The latest global prison trends from Penal Reform International suggest that approximately 740 000 women are in prison and that the number is rising in most regions. Neither the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development7 nor the UN definition of vulnerability make explicit reference to human rights of people deprived of their liberty.
This Article supports SDG 5 by showing that women nurses aspiring to become healthcare leaders face multiple barriers, including cultural, professional, organisational, and individual barriers. The findings should help to inform workplace policies that can lessen these barriers.
This paper outlines recent research and highlights the need to improve the visibility and equality for women in surgery, biomedical and clinical research. Specifically, it details the current landscape for women in surgery, vision and eye research, the need for reform, potential strategies and the efforts of the Women in Vision and Eye Research Ireland to drive social change through a women's conference and award of a prize for research excellence.
In 2023 the HPCC Systems Community Impact scholarship was announced as a part of an effort to support the Diversity & Inclusion focus areas at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. The HPCC Systems Community Impact Scholarship was launched in partnership with Scholarship America to provide two renewable $5,000 scholarships to female high school graduates from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds who plan to pursue a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) undergraduate degree at an eligible college.
As we pass the halfway point for the SDGs, many of the goals are worryingly off track and progress on 85% of the target indicators has stalled or even reversed. Through our information, products and people, RELX remains committed to advancing the Goals. Here are some of the ways that we continue to support their achievement.
Access to information is critical in achieving the SDGs - empowering the public to make decisions, informing policy making and enabling effective implementation and monitoring. RELX businesses regularly produce and publish free to download reports and analytics that draw upon vast amounts of information and data in support of the SDGs. Explore some of the reports and tools developed to date.
The article analyzes the effect of women's engagement in agriculture (WEA) on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using data from 1991-2018.
The study explores the complexities Arab-Bedouin students face in balancing modern academic life with traditional societal norms, based on interviews with 30 students from education colleges in southern Israel.
The article explores the triple burden faced by urban slum women in Bangladesh, including their traditional reproductive, productive, and community roles. It highlights how these roles contribute to the increased workload, vulnerability, and marginalization of slum women in Bangladeshi society.
Women continue to lack representation in lung cancer clinical trials and are typically treated with data generated from majority male patient study populations. Clinicians should understand the unique factors and consequences associated with lung cancer in women; thus, a holistic approach that acknowledges environmental and societal factors is necessary.
