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Decades into the fight for equality in the workplace, policies for women keep failing. A drawing released this year by the European Parliament shows a bleak picture of so-called equality: [...]
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There is one remarkable thing about Icelandic doctors: they actually work in Iceland. Despite lower salaries and longer hours that they could expect in many other countries, they usually return [...]
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The first Olena is 30 years old and she “renders cleaning services”. “Please, don't take picture of me working, better snap my place of work. Look there! I even don't [...]
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Nelly Ali sometimes carries a magic wand in her bag. She uses Twitter to fundraise for clothes for those kids (Cairo street children and mothers). She's [...]
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Established in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) was a symbol of a new era – it was a symbol of a country which moved to bring good healthcare to [...]
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Abstract: To see globalization only taking into account its economic dimension is simplistic and reductionist. If there is something to be held accountable for exploitation and inequality is [...]
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In 2010, the prevalence rate of tuberculosis in North Korea was 399 per 100,000 people. This is alarming given that Ghana, another developing country with the same population of 24 [...]
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As a writer for Future Challenges, I have a long-term interest in building sustainable, inclusive and healthy communities. Several great initiatives in Australia are helping to achieve this [...]
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The International Olympic Committee is certainly not bashful about proclaiming its lofty ideals. The Olympics, it says, is about placing sport – silver platter style – at the “service of [...]
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As a wealthy, developed nation, Australia indeed has an obligation to set positive examples to the world when it comes to combatting NCDs. However, the persistence within our [...]
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As a mother of 2 boys under 5, I always worry about my children: are they getting enough exercise? Are they eating enough fruit and [...]
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Green, a rowing channel that radiated beauty during the 1968 Olympic games hosted by Mexico is today nothing more than a neglected, smelly, green water spot in the middle of [...]
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On 23 June 2012, Papua New Guinea voters, including 87% from rural districts, began the difficult travail (on average a two hour walk across rugged mountains and dense rainforest) to [...]
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), malaria caused an estimated 655,000 deaths (with an uncertainty range of 537,000 to 907,000), mostly among African children in 2010. WHO’s [...]
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Inequality, especially uneven access to healthcare, has increasingly come to be seen as central to understanding the development of chronic diseases. In France, a country synonymous with equality because of [...]
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Good tucker that's not Macca's! There's an old expression, "you are what you eat." I used to think to myself, "I don't get it...how could I be [...]
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Some people want to live forever, and they are actively working to accomplish just that. These people view aging as a curable disease, and they are supporting and [...]
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Sometimes we forget how privileged we really are, sometimes we take the little things for granted. [...]
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Water resources is the focus of this month's discussions here at Future Challenges. Steven Watson says that the world has sufficient water for the entire population, but it needs [...]
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Floods, droughts, desertification, coastal storms and famine are just a few of the impacts of climate change in Africa. Climate change is endangering the lives and livelihoods of millions of [...]
