By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Demonstrators march through central London to protest a restriction on puberty-delaying medications in London, United Kingdom, on April 20, 2024. © 2024 WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via AP Photo England’s National Health Service (NHS) has announced it will block new referrals for gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender youth under 18, restricting access to evidence-based care and undermining young people’s rights to health, bodily autonomy, and nondiscrimination.The decision came into force on March 9 and will undergo a 90-day consultation period after…
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By Peter Squires, Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
Rachel Bolton-King, Associate Professor & Courses Manager of Forensic Science, Nottingham Trent University; University of Staffordshire
On March 13 1996, a man walked into a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, armed with four handguns and several hundred rounds of ammunition. In the school gymnasium, he killed 16 young children and their teacher, and injured many others. This horrific tragedy prompted significant gun control reforms, including a ban on civilian possession of most handguns.
But 30 years later, the UK’s gun safety issues have not been fully solved. Two mass shootings in subsequent years, in Cumbria…
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By Chee Meng Tan, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, University of Nottingham
With crude oil prices incredibly volatile as the war in Iran continues, some countries are already warning they may run out of oil.
Pakistan and Bangladesh are both introducing emergency measures as petrol and…
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By Ronja Heymann, Fixed-Term Lecturer, Essex Pathways Department, University of Essex
If a general election were held today, many British voters would notice something that has been quietly changing for years. They have more choice on the ballot than they used to. The dominance of Labour and the Conservatives is being eroded by multi-party politics. The recent Gorton and Denton byelection clearly showed that the Green Party and Reform UK are emerging as serious forces. Elsewhere, Your Party is preparing to enter the race.
These changes have already fuelled renewed…
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By Nicholas Beuret, Lecturer in Management and Ecological Sustainability, University of Essex
Matilda Fitzmaurice, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Human Geography, Lancaster University
Climate change and related disasters are driving millions from their homes. Now, a new UN initiative aims to put these very refugees to work offsetting the emissions of the world’s biggest producers.
Facing a US$7 billion (£5 billion) funding shortfall, the UN’s refugees agency has launched its Refugee Environmental Protection (REP) fund. The plan? To plant trees and install sustainable cooking stoves in camps, generating carbon credits to sell on the global market.
It sounds like a win for everyone:…
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By Henry Giroux, Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
The backlash against DEI initiatives casts diversity itself as a threat. Here’s why that’s so dangerous in an era of rising authoritarianism.
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By Pauline McDonagh Hull, PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Krystyna Holland, Associate researcher and physical therapist, University of Calgary
Lauren Walker, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Oncology and Psychology, University of Calgary
Evidence suggests the widespread adoption of trauma-informed care practices can potentially improve access to care as well as quality of care for all patients.
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By Fanny Georges, enseignant-chercheur, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3
His name is Khabane Lame, but he is known worldwide as Khaby Lame. Born in Dakar, Senegal, he is the most followed content creator on TikTok.
He became famous for video clips in which he reacts to absurd “life hack” videos with a blank, slightly annoyed face, showing the hack wasn’t needed.
At the time of writing…
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By Nadia Zahoor, Associate Professor, Queen Mary University of London
The informal economy is the basis of everyday economic life across sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, as in many low- and middle-income contexts, a lot of retail trade, food distribution, artisanal production and service provision happens outside formal regulatory frameworks.
Women occupy a prominent position in this world. They trade in open-air markets, process and sell foodstuffs,…
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By Suleman Lazarus, Visiting Fellow, Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science
When former US secretary of state Colin Powell took to a London stage alongside Nigerian artist Olu Maintain in 2008 and danced to a song called Yahoozee, he almost certainly didn’t know that the track is widely understood in Nigeria as a celebration of internet fraud.
The moment became a striking illustration of something my research keeps returning to: how music can carry the moral codes of cybercrime far…
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