By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Thousands of people take to the streets of Barcelona, Spain, in a massive demonstration for International Women's Day, March 8, 2025. © 2025 Albert Llop/NurPhoto via Getty Images When governments convene this week in Paris for a conference on feminist foreign policy, there will be a lot to talk about. The French government’s description of the event laments that progress toward gender equality “is not being made fast enough.” That is an epic understatement.We are deep in a global backlash against women and girls’ rights. Reproductive rights are under attackaround…
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By Amin Saikal, Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia; Victoria University; Australian National University
Pakistan cannot blame anyone but itself for the challenges it now faces: it nurtured and supported the Afghan Taliban for decades.
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By Amnesty International
Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a deliberate strategy to instil fear, suppress civic engagement and entrench power, Amnesty International said today in a briefing released ahead of the country’s general elections on 29 October. President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government has dashed […] The post Tanzania: Authorities instil climate of fear and step up repression ahead of general elections appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By John Milne, Senior Lecturer in Education, Auckland University of Technology
Data from a ‘phonics check’ of new entrants is too incomplete to draw firm conclusions from, and word recognition is not the same as reading.
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By Seyedali Mirjalili, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Business and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
Poisoning is a term most often associated with the human body and natural environments.
But it is also a growing problem in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) – in particular, for large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude. In fact, a joint…
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By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
With Shadow Ticket, Pynchon reminds us the line between chaos and order, corruption and truth, remains as thin, porous and perilous as ever.
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By Louise Martin-Chew, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland
Pat Hoffie’s I have loved/I love/I will love at Queensland Art Gallery draws of images, aired day after day, of devastation in Gaza.
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By Adam G. Arian, Lecturer Accounting & Finance, Australian Catholic University
John Sands, Professor of Accounting, School of Business, University of Southern Queensland
When we talk about diversity in business, it’s usually in moral or social terms – fairness, inclusion and representation. But our new research suggests diversity also pays off in a very practical way: helping companies make better financial and investment decisions.
Company boards often get the attention in discussions about corporate leadership. Yet much of the real decision-making happens within smaller, specialised board committees – groups of directors responsible for areas such as audit, risk, remuneration and sustainability.…
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By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
If you promise dessert after a few more bites of broccoli or carrot, kids can start to see sweets as the ‘prize’ and veggies as the ‘chore’.
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By Denise Fisher, Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies and Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
The unprecedented political crisis in France is increasingly being felt thousands of kilometres away in the South Pacific.
On October 16, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence motions – one by just 18 votes. He…
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