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The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us

Political Science Now

The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us By Geoff Dancy , University of Toronto and Christopher J. Fariss , University of Michigan Where is the human rights discourse most resonant? The answer to both questions, our research suggests, is “yes.” Read the full article.

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Want More Innovation? Try Connecting the Dots Between Engineering and Humanities

Digital Promise

And in 2001, the engineering accreditation body ABET added a new criterion so as to ensure that students get “the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.”. Separation of Disciplines.

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“Amarrados”: Physical Restraint in Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults in Lima, Peru

Anthropology News

But tying us down strips our humanity away. Of course, care implies social and human relations between staff and residents. As a societylocal and globalwe must urge on the development of political, economic, legal, social, and moral frameworks that allow us to move towards a culture of care.

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OPINION: Want to save the beleaguered English major? Abandon it.

The Hechinger Report

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. Still, my reaction to the current dialogue about humanities is this: The best way to save the English major is to abandon it. The English major (like many other majors in the humanities and sciences), goes back much further than that.

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How Water Insecurity Impacts Women’s Health

Sapiens

As this happens, more people will encounter a confluence of water-related challenges , including substantial disease risks, constrained economic opportunities, and political instability. Scientists predict that by 2050, more than half of the global population will live in areas that suffer from water scarcity for at least a month each year.

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

ED Surge

Unsurprisingly, the United Nations asserts that quality education is not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial catalyst for economic growth and development.

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Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times  

Anthropology News

While we sat and drank our tinto, a woman told us about her husband who had been murdered, and a man spoke of efforts to create clubs for youth to help them evade the pressures of joining leftist guerillas or right-wing paramilitaries.