Surrogacy shake up in UK would create uneven treatment for birth mothers: Proposed UK surrogacy law changes raise concerns over unequal treatment of birth mothers Phil Jones/Shutterstock Surrogacy, where a woman agrees to carry and give birth to a child for another person or couple to raise, is growing in popularity. There aren’t any comprehensive …
China and Russia’s uneven relationship can be explained with one word: Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China’s reaction in response to the Russian aggression has been fiercely debated in the western media. The majority of the discussions have focused on one particular term: “no-limits friendship” – a phrase believed to have been taken from …
Uganda closed schools for two years – the impact is deep and uneven: Juliet Namanda teaching children at her home in Kampala, Uganda, due to school closures. Hajarah Nalwadda via Getty Uganda enforced the longest period of school closures worldwide – 22 months – during the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy was subject to scrutiny by …
South Africa in the news: IMF revises 2021 global growth forecast downwards on supply bottlenecks, uneven vaccine roll-out pace: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its 2021 global economic growth forecast down slightly while highlighting the uneven pace of the vaccination roll-out between advanced and low-income …: “South Africa” – BingNews Morne Steyn set …
Mission education left an uneven legacy: an analysis of 26 African countries: Young Kikuyu women lined up outdoors at a Church of Scotland mission school in Kenya. Bristol Archives/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Christian missionaries were the first to introduce European-style education in sub-Saharan Africa. Mission societies often expanded into territories before colonial powers did, and …
India’s caste system extends to uneven access to cooking fuel and electricity: panoglobe / shutterstock Among their many privileges, India’s wealthiest households can rely on a consistent supply of electricity and access to cooking gas. The situation is rather different for other social groups, however. My research has shown lower caste and tribal households have …