Human Rights

Systemic change is on everyone’s lips in 2020.  Pushed to the background, progress on climate action remains woefully slow. Wealth inequality continues to rise. Gender parity appears unlikely to happen…

Home is where the inequality is, a new survey has revealed. A new poll for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour found that 75 percent of women feel most unequal in their…

For Black youth, a police encounter by eighth grade predicts they will be arrested by young adulthood, but research finds the same is not true for white youth. Black young…

The “leaky pipeline” of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), which is especially acute for academic mothers, continues to be problematic as women face continuous cycles of barriers and obstacles to advancing …

In Nigeria, a new class of activists and women’s right advocates are emerging to take on the Nigerian establishment and its historical suppression of women, and push for increased representation for women. Nigeria…

The authors examine trends in the coronavirus disease 2019 infection rate for the U.S.state prison population and present the results of their 2022 survey to assess the impact of the pandemic and response efforts on prison system education programs….

Chronic disinvestment in Black and Brown communities has led to poorer health outcomes for children and adults. It’s time to take action.

For Thania Hernandez, opening Mis Primeros Pasos – a bilingual child care center in Ellsworth, Maine – was the realization of a long-held dream. Hernandez is a child of immigrants…

Why India’s female labour force participation rate remains low compared to global levels, and what needs to be done to change it.

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Despite availing schemes such as the PMJDY, women from low-income households are hesitant to save formally with banks. What can help their outlook change?