Children born of rape: The devastating legacy of sexual violence in post-genocide Rwanda
Trigger warning: this article contains accounts of sexual violence.
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Apr 4, 2024
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News tagged with social exclusion
Prepayment technology is socially and financially isolating UK asylum seekers: Study
A research team from the University of Oxford and the University of Glasgow has found that prepayment cards provided to U.K. asylum seekers by the Home Office are collecting their data and controlling their behaviors in ways ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2024
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Poverty trap: Some jobs are no protection against destitution
Many working people in Europe are at risk of economic hardship, prompting EU researchers to seek policy answers.
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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What are the effects of workforce automation across race and gender in the United States?
Advances in areas such as robotics and artificial intelligence enable the automation of a range of occupational tasks, leading to fundamental changes in the nature of work. New research published in the American Journal of ...
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2023
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Study: Despite Asia's preference for sons, happiness in old age has everything to do with daughters
Researchers from Monash University Malaysia's Business School warn that the traditional preference for a son rather than a daughter, may worsen gender inequality in rapidly aging Asian societies.
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2023
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Tackling loneliness requires a new approach that addresses societal inequalities
A review into loneliness inequalities conducted by some of the U.K.'s leading scholars in the field has highlighted key social and societal factors that lead to loneliness inequalities.
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2023
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Brands that exude warmth hit the mark with lonely consumers, study shows
In a study that gives new meaning to retail therapy, University of Alberta marketing researchers have found that consumers who feel lonely will often turn to brands that exude warmth.
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2023
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Examining instances when play can be painful
Beyond pleasure, is there emotional depth to play? Aaron Trammell, a researcher in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, answers this and related questions in a new book he wrote that examines differences ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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Improving social access beyond the inner city
Improving suburban public transport access has a societal benefit through better health, increased employment and reduced crime, according to a new study from the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University ...
Economics & Business
Feb 3, 2023
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'Do you have children?': How common greetings in Asian communities can feel loaded with stigma for women
Tina (not her real name), in her early 40s, is an accomplished woman from a Southeast Asian country, with a postgraduate degree under her belt.
Social Sciences
Oct 17, 2022
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