Teen dating violence (TDV) is an urgent public health concern associated with a range of lasting mental, sexual, and behavioral health consequences. Studies have revealed high rates of dating violence and sexual coercion ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2018
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From the Woman's Marches in the US to the global #MeToo campaign, the issue of women's rights has well and truly permeated society's consciousness.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2018
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Researchers have calculated a new benchmark for compensation pay-outs that are awarded to victims of violent crime.
Economics & Business
Aug 10, 2017
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The first research on violence against women at Spanish universities reveals that 62 percent of the student body know or have experienced situations of gender violence in the university community. The study also suggests ...
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2017
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A new early secondary school program is equipping teachers to tackle gender inequality and gender-based violence in the classroom.
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2016
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The greater a country's gender equality when it comes to employment, the higher the overall homicide rate, according to a Baylor University study of 146 countries.
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2015
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For the last few weeks, Puerto Rico's streets have seen protesters for and against the incorporation of 'perspectivas de género' or gender perspectives in the public schools' curriculum.
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2015
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The 2012 fatal shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin by his Florida neighbor George Zimmerman sparked a fierce debate about racism and gun violence. Now, researchers are exploring what the controversial case says as well ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2014
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(Phys.org)—Despite a number of measures undertaken by the government in Albania to curb sex trafficking, rigorous comprehensive legal and social reforms are needed to address the practices that perpetuate it, a new study ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2012
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Over the course of 2011's momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social media and cyberactivism to carve out central roles in the revolutionary struggles under way in ...
Social Sciences
May 22, 2012
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