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Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...families, marriage, childcare, and to the environment. This might be about encouraging men to teach the boys in their lives the values, character and responsibilities of being a considered and well-rounded individual. To focus on men’s health and well-being: that is the social, emotional, physical and spiritual facets that contribute to a sense of self. To highlight...
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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...History shows us that governments have used international sports events to pursue their own interests rather than understanding, friendship and peace among nations (Kissoudi, 2008). Sporting victories for a national team can improve and reinforce superiority of its political regime – for example both the 1934 World Cup in Italy and the 1936 Berlin ‘Nazi’ Olympics....
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Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...history. It’s hard to imagine an out-of-date crop being useful. Harder still to see the use of a crop wild relative. However, and perhaps surprisingly, these old plant varieties could be key to our future global food security. Rather than seeing these plants as whole, coherent varieties, plant scientists increasingly see them as big bundles of genetic traits. So while...
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Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...families falsely characterised as disengaged and ‘hard to reach’. Those who actively pushed through such perceptions to advocate for their children, even in the face of structural barriers, found their tenacity mischaracterised as ‘aggression’, and there were consistent accounts of Black children being given less latitude and understanding for their ‘autistic...
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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Family and Buckingham Palace. In 2017 Prince Charles made media headlines after asking writer Anita Sethi where she was from at the 2017 Commonwealth People’s Forum in London. When she replied that she was from Manchester, UK, the then Prince chuckled and replied, ‘Well you don’t look like it’. He was hurriedly ushered away and Anita, whose mother came to England...
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Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...history filmmaker, exploring wildlife in Britain, and the role of social media in connecting with new audiences...Abbie Barnes Abbie is a 19 year old semi-professional filmmaker and photographer who specialises in promotional shorts, and wildlife conservation and expedition-style productions. She currently produces every aspect of her work, from research, script writing,...
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Negotiating trade deals
Money & Business

Negotiating trade deals

...are negotiated without democratic scrutiny or accountability. Just as worrying, these deals are reached by unelected figures, further putting into question their ability to be publicly debated and influenced. Alvaro Guzman Bastida discusses these concerns in his article for Al Jazeera America “History’s largest trade agreements are being negotiated in secret”....
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World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker

...African American woman in the country. She was invited to meetings of black leaders and was to lecture on business and politics. She spoke out on the social conditions endured by African Americans and devoted particular attention and money to the campaign to make lynching a federal crime. She died in 1919, at the age of fifty one. Learn more about business and history...
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