By Stephanie Horsted, PhD Candidate, Pain management in the transgender community, Department of Research and Graduate Studies, Health Sciences University
Transgender people can encounter significant obstacles and barriers within healthcare systems that may hinder access to care or affect the quality of treatment they receive. These challenges vary widely, but together they can create environments that feel less supportive than they should be.
A 2025 report found that, in the UK, 52% of transgender people surveyed had a negative healthcare experience. The effect of such experiences, which can be due to prejudice, discrimination…
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By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
The winner of the Booker prize, a Stephen King adaptation and an album sung in 14 langauges are our picks for the week.
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By Laura O'Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University
Set in the Oxfordshire village of Ramsden in 1916, The Choral inhabits a world where the war is distant – yet its shadow lies over every street. Many of the young men are gone to the front, their names echoing through the church and village hall. Those left behind hover between waiting and pretending that life continues as before.
The film reunites Alan Bennett’s pen and…
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By James Brown, Associate Professor in Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Limerick
Cancer patients are helping shape research that reflects real lives. This is Patient and Public Involvement – and it’s helping to improve research.
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By Sanam Mahoozi, Research associate, City St George's, University of London
Nima Shokri, Professor, Applied Engineering, United Nations University
Iran is facing its most severe water crisis in more than six decades.
Major dams supplying drinking water to provinces with millions of residents are nearly…
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By Catherine Happer, Professor of Media Sociology, Director, Glasgow University Media Group, University of Glasgow
How did we go from an era of high trust in 20th-century media to such low levels of trust today?
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By Metamorphosis Foundation
Across Europe and the Indo-Pacific, hostile actors exploit a single, shared vulnerability: a high dependency on commercial platforms coupled with deep societal social trust fractures.
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By Amnesty International
Ahead of an expected vote in Slovenia’s parliament on hastily proposed sweeping changes which would significantly expand police powers, restrict welfare rights and weaken key safeguards, Esther Major Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Research in Europe, said: “This draconian bill risks stripping all people in Slovenia of an array of vital human rights protections as […] The post Slovenia: MPs must reject draconian ‘security’ bill which puts rights at risk and targets Roma community appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A wheelchair user searches for options to cross an under bridge while dredging work is carried out after a historic heavy rainfall in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 10, 2025. © 2025 Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Mexico City) – The care system bill submitted to lawmakers by the government of Mexico City fails to guarantee autonomy, equality, and protection from abuse for people with disabilities and older people, Human Rights Watch said today. The Mexico City Congress has formed a committee of experts to organize a public consultation on proposals for…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.
Nightly, for months now, Ukraine’s cities have been pounded by relentless aerial attacks. In addition to its grinding and attritional ground offensives in the east and south of the country, since early summer, the Russian military has greatly expanded its air offensive against…
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