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South Sudanese living in the ACT are facing racism when job seeking and can’t get employment in roles for which they have professional qualifications.
Misunderstandings about the gender pay gap diminish the importance of its impact, so it’s time to explain the different ways it’s measured.
Disparagement humor makes a punchline out of a marginalized group. Racist or sexist jokes, for instance, aren’t just harmless fun – psychologists find they can foster discrimination.
The debate around amending Section 18C is a furphy: the law is there to guard against the most-damaging vilification, and very few cases end up in court.
Almost 70 years after Indian independence, tribes once classed as criminals are still fighting for their freedom.
Teachers in South Africa need far more high quality professional development, policy direction and support to take social cohesion from concept to classroom
With tensions already high, telling Muslim women not to dress a certain way at the beach will only make things worse.
The growing problem of pregnancy discrimination has received barely any attention on the campaign trail or among researchers, possibly because it disproportionately affects poor women.
While 60-77% of migrants of African origin and 59% of Indigenous Australians report experience of discrimination in the Scanlon Foundation survey of Australian attitudes, optimism endures.
Charleston’s Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars thought they’d have a chance to compete for a spot in the coveted Little League World Series. But South Carolina’s Little League director had other ideas.
Algorithms can discriminate, even when their designers don’t intend that to happen. But they also can make detecting bias easier.
Sport remains “one of the last bastions of cultural and institutional homophobia” in Western societies. But there is progress.
Children with albinism are teased and physically bullied by classmates who don’t understand their condition. They withdraw from learning – and many ultimately leave school early.
Section 18C is limited in scope, and it would thus be wrong to claim that free speech carte blanche is under threat.
In the past internal migrants were feared and mistreated by law.
Prevention and education are key to tackling hate crime in Britain.
As we take necessary steps towards shedding discrimination in relation to marriage in Australia, we must also consider removing it from our legislation.
Millions of women are ostracised when their husbands die. Many are now empowering themselves to right the wrongs.
Research shows pregnant women are still being discriminated against in unfair dismissal cases, when employers say they are redundant.
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