By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image School teachers with the colors of the Indian national flag painted on their faces participate in an event to raise awareness among people to vote in the upcoming general elections, in Chennai, India, March 28, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/R. Parthibhan (New York) – Voters in India will cast their ballots in a six-week general election beginning April 19, 2024, amid concerns that Indian authorities exert considerable control over the digital ecosystem that can make for an uneven playing field, Human Rights Watch said in a question-and-answer document released today. The party…
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By Louise Richardson-Self, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies, University of Tasmania
In her new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?, feminist philosopher Judith Butler explains how gender and sex are socially constructed, while fighting critics who see gender as a threat to the social order.
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By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Lance M Leslie, Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Recent flash droughts in parts of NSW and Victoria appeared quickly and can be followed by intense flooding rains. It’s part of a global trend driven by global warming.
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By Sarah Versitano, Academic, Master of Art Therapy Program, Western Sydney University
Iain Perkes, Senior Lecturer, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
In a new study, we found art therapy was linked to positive outcomes for children and adolescents in a hospital-based mental health unit.
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By Liz Allen, Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Australia’s latest population projection figures have just come out. This is what they show about our demographics and where the country is heading in the future.
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By Rachael Jefferson, Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University
Recent changes in New Zealand sporting dress codes have led to a collective sigh of relief in women’s gymnastics. No longer will competitive gymnasts be penalised for accidentally revealing their underwear while performing.
Indeed, Gymnastics New Zealand (GNZ) has finally modernised its uniform rules, allowing girls and women to wear shorts or leggings over their leotards – just…
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By Human Rights Watch
On Saturday, Zambian police summoned a Catholic priest, Fr. Andrew Chewe Mukosa, for “interviews” at the Copperbelt Police Headquarters on April 9. The summons, which was posted online, indicated that the priest was being sought for “the purpose of investigations,” but provided no information regarding the subject of the investigation. Click to expand Image Fr. Andrew Chewe Mukosa. Source: Radio Icengelo/Facebook Several media reports suggest the authorities were summoning the priest because of the content of his Good Friday sermon, delivered in his local language, in which he bemoaned…
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By Georgia Ward-Fear, Post doctoral fellow and Conservation Ecologist , Macquarie University
Rick Shine, Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
Australia can claim more than its fair share of environmental blunders, but the introduction of cane toads in 1935 surely ranks as one of the worst.
The toads were imported from Hawaii and released in Queensland, purportedly to manage pest beetles in sugar cane crops. The toads failed to control the pests and instead spread westwards at an ever-increasing pace. They are expected to
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By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Ocean warming seems the main driver of Antarctica’s sea-ice loss. But as satellites show, the change is not universal and sea ice persists in East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea.
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By Joy McEntee, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
The character of Tom Ripley was never meant to be pigeonholed. He is, in many respects, a walking contradiction – much like Highsmith herself.
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