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Social Sciences Mar 7, 2024

South Africa: Women play key role in early childhood learning and care, but they need help accessing university

In South Africa, the early childhood development sector is dominated by women who build creches from the ground up. These women offer services to communities that go far beyond childcare. They teach, feed and nurture children ...

Agriculture Mar 6, 2024

India's 'drone sisters' steer farming and social change

Once a housewife in rural India, Sharmila Yadav always wanted to be a pilot and is now living her dream remotely, flying a heavy-duty drone across the skies to cultivate the country's picturesque farmlands.

Social Sciences Feb 2, 2024

Researchers analyze career pathways for gifted girls

Compared to boys, girls often excel in their secondary education results—but even the most gifted students may struggle to find their "dream job" and follow the best career path, pay grades and workplace progression to ...

Social Sciences Jan 22, 2024

Many women still live in poverty, but we can change this

In its recent gender snapshot, the United Nations noted that: "Globally, in 2023, women aged 55 to 59 are more likely to live in extreme poverty than men."

Economics & Business Jan 18, 2024

New research promotes a business paradigm shift that emphasizes people, not just profit

New research from Virginia Commonwealth University fundamentally challenges the paradigm that business organizations should promote profit above all else.

Social Sciences Dec 21, 2023

Teaching prisoners to start businesses can help them return to society

When people are released from prison back into society, they can find themselves in an unknown world for which they are ill-equipped. They need stability and security to get their lives back on track—yet they often have ...

Social Sciences Dec 14, 2023

Working women feel unsupported by Christian congregations—even more progressive ones

As church membership declines across the United States, a new study from Rice University's Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance finds that working women do not feel supported by their clergy ...

Economics & Business Nov 30, 2023

New research shows what NASA can teach organizations about strategic agility

In their 60-year's history, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had to go through several radical organizational changes. New research by ESMT Berlin and Warwick Business School shows what NASA's history ...

Social Sciences Nov 30, 2023

Tech startups with diverse founding teams are more likely to seek IPO or acquisition

The importance of immigrant entrepreneurs and diversity in management has been widely demonstrated in academic literature. When management teams are diverse, they are able to bring a variety of perspectives to the decision-making ...

Economics & Business Oct 17, 2023

Nearly half as many people are launching businesses compared to 20 years ago, finds Canadian study

Despite a population of 40 million, Canada has 100,000 fewer entrepreneurs than it did 20 years ago, according to a BDC study conducted in collaboration with the Université de Montréal Innovation Center and Millénium Québecor ...

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