By Safa
Data collection and technology can be harmful, especially when used to monitor and subjugate marginalized people. This can be seen most clearly in how Israel has used technology in its war against Palestinians.
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By Wayne Palmer, Senior Research Fellow, Bielefeld University
Overlooked and vulnerable, it is in Indonesia’s interest to protect the rights of foreign professionals to sustain economic growth and maintain its global reputation.
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By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
Like the whole idea of banning young people from social media, allowing limited access to platforms that have a “low risk of harm” is deeply flawed.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in the southern village of Kfar Rouman, south Lebanon, September 25, 2024. © 2024 Hussein Malla/AP Photo (Beirut) – The Israeli military has carried out repeated attacks harming United Nations peacekeeping operations in southwestern Lebanon in apparent violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. Israeli forces should cease unlawful attacks and allow the UN mission to fulfill its civilian protection and humanitarian duties as mandated by the UN Security Council.In a public statement, the United Nations Interim…
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By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
It might sound far-fetched, but recent research suggests that dogs’ and humans’ brains synchronise when they look at each other.
This research, conducted by researchers in China, is the first time that “neural coupling” between different species has been witnessed.
Neural coupling is when the brain activity of two or more individuals aligns during an interaction. For humans, this is often in response to a conversation or story.
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By Ali Mamouri, Research fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International), Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Calls in Iran for a revision of the country’s nuclear defence doctrine are growing louder as Israel’s attacks on Iran’s main proxy group, Hezbollah, intensify.
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By Jennifer King, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Urogynaecology, University of Sydney
Childbirth and ageing can cause pelvic organs to drop out of position. And while prolapse can cause women discomfort or embarrassment, it is common – and there are a range of non-surgical treatments.
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By Vincent Wong, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Windsor
Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Shirley Greenberg Chair of Women and the Legal Profession and Professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The Supreme Court has chosen to exclude from intervention the voices of those directly impacted. This exclusion rehearses Canada’s longer history of excluding sex workers.
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By Valentina Gosetti, Associate Professor in French, University of New England
Han Kang is the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her work explores mourning, loss and connection, its subjects ranging from family brutality to national uprisings.
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By Ali Mamouri, Research fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International), Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Calls in Iran for a revision of the country’s nuclear defence doctrine are growing louder as Israel’s attacks on Iran’s main proxy group, Hezbollah, intensify.
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