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Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario witnesses the lives and struggles of Afghan women over two decades. When the Taliban first came to power in the mid-1990s, the group’s interpretation of the Sharia law (the Islamic law) had mired women’s lives in taboos. It ranges from allowing women to leave home only with …
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Ending the Death Penalty Is a Step Toward Racial Justice
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
After 17-years, the U.S. Department of Justice resumed federal executions in 2020. Those that were convicted of killing white people were 17 times more likely to receive the death penalty than if a Black person was killed. Thus, indicating a system that was made to protect and serve only the …
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Why South Africa is still so Segregated – Vox
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
The Apartheid in South Africa may have ended long ago but the long-term effects of decades of black and white racial segregation remain. Across huge portions of the country, in many major metropolises such as Cape Town, Pretoria, and Johannesburg, people still reside in different communities according to race. For …
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Confronting Racism and Supporting Asian American Communities in the Wake of COVID-19
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
Before the first cases of COVID-19 even reached the United States, Asian Americans were facing discrimination and were the target of hate crimes. As the cases began to increase, so did the rate of hate crimes against Asian Americans, which was largely emphasised due to policy language and mass media. …
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Home Appraisals: Hidden Camera Investigation Reveals Race could affect value (Marketplace) – CBC News
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Almost a million home appraisals occur in Canada each year. In the video below a CBC News team got six different appraisals of a 4000 square foot home, two of each appraiser were assigned to three different racial groups: Caucasian, southeast Asian and African-American. When presented with a black owner …
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‘Slow Streets’ Disrupted City Planning. What Comes Next?
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
Slow Street programs developed around the US have been both lauded and identified as the cause of much controversy as many failed to address the needs of BIPOC communities. Slow Street programs are popular around the world and have been celebrated for having a major positive impact on recreation and …
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How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth
Diversity, Inclusion & Equity
A report produced by McKinsey Global Institute finds that closing the gender gap in the workplace could result in a $12 trillion increase in global GDP by 2025. This would be the outcome of a scenario in which the countries match the fastest-improving country in their respective regions, and would …
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