Is the world running out of freshwater?
More than half of the world's population faces water scarcity for at least one month a year.
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2023
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News tagged with women
How 'benevolent sexism' undermines Asian women with foreign accents in the workplace
Immigrants are critical to the Canadian economy, but their talents are under-utilized due to language and accent discrimination, as immigrants often come from non-English or French speaking countries.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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Women from privileged backgrounds pursue prestigious professions over lucrative ones, finds study
Women from elite backgrounds are much less likely than men to end up in the most economically rewarding jobs, but they are no less likely to hold prestigious jobs that are respected in society.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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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 ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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The AI industry is on the verge of becoming another boys' club—we're all going to lose out if it does
A recent New York Times article released a list of people "behind the dawn of the modern artificial intelligence movement"—and not a single woman was named. It came less than a week after news of a fake auto-generated woman ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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Is age linked to the picture of the perfect partner?
How do women picture the partner of their dreams? And how does this vary between women based on their age? A team of researchers led by the University of Göttingen investigated the complex relationships between age and preferences ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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One in three UK men open to having more than one partner, study shows
A third of UK men are open to the idea of having more than one wife or long-term girlfriend, according to a new Swansea University study.
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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Human trafficking, sexual abuse, exploitation: 'Loss and damage' fund will not compensate, says researcher
(In this article, aliases are used to protect people's identity.)
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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Soybean oil production residue can be used to make product that treats symptoms of menopause
Consuming soy foods is often said to be good for women's health, and much research has been conducted in recent decades to find out whether it can explain why Asian women, whose diet contains plenty of soy foods, have few ...
Biochemistry
Dec 11, 2023
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What happens when you can't be yourself at work
Like many other essentials of life, our sense of self is something we often take for granted, until it's under threat. When our circumstances appear at odds with who we feel ourselves to be, we are pitched headlong into a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2023
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