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Across 29 countries, there are wide disparities between how women feel about going out alone and how men feel.
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As the deadline looms, it’s important to understand how best to fill out the survey – and why.
The 2021 census will help show the changes wrought by a year of COVID-19.
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Because of the pandemic, we know less about the shape and size of our society than we have for decades.
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Women don’t feel safe outside and they don’t feel safe inside. Street lighting doesn’t solve the problem.
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The legal order has struggled under a veil of invisibility for years. But research shows it provides better outcomes for many vulnerable children
Projection of power: the UK’s new aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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How will the UK balance its relationship with the two global superpowers?
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Clearly intended as a rhetorical device to highlight constraints on women’s lives, the Green Party peer faced an extraordinary backlash.
Donald Trump: social media was one of the former president’s main platforms.
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When social media platforms banned Donald Trump they acknowledged that sometimes social good is more important than shareholder profits.
Missing poster for Sarah Everard in London, who was last spotted walking from Clapham Junction towards Brixton.
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Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick has reminded the public of low abduction statistics, but instances of sexual misconduct in public are still alarmingly high
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Joe Biden is just the latest in a long line of US presidents to trace their ancestry back to the Emerald Isle.
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It starts with a basic conversation about their needs and fears.
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Protest has not been explicitly outlawed during the pandemic. So let’s not pretend Clapham protesters should have expected the police response.
The city of Homs has been ravaged by war, leaving millions of people homeless and displaced.
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After ten years of conflict and destruction, what is left of Syria and what hope is there for its people?
China is now the biggest source of non-EU overseas students in UK universities.
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A new report co-authored with former universities minister Jo Johnson has revealed the depth of scientific collaboration between the UK and China.
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Who can see your information and why is it important to take part?
Tragedy: sorrow and concern are natural human emotions in cases like these.
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Your social media comment may prejudice the outcome of a trial, even if you don’t intend to.
Many care workers feel society does not value them or the people they look after.
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After the devastating impact of COVID, changing the culture of social care must start with valuing, respecting and rewarding the people who look after our vulnerable old people.
The past five to 10 years have seen the rise of artificial intelligence, which is increasingly posing a threat to democracy.
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It would be naïve to think that the rise of science and technology hasn’t made it more difficult to understand the problems we face as citizens
Women of colour are under-represented both on and behind the camera in the UK media.
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A large body of research shows the lack of diversity in the UK news media.
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Anyone hoping for gun reform should take note of how the aftermath of the UK’s worst shooting played out.
US and Japan: an old friendship that needs renewing.
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On the surface, Japan and the US are firm friends. But there are some interesting dynamics at play.
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Most would have preferred to at least have the option of choosing equivalent amounts of money instead
Green fingers.
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Home cultivation of cannabis is increasing in many countries during the pandemic.
Three women sorting out garbage in Dharavi, India, in 2013.
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Cultural sensibilities around feminine hygiene products are contributing to a growing environmental crisis.
Refugees waiting in line to register for the Moira refugee camp in Greece that burned down in 2020.
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As governments use the pandemic as an excuse to double-down on border closures, refugees are losing vital protection