By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A sign reads "check door lock" on a gate inside Tochigi prison, Japan's largest women's prison, January 31, 2019. © 2019 Yo Nagaya During a Diet session last week, Japan’s Ministry of Justice announced it had broadened a directive initially sent to all penal institutions in 2014 that effectively bans the use of restraints on imprisoned pregnant women inside delivery rooms. The reform is a much-needed step in protecting the rights of women in Japan’s prisons. The new directive, issued on March 18, now includes an effective ban on handcuffing pregnant women during “transportation…
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By Ivan Gan, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, University of Houston-Downtown
A new study found that temporary assignments in new places reignited nurses’ passion to help others and helped them rediscover the meaningfulness of their work.
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By Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University
This isn’t the first time the US military has turned to building a pier to help reach people during times of war or other crises.
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By Robert H. Scott III, Professor & Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate Policy, Monmouth University
The Garden State is the only one in the country that forbids self-service gas stations − and that’s not likely to change anytime soon.
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By Amalia Rebecca Miller, Georgia S. Bankard Professor of Economics, University of Virginia Carmit Segal, Professor of Managerial Economics, University of Zurich
Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. Here’s one reason they should reconsider.
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By Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
Some ancient texts record what were likely dying stars, faintly visible from Earth. If close enough, these events can disturb telescopes and even damage the ozone layer.
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By Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting critical infrastructure. Here’s what they’re doing, how the US government is responding and how you can help.
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By Shai Carmi, Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Harald Ringbauer, Group Leader, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Genealogical and genetic ancestors aren’t the same thing. A DNA match − or a lack of one − may not tell you what you imagine it does about your family tree.
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Friday, March 29, 2024
A 12-year-girl who was allegedly raped repeatedly by her stepfather has been described by Madagascar’s Chief Inspector of Police as “courageous” after she came forward to tell her story during an information session on gender-based violence supported by the United Nations.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Somali members of Parliament vote on a resolution on the procedural rules for constitutional amendments, Mogadishu, Somalia, January 24, 2024. © 2024 REUTERS/Feisal Omar (Nairobi) – Somalia’s parliament should reject any proposed constitutional amendments that would weaken rights protections for children, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 30, 2024, both houses of parliament are expected to vote on the proposed amendments, which would reduce the age of majority – increasing the risk of child marriage and lowered juvenile justice standards – and possibly permit…
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