Unpaid Care Work Quietly Erodes Profits for Chile’s Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
A survey-weighted econometric analysis of 842 Chilean women micro-entrepreneurs finds that each additional daily hour of unpaid domestic and caregiving ...
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Climate Change Is Quietly Undermining Menstrual Health Worldwide, Review Finds
A global systematic review of 25 studies finds that floods, cyclones, droughts, saltwater intrusion and air pollution disrupt access to ...
Tea Garden Women in India Still Denied Benefits Promised by Law, Study Finds
New research from the Dooars tea gardens of West Bengal shows that women workers, especially those on temporary contracts, are ...
Feminist Lens Reveals Hidden Labour Behind Europe’s Digital Platform Economies
A roundtable of European researchers shows how feminist analysis exposes the gendered, racialised and invisible labour underpinning digital platform economies.
Economic Inequality Pushes People Toward Traditional Masculinity and Gender Essentialism, Experiments Show
Two preregistered experiments in Spain and Italy show that exposure to economic inequality increases acceptance of traditional male role norms ...
Rising Temperatures Linked to Higher Risk of Violence Against Women in Africa
An IIASA-led study of 31 sub-Saharan African countries finds that unusually warm conditions are linked to increased risk of intimate ...
Pregnant in Iran: How Invisible Violence Wears Women Down Before Birth
A qualitative study of 32 participants in Ilam Province, Iran, reveals that violence against pregnant women operates through weak legal ...
Ethiopia’s Farm Innovation Chain Is Breaking Down Between Lab and Field
A mixed-methods study of 371 households, 36 extension workers, and 20 researchers in South Wollo, Ethiopia, finds that researcher–farmer linkages ...
Who Hears the Forecast? Community Radio Leaves Women and Big Households Behind in Ghana
A study of 1,200 smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana shows community radio is a dominant source of climate information, yet ...
Globalization Fails Young Women in South Africa as Jobless Growth Deepens
A new ARDL analysis of South African data from 1990 to 2022 finds that most forms of globalization raise female ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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