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Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich and Seth Denizen, "Thinking Through Soil: Wastewater Agriculture in the Mezquital Valley" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Q: What are some of the questions then that you both decided to ask and answer?
One question was, how is it that this system is actually reusing organic matter? And to what extent is the system sustainable?
Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich and Seth Denizen, "Thinking Through Soil: Wastewater Agriculture in the Mezquital Valley" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Q: Can you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit, maybe your co-author as well, and tell us why you two decided to write this book and do it together?
We both now teach in landscape architecture departments and started to think about this when we co-taught a studio at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on the Mezquital Valley.
Peace A. Medie, "Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence Against Women in Africa" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Q: Can you tell us more about the establishment of these specialized units?
In Liberia, significant progress was made early on with the establishment and training of specialized units, while in Côte d'Ivoire, such mechanisms were less formalized and slower to develop.
Peace A. Medie, "Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence Against Women in Africa" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Q: What are the policy implications of this study?
Specialized policing is important for improving survivors' experiences and achieving justice, alongside the involvement of women's movements in maintaining pressure for change and addressing gender-based violence holistically.

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