How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Environment
Feb 25, 2022
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Legal immigrants with darker skin are paid up to 25 percent less than otherwise comparable lighter-skinned immigrants, a wage penalty that widened significantly four years after these immigrants first received permanent legal ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2019
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A new online platform enables users to get information about the democratic quality of a specific country with just a few clicks. The new tool has been designed by political scientists from the University of Würzburg.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2019
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Urban green spaces provide innumerable benefits for surrounding communities. They are places to enjoy nature, exercise, and gather. Green spaces are also vital for combating urban heat island impacts, they help clean the ...
Environment
May 18, 2023
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The good news this International Women's Day is that women are now moving through the ranks into management roles faster than men.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2019
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In early March, France's first minister, Elisabeth Borne, announced that French companies failing to enforce the country's gender equality criteria would be denied access to public contracts. The news adds yet another line ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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BBC China editor Carrie Gracie resigned her position last week in an open letter protesting the BBC's "illegal" gender pay inequality and "the culture of secrecy that helps perpetuate it". The Equalities and Human Rights ...
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2018
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In 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled in "Bostock vs. Clayton County" that transgender people are legally protected from employment discrimination. This came at a time of increased visibility, but also of legal and ...
Social Sciences
Apr 30, 2024
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A new report shows that although progress has been made in recent years to reduce the gender pay gap in Australia, it will still take more than a quarter of a century to close it.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2021
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We are in the midst of an outpouring of feminist activism kicked off by the pink pussy hat movement in the United States and propelled by #MeToo, which has spread to Australia where a range of luminaries have been named as ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2019
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