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Newborns in care proceedings are often removed with less than a week's notice
New statistics published on infants in care proceedings reveal that the number of cases has continued to grow in England and Wales in recent years. The research, carried out by the Family Justice Data Partnership based at ...
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One in three with vision impairment lack support to gain quality education and employment
A Longitudinal Transition Study just published by the Vision Impairment Center for Teaching and Research (VICTAR) at the University of Birmingham and Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) shows one in three people with vision impairment ...
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Fewer women receiving biomedical patents means fewer inventions to treat women
A trio of researchers from Harvard University, Universidad de Navarra and McGill University has found evidence that suggests fewer women receiving biomedical patents means that fewer inventions for devices or drugs to treat ...
Attitude toward diversity contributes to helping refugees become productive members of a host nation, study finds
John Schaubroeck, a professor of management at the University of Missouri, believes hiring refugees can boost the economies of host countries. In fact, research has shown that assimilation is easier for refugees who work, ...
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Two-thirds of the Belgian population is sexually victimised during their lifetime
Sexual violence is rampant in Belgium. In the first large-scale representative and gender- and age-sensitive study on sexual violence in Belgium, called UN-MENAMAIS '(Understanding the Mechanisms, Nature, Magnitude and Impact ...
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New research reveals why older Australians shy away from taking selfies
Swinburne researchers have collected unique insights that help explain why 50% of older Australia want to do more on the internet, but are reluctant to take selfies and share posts on social media.
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Religious participation makes charitable, trusting neighbors
'Boomers' and 'millennials' who go to church are more likely to trust their neighbors and donate to charity, according to a new study.
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Young people are eager to have sex, but will post-pandemic hookups bring happiness or despair?
As an associate teaching professor who teaches a very large human sexuality class at the University of Washington, I benefit from frequent access to young people's inner thoughts and desires surrounding relationships and ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Report shows diversity on the charts, but not in executive ranks of music companies
Nearly half of the performers on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Charts over the last nine years were from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups. Yet, a comprehensive new report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Working from home: How classism covertly dominated the conversation
Since the arrival of the pandemic, media accounts about the new world of work have painted a curiously uniform picture of the jobs that people across the UK do. Chief among them was the idea that everyone was all suddenly ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Study on traffic deaths makes strong case for remote work
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked renewed interest in remote work arrangements, which also could help improve occupational and traffic safety, according to a study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and the University ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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Latinas were more likely than other groups to drop out of workforce during pandemic
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Latinas have not only experienced disproportionately high unemployment rates, but they also are dropping out of the workforce at higher rates than any other demographic group.
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Jun 17, 2021
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Public health expert: 'We need to go forward to a new type of normal'
Six months after the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved for emergency use in the U.S., the country's vaccination rate is nearing 50%, case rates have plummeted in most areas, and large states like New York and California ...
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Jun 17, 2021
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More focus needed on female travelers' needs
A James Cook University researcher has called for travel medicine organizations to focus more on the needs of women, who face a particular range of challenges when they travel.
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Jun 17, 2021
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Pandemic-era crowdfunding more common, successful in affluent communities
During the first several months of the pandemic—when communities locked down, jobs were lost, PPE was scarce and store shelves were cleared —thousands of people turned to online crowdfunding to meet their needs.
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Jun 17, 2021
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How sex trafficking trauma affects the way its survivors parent
A study of young immigrant mothers who are survivors of sex trafficking found that the trauma affected how they parented: It made them overprotective parents in a world perceived to be unsafe, it fueled emotional withdrawal ...
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Jun 16, 2021
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Study: A quarter of adults don't want children—and they're still happy
Parenting is one of life's greatest joys, right? Not for everyone. New research from Michigan State University psychologists examines characteristics and satisfaction of adults who don't want children.
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Jun 16, 2021
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The debate over transgender athletes' rights is testing the current limits of science and the law
The petition presented to parliament last week calling for trans women to be excluded from women's sport is simply the latest round in a difficult and volatile global debate.
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Jun 16, 2021
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How political bias impacts believing sexual assault victims
New research from Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications reveals a relationship between political biases and attitudes about sexual assault.
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Jun 15, 2021
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Hollywood stereotypes of female journalists feed a 'vicious cycle' of sexism
When a fictional female journalist appears on screen, chances are she's about to sleep with one of her sources. It's a trope that infuriates actual women in news media—and it can have real-life consequences, says University ...
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