Gender
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Health & Medicine
Non-binary people have hormone therapy and surgery more often than you might think
New research finds that a growing number of non-binary people have or want to affirm their gender medically
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Business & Economics
By investing in women now, we will accelerate progress
This year’s International Women’s Day underscores the enormous potential return on investment from backing women
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Sciences & Technology
Diverse role models and mentors are helping women in STEM succeed
To mark International Women’s Day, a chemist and a physicist discuss the challenges of careers in male-dominated fields and the women who inspire them
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Sciences & Technology
The women putting the intelligence in artificial intelligence
It’s crucial that women play a role in AI innovation and education to combat gender discrimination and marginalisation globally
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Health & Medicine
The COVID-19 vaccine difference between men and women
New research finds there is a sex difference when it comes to the effectiveness and side effects of COVID-19 vaccines
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Politics & Society
Japan’s hidden landscape of violent crime
While the shooting of Shinzo Abe shocked the world, Japan has a hidden number of violent crimes – particularly against women
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Politics & Society
Australia’s courts and gender dysphoria
Australia’s Family Court continues to oversee the treatment for children experiencing gender dysphoria in some cases, but is there a better alternative?
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Health & Medicine
Girls forced to act as boys in Afghanistan
The practice of bacha posh tries to circumvent Afghanistan’s rigid gender roles, but it also entrenches them. Girls and women need to be heard as who they are
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Health & Medicine
Gender bias skewing surgeon referrals
A new study shows women surgeons are missing out on referrals because male doctors are much more likely to refer patients to male surgeons
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Politics & Society
Podcast
Prevention and justice for sexual violence
Professor Bianca Fileborn is researching the different factors surrounding sexual violence – including place – and how we can better prevent it while providing new forms of justice for survivors