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What is the gender health gap, and what’s being done about it?

Simply as disparities exist between men and women’s pay, there’s a comparable yawning hole round female-oriented healthcare and analysis. With the launch of the UK authorities’s girls’s well being technique this 12 months, may we lastly be seeing a lot wanted change? When Gemma Sowerby was 16, her college bus driver took a flawed flip. […]

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Ranked: the best countries for social progress – FFA

The most recent Social Progress Index means that life has principally bought higher for the eleventh consecutive 12 months, however the outcomes are a blended bag relying on the place you reside It won’t seem to be it generally – notably in 2022, 12 months of the so-called ‘permacrisis’ – however the world has principally turn out […]

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Positive people: 10 changemakers who made Britain better in 2022

Deborah James – the trainer whose bravery impressed the nation The late Dame Deborah James died of most cancers in June this yr at simply 40. She might have obtained a damehood from Prince William six weeks earlier than her loss of life, however her optimistic impact on the world was so nice that we […]

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The Kyiv bakery that refuses to shut up shop – FFA

Because the invasion of Ukraine, a Kyiv bakery has given away 100,000 loaves, and impressed the world’s prime bakers to create a recipe ebook Flour energy is boosting the reduction effort in war-torn Ukraine by way of a brand new assortment of recipes donated by a few of the world’s prime bakers. British chef and […]

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Winning shots from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Celebrating nature’s capability to make us chuckle, the annual images gong has revealed its newest winners A yawning hippo, a winged antelope, quarrelling penguins — the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are again with extra unlikely photos from the pure world.  The general winner was Jennifer Hadley for her shot of a lion cub attempting to […]

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What went right: major ‘breakthrough’ for forests, plus more positive news

Rainforests breathed a bit of simpler In a transfer hailed a “main breakthrough for forests”, the EU has accepted laws banning items linked to deforestation.  Companies must present that their merchandise haven’t contributed to tree loss in the event that they need to promote them within the bloc. The new law will apply to corporations promoting […]

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Five of the most popular cities for remote working – FFA

The normalisation of distant working has given new that means to the phrase ‘the world is your oyster’. Listed below are 5 of the preferred cities for homeworkers The fast change to distant working throughout the pandemic took everybody abruptly. Some cleared kitchen tables, others arrange makeshift desks in bedrooms or backyard sheds, and the […]

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The female-led street patrol keeping women safe at night – FFA

Newcastle might have a long-held popularity as a celebration metropolis, however weekends herald an altogether completely different kind of pub crawl for charity employee Beth Dunn. Rocked final yr by the murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, Dunn joined forces with girlfriend Charlie to discovered Women’s Street Watch Newcastle (WSWN). Now with 50 volunteers […]

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Mini forests are springing up across the UK, bringing many benefits

A revolutionary method to tree planting is taking root within the UK and past, providing an thrilling answer to the local weather and biodiversity crises, writes Hannah Lewis Bundled up in a rain jacket and donning a wide-brimmed straw hat, Dr Akira Miyawaki stood in entrance of 32 potted, twig-sized seedlings, every accompanied by a […]

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Four-day week: how working less boosts wellbeing and productivity

One of many largest four-day week trials so far has revealed constructive outcomes for employers and staff. It’s time extra firms made the swap, writes Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, director of the College of Oxford’s Wellbeing Analysis Centre A bunch of firms which have been trialling a four-day working week have reported elevated income, with fewer staff taking […]

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