As Australia moves towards economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report shows that more women on boards and in senior leadership positions drives better company performance, greater productivity ...
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2020
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Recent COVID-19 induced panic buying has raised concerns about food security for many Australians.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2020
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Half of female Spanish researchers believe that being a woman makes your career more difficult. Furthermore, 70% of female scientists think that there are not enough female researchers in leadership roles in Spain. This is ...
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2020
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People worry about having access to clean water, power, health care and healthy foods because they are essential for survival. But do they ever think about their access to microbes?
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2019
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Despite years of effort to bring more women to the top boards of business, the proportion of women on the committees of listed companies remains in the single digits. In 2019, women held just 8.7 percent of the positions ...
Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2019
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The Scandinavian countries are regarded as models of equality between the sexes. A new study indicates that this may go back a very long way. Dr. Laura Maravall and Professor Jörg Baten, economic historians working as part ...
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2019
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Concerns about the drugs used for executions are being raised again after the federal government announced it will once again execute inmates convicted of capital crimes almost 16 years after the last execution was carried ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2019
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While marriage equality continues to be a big win for the LGBTQ movement since its passage in the U.S. in 2015, many activists are concerned about what's next.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2019
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Prejudice among white people can lessen over time, according to new research from Rice University.
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2019
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A new meta-analysis on hiring discrimination by Northwestern University sociologist Lincoln Quillian and his colleagues finds evidence of pervasive hiring discrimination against all nonwhite groups in all nine countries they ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2019
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