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Sydney Housing Crisis: Gen X Parents Bankroll Adult Children's Home Purchases
In Sydney, Australia, the soaring cost of housing is compelling many Gen X parents to financially support their adult children's home purchases, highlighting increasing intergenerational wealth transfer and economic challenges.
Sydney Housing Crisis: Gen X Parents Bankroll Adult Children's Home Purchases
In Sydney, Australia, the soaring cost of housing is compelling many Gen X parents to financially support their adult children's home purchases, highlighting increasing intergenerational wealth transfer and economic challenges.
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60% Bias Score
Uneven Progress on Girls' Rights 30 Years After Beijing
A new report, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, reveals progress in girls' education and health but highlights persistent inequalities and the urgent need for increased investment and policy changes to achieve gender equality.
Uneven Progress on Girls' Rights 30 Years After Beijing
A new report, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, reveals progress in girls' education and health but highlights persistent inequalities and the urgent need for increased investment and policy changes to achieve gender equality.
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12% Bias Score
Global Women's Day Protests Demand Equality and End to Violence
On International Women's Day, massive protests took place in Brussels, Rome, Athens, and Istanbul, addressing concerns about the rise of the far right, gender-based violence, abortion access, and patriarchal societal structures; protesters demanded stronger legal protections, an end to discriminatio...
Global Women's Day Protests Demand Equality and End to Violence
On International Women's Day, massive protests took place in Brussels, Rome, Athens, and Istanbul, addressing concerns about the rise of the far right, gender-based violence, abortion access, and patriarchal societal structures; protesters demanded stronger legal protections, an end to discriminatio...
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28% Bias Score
The Powerful Partners: Wives of the Nassau Stadtholders
Lidewij Nissen's dissertation, "Powerful Partners," reveals the significant yet often-overlooked political influence of Sophia, Amalia, Maria, and Albertine, the wives of the 17th-century Nassau stadtholders of the Dutch Republic, whose lives were marked by political turmoil, early widowhood, and st...
The Powerful Partners: Wives of the Nassau Stadtholders
Lidewij Nissen's dissertation, "Powerful Partners," reveals the significant yet often-overlooked political influence of Sophia, Amalia, Maria, and Albertine, the wives of the 17th-century Nassau stadtholders of the Dutch Republic, whose lives were marked by political turmoil, early widowhood, and st...
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36% Bias Score
Dutch Corporate Boards Show Slow Progress on Gender Diversity Despite New Quota
Despite a 2022 quota law mandating at least one-third female representation on boards of Dutch listed companies, 2023 figures show only 15.3% of directors and 25.7% of supervisory board members are women; although reporting compliance doubled compared to 2022, approximately 2000 companies still rema...
Dutch Corporate Boards Show Slow Progress on Gender Diversity Despite New Quota
Despite a 2022 quota law mandating at least one-third female representation on boards of Dutch listed companies, 2023 figures show only 15.3% of directors and 25.7% of supervisory board members are women; although reporting compliance doubled compared to 2022, approximately 2000 companies still rema...
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48% Bias Score
Bacha Bazi Persists in Afghanistan Despite Taliban Ban
In Afghanistan, despite the Taliban's ban, the sexual abuse of boys known as Bacha Bazi continues, with boys as young as ten being forced into sex slavery by powerful men, often aided by police and fueled by systemic corruption and the lack of international pressure.
Bacha Bazi Persists in Afghanistan Despite Taliban Ban
In Afghanistan, despite the Taliban's ban, the sexual abuse of boys known as Bacha Bazi continues, with boys as young as ten being forced into sex slavery by powerful men, often aided by police and fueled by systemic corruption and the lack of international pressure.
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36% Bias Score
Fintech Fuels Global Financial Revolution for Women
Fintech startups are empowering women globally with better access to banking, investment, and entrepreneurial support, significantly impacting financial inclusion and economic participation, as evidenced by M-PESA's success in lifting 194,000 Kenyan households out of poverty, with women experiencing...
Fintech Fuels Global Financial Revolution for Women
Fintech startups are empowering women globally with better access to banking, investment, and entrepreneurial support, significantly impacting financial inclusion and economic participation, as evidenced by M-PESA's success in lifting 194,000 Kenyan households out of poverty, with women experiencing...
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48% Bias Score
Italy's Lower Femicide Rate Compared to Germany, and the Impact of Giulia Cecchettin's Murder
Italy reported 120 femicides in 2023, far fewer than Germany's 360; the murder of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin sparked widespread outrage and prompted Italy's government to introduce a new law specifically criminalizing femicide, mandating life sentences.
Italy's Lower Femicide Rate Compared to Germany, and the Impact of Giulia Cecchettin's Murder
Italy reported 120 femicides in 2023, far fewer than Germany's 360; the murder of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin sparked widespread outrage and prompted Italy's government to introduce a new law specifically criminalizing femicide, mandating life sentences.
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52% Bias Score
English Boys Outperform Girls in Math and Science, Widening Gender Gap
A new analysis of the 2023 TIMSS assessment reveals that English boys significantly outperformed girls in math and science, particularly in year 9 where boys had a 26-point lead in math and a 14-point lead in science, widening pre-pandemic trends and creating the largest gender gap among 59 particip...
English Boys Outperform Girls in Math and Science, Widening Gender Gap
A new analysis of the 2023 TIMSS assessment reveals that English boys significantly outperformed girls in math and science, particularly in year 9 where boys had a 26-point lead in math and a 14-point lead in science, widening pre-pandemic trends and creating the largest gender gap among 59 particip...
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44% Bias Score
Democrats' Inconsistent Stance on Women's Rights Following Trump's Election
Following President Trump's election, the Democratic Party's actions regarding women's rights have shown inconsistencies, as evidenced by their vote against the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act," despite widespread public support for the bill and their public displays of support for wome...
Democrats' Inconsistent Stance on Women's Rights Following Trump's Election
Following President Trump's election, the Democratic Party's actions regarding women's rights have shown inconsistencies, as evidenced by their vote against the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act," despite widespread public support for the bill and their public displays of support for wome...
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72% Bias Score
Math Anxiety Impacts Australian Students' Performance
A report on the latest OECD PISA results reveals that 43% of Australian girls experience "very tense" feelings when doing math homework, compared to 33% of boys, with this anxiety linked to significantly lower academic achievement, and almost half of Australian students failing to meet the national ...
Math Anxiety Impacts Australian Students' Performance
A report on the latest OECD PISA results reveals that 43% of Australian girls experience "very tense" feelings when doing math homework, compared to 33% of boys, with this anxiety linked to significantly lower academic achievement, and almost half of Australian students failing to meet the national ...
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52% Bias Score
Global Women's Day Marches Highlight Ongoing Fight for Equality
Hundreds of thousands marched globally for International Women's Day on March 8th, with tens of thousands in Madrid advocating for women's rights and an anti-racist feminist program, while Istanbul saw protests against violence and government policies restricting women's freedoms, despite police cra...
Global Women's Day Marches Highlight Ongoing Fight for Equality
Hundreds of thousands marched globally for International Women's Day on March 8th, with tens of thousands in Madrid advocating for women's rights and an anti-racist feminist program, while Istanbul saw protests against violence and government policies restricting women's freedoms, despite police cra...
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44% Bias Score
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