By Liz Allen, Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Alexandra Dellios, Lecturer in Heritage and Museum Studies, Australian National University
Emily Gallagher, Historian and Research Editor, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
Francesco Ricatti, Associate Professor, Italian Studies, Australian National University
Nathalie Nguyen, Professor of history, Monash University
Tanya Evans, Professor in History, Macquarie University
Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.
Grandparents and grand friends make significant contributions to helping share the load of caring for children.
Important cultural exchanges and friendships can develop with
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to a vote by the French Senate to introduce a consent-based definition of rape in the penal code, Lola Schulmann, Gender Justice Advocacy Officer at Amnesty International France, said: “The adoption of this law is a historic step forward. It is a long-awaited victory for victims of rape and the culmination of years of […] The post France: ‘Historic victory’ as French law adopts consent-based definition of rape appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Seoul Queer Culture Festival in Seoul, South Korea, June 1, 2024. © 2024 Lee Jin-man/AP Photo (Seoul) – South Korea’s Ministry of Data and Statistics updated the 2025 Population and Housing Census on October 22, 2025, to allow same-sex couples to be counted, Human Rights Watch said today. The census, which will be conducted from October 22 to November 18, will recognize the same-sex relationships of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in national statistics for the first time.“The South Korean government’s decision to update its data collection…
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By Amnesty International
The U.S. air strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean which have killed at least 57 people since early September are illegal, and Congress must act now to stop the U.S. government from carrying out further bombings, Amnesty International said today. “In the last two months, the U.S. military’s Southern Command has gone on a murder spree by following the Trump administration’s illegal orders,” said Daphne Eviatar, Amnesty International USA’s Director for Human Rights and Security. “The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence […] The post U.S. Airstrikes in Latin…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Displaced Sudanese people who fled El Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on October 28, 2025. © 2025 Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, Human Rights Watch said today.Thousands of people are leaving following the RSF takeover of the city on October 26, 2025. The…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Former Mali Prime Minister Moussa Mara in Bamako, on February 21, 2025. © 2025 Ousmane Makaveli/AFP via Getty Images On Monday, Mali’s national cybercrime court convicted former Prime Minister Moussa Mara for posting a message online expressing solidarity with political prisoners in the country. The prosecution represents the military junta’s starkest expansion yet of its campaign against free expression.Authorities arrested Mara in August for expressing his “unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience” after he visited jailed critics of…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A rally for SNAP benefits as food aid benefits will be suspended starting November 1 amid the ongoing US government shutdown, Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston, October 28, 2025. © 2025 Brian Snyder/Reuters The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last Friday that it will stop distributing payments for essential food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) starting November 1 if the federal government is still shut down. Suspending these payments would force tens of millions to cut back on food, undermining their human…
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By Chee Meng Tan, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, University of Nottingham
Access to rare earth minerals used to make electric cars and other green tech are likely to be high on the agenda in talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
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By Thomas Lockwood, PhD Researcher in Politics, York St John University
Plaid Cymru’s overwhelming victory in the recent Caerphilly Senedd byelection shattered over a century of political tradition. Lindsay Whittle took the seat with 15,691 votes. Labour, which had held the seat since it was created, came away with just 3,713 votes.
Reform came second to Plaid, with 12,113 votes. And while this was an impressive performance, the fact that it failed to win Caerphilly even after vast amounts of time and money spent on the campaign has led to speculation that tactical voting played a part in this byelection.
A big clue that tactical voting was…
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By Sarah Godfrey, Associate Professor, School of Media, Language and Communication, University of East Anglia
Nobody Wants This is a romantic comedy following an agnostic white American woman, Joanne (Kristen Bell), and “hot rabbi” Noah Roklov (Adam Brody). Falling for Noah is easy but maintaining a relationship and forging a future with a leader of a religious community is much harder. Joanne must consider how far she is willing to go for love – will she convert?
Reviewing the first series, journalist Esther Zuckerman described how, despite having been hooked by the concept, she was frustrated by the…
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