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According to Germany’s latest official data, inflation reached 8.7% in January and February 2023. Energy prices rose 23.1% in January, and food prices rose 21.8% in February. This rapid increase has left many households, especially those with children, unable to maintain a decent and dignified standard of living. The day-to-day effects of rising prices for rights-critical goods and services clearly have a gendered component.88% of single-parent households in Germany are headed by women and are dominated by low-income households.. Over the past few weeks, Human Rights Watch has interviewed 11 working single mothers in Saxony, Baden-Württemberg, and Bavaria. All but…

Columnist|AddFollowMarch 6, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EST (Video: Glenn Harvey for The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveTalk to almost anyone today about social media, and you’ll hear that it’s toxic. One might diagnose it with having an excess of outrage, another too little free speech. Some bemoan the invasion of privacy, the scourge of lies and hate, the capricious rule of technology titans, the trashing of attention spans. And some feel that no matter how delicious any morsel it offers, the indulgence leaves a bad aftertaste.The pendulum has fully swung from early Pollyanna predictions that social…

Experiment 1: incentives improve accuracy and reduce biasIn experiment 1, we recruited a politically balanced sample of 462 US adults via the survey platform Prolific Academic55. Participants were shown 16 pre-tested news headlines with an accompanying picture and source (similar to how a news article preview would show up on someone’s Facebook feed). In a pre-test, eight headlines (four false and four true) were rated as more accurate by Democrats than Republicans, and eight headlines (four false and four true) were rated as more accurate by Republicans than Democrats56. An example of a Democrat-leaning true headline was ‘Facebook removes Trump…

[Cuba, February 2023] Film director Diana Moreno is using her production company, Wajiros Films, to redefine what it means to be Cuban and train the next generation of filmmakers. Since she attended the Academy of Women Entrepreneurship (AWE), a U.S. government exchange program, her and her company’s business has accelerated and contributed to the company’s expansion. Cuban filmmaker and AWE alumnus Diana Moreno uses her film company to promote women’s perspectives in the Cuban film industry. It also helped her bring a unique feminist perspective to Cuban cinema. One of Moreno’s personal goals is to use the company to promote…

CU graduate students are gaining national recognition as music conductors. conductor kedrick armstrong (MMus’23) will complete his master’s degree in orchestral conducting this May, but his career is already at its peak. An advocate for the performance and publication of classical music, as well as the preservation of the voices of musicians of color, Armstrong is an advocate of black women composers through the Center for Research in Black Music and the Helen Walker Hill Collection in Chicago, Illinois. We are passionate about increasing our reputation. One of his important research tools is his work at the University of Boulder.…

(Illustration provided by: iStock/akinbostanci) Despite the uncertainty and unknowability of the future, there is a growing recognition that how we think and imagine the future, and our expectations about what will happen in the future, guide and direct our actions today. Masu. Personally, I might stock up on canned food if I think there will be food shortages due to the pandemic. As a community leader, I might organize a canned food drive based on the same expectations. Even if this imagined future never materializes, it still guides my decisions and actions as an individual today. These collectively held expectations…

Social isolation involves being cut off from contact with others. This can include physical isolation, but it can also refer to feeling emotionally disconnected from social interaction. People can become socially isolated both intentionally and unintentionally. Although the level of social contact may change over time, long-term social isolation can damage mental and physical health. Humans are social creatures, and a lack of support and contact with others can lead to loneliness, cognitive decline, anxiety, and depression. Isolation is also associated with an increased risk of medical conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, weakened immunity, and overall shortened…

“Hey Bud, can I help you with something?” I asked my teenage son as I walked into the kitchen. He had his back to me and didn’t react at all. “Hey, Bud,” I said again, louder this time with a little more urgency. no response. Finally, I tapped him on the shoulder and he jumped. When he turned around, I realized what I should have noticed. He had his Apple AirPods in and was listening to music. If you have teenagers at home, there’s a good chance they’ve had an experience like the one I just described. Teens can easily…

This monitoring system revealed important social trends during the drought and recovery period in southern Madagascar. The three key trends revealed in the survey are: 1) Droughts are perceived to increase the incidence of violence against women. Even before the drought, life in southern Madagascar was particularly difficult for women. The southern region already has the highest incidence of violence against women and girls, particularly regarding sexual violence, with 16% of women and girls reporting violence, compared to the national average of 7%. Cultural norms and beliefs regarding gender and vague and weak laws regarding violence contributed to the problem.…

Many large banks and fund managers are beginning to consider environmental, social and governance issues alongside profitability when making investment decisions. But then the Trump administration banned retirement funds from considering so-called ESG factors. The Biden administration has overturned that order, and the issue has recently gained attention in statehouses across the country. Let’s start with the ABCs of ESG — what exactly is ESG? Megan Mullin, professor of public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, says, “ESG investing incorporates environmental, social, and governance risks into investment decisions. ” states. He said the aim is to reduce economic…