntary labour, state-making, non-state actors, China in Africa, legitimation, critical global health - an’ aw that)
How on earth has it taken me so long to read this
April 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
How on earth has it taken me so long to read this
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🚨Post-doctoral researcher opportunity
@gvagrad.bsky.social
with the FamilEA project
For a candidate in political science or related disciplines, interested in family-related public policy in Kenya and Uganda
More information about this exciting opening tinyurl.com/297jxwnc
Deadline: 20 March
@gvagrad.bsky.social
with the FamilEA project
For a candidate in political science or related disciplines, interested in family-related public policy in Kenya and Uganda
More information about this exciting opening tinyurl.com/297jxwnc
Deadline: 20 March
March 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨Post-doctoral researcher opportunity
@gvagrad.bsky.social
with the FamilEA project
For a candidate in political science or related disciplines, interested in family-related public policy in Kenya and Uganda
More information about this exciting opening tinyurl.com/297jxwnc
Deadline: 20 March
@gvagrad.bsky.social
with the FamilEA project
For a candidate in political science or related disciplines, interested in family-related public policy in Kenya and Uganda
More information about this exciting opening tinyurl.com/297jxwnc
Deadline: 20 March
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JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions)
PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites ...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
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Call for papers open for the Centre for Security Research annual conference, with theme of ‘Futures of International Security.’ Join us for it in May in Edinburgh. All welcome, expecting a great gathering of security scholars. Details below.
February 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Call for papers open for the Centre for Security Research annual conference, with theme of ‘Futures of International Security.’ Join us for it in May in Edinburgh. All welcome, expecting a great gathering of security scholars. Details below.
So, after 10 year enquiry, will have up-to-date evidence across all police forces that, as you’d expect, majority of group-based sexual exploitation perpetrated by whites. Some groups marginally over-represented but will prove frustratingly low for Musk, Robinson and Badenoch (who will be long gone)
January 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
So, after 10 year enquiry, will have up-to-date evidence across all police forces that, as you’d expect, majority of group-based sexual exploitation perpetrated by whites. Some groups marginally over-represented but will prove frustratingly low for Musk, Robinson and Badenoch (who will be long gone)
I used to think being interdisciplinary was hard because too many options: journals, conferences, associations. And too much reading. Now I realise it’s hard because you open too many fronts for attack by others, plus don’t have a tribe to defend you. I’m not sure any more there is such a thing!
January 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I used to think being interdisciplinary was hard because too many options: journals, conferences, associations. And too much reading. Now I realise it’s hard because you open too many fronts for attack by others, plus don’t have a tribe to defend you. I’m not sure any more there is such a thing!
Where else but in academia do you have a spring in your step for the week when your manuscript reviews are found to be ‘generally favourable’. Happy days
January 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Where else but in academia do you have a spring in your step for the week when your manuscript reviews are found to be ‘generally favourable’. Happy days
I don’t think we should be listening to Elon Musk about anything except areas of tech but I understand the case for it. But why on earth does UK mainstream TV keep interviewing his parents? It’s just helping to build his cult. What a joke our public discourse has become #gmb #itv
January 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Well, good and important coverage but nothing new for UK academics. I’m interested why File on 4 has deemed this a national scandal now, given most (including MPs) have shrugged off idea universities are a public good and worthy of govt rescue. Genuine question…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
The International Student Scandal
Podcast Episode · File on 4 · 03/12/2024 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Well, good and important coverage but nothing new for UK academics. I’m interested why File on 4 has deemed this a national scandal now, given most (including MPs) have shrugged off idea universities are a public good and worthy of govt rescue. Genuine question…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...