Ronald Hall is a professor in the School of Social Work at Michigan State University. He has written over 200 books/articles/monographs, etc., on colorism—discrimination on the basis of skin tone, often among the same ethnic ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2022
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Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and reproductive health, for example. Decisions made in the US have caused, and could cause, severe ...
Social Sciences
May 6, 2022
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Learning how to code changed Baratang Miya's life.
Education
Feb 24, 2022
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Benin's parliament has voted to legalize abortion in most circumstances. This is a groundbreaking move by the west African country given that 92% of women of reproductive age on the continent live in countries which have ...
Political science
Nov 8, 2021
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The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or "brilliance" for success, the more both women and early-career academics feel professionally inadequate—like "impostors"—finds a new study of U.S. ...
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2021
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Social issues and crises tend to affect women more severely than men. This is why terms like "gender mainstreaming policies", "gender-responsive interventions" and "gender-based budgeting" have become more popular in public ...
Social Sciences
May 24, 2021
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Ahead of tomorrow's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, by the United Nations, FORWARD, the leading African women-led organization working to end violence against women and girls, and the University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2021
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A new survey from four African countries on the COVID-19 pandemic shows significant impacts on food security and household income, and that COVID-19 has women apprehensive about accessing health care.
Economics & Business
Oct 16, 2020
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More than half of all African American women in the United States report having at least one family member who is incarcerated, causing higher levels of depressive symptoms and psychological distress than previously understood.
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2020
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Experiences of racism are associated with lower subjective cognitive function (SCF) among African-American women.
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2020
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