Gendered Leadership in Crisis – What Lessons Can be Learned?
What role does gender play in the expected success of elected leaders? When citizens vote, do they consider the gender of the individual leader when casting their ballot?
Category: Health
The Social Implications of Illiteracy in the United States
When one thinks of a country struggling with literacy rates, they likely would not first consider the United States. Yet, a recent study conducted by the United States Department of Education found that 54% of U.S. adults aged 16-74 lacked proficiency in literacy.
The reality of women’s rights in Latin America: Guatemala and Law 5272
On March 8th, Guatemala’s congress passed the Life and Family Protection Law (Law 5272) with an overwhelming majority of 101 to 8 with 51 not present. While the bill still needs to be signed by the president, it would impose some of the harshest punishment for abortion among any Latin American country.
Why The Global North Is Responsible For The Ongoing Pandemic
This new variant has thrown the world back into chaos, with travel bans being reinstated, schools being shut down, economies thrown into disarray, and infection rates shooting back up.
COVID-19 Pills : The Ultimate Cure?
The Covid-19 pandemic has shifted our societies in many ways, from new communication metaverses to evolving workplace rules –however, nothing has compared to the rapid innovation occurring in the field of medicine. Since the premises of the pandemic, vaccination has … Continue reading
Brain drain from developing countries: international healthcare migration, a benefit or disadvantage to Global South countries?
Therefore, this article will examine the implications of international healthcare migration in terms of how this situation presents a scenario of brain drain from developing countries, leaving behind fragile healthcare systems, especially in light of pandemic recovery.
Afghanistan: Where the Climate Crisis and Gender Inequality Intersect
Afghanistan is facing a major crisis as millions of Afghans risk running out of food before winter arrives. In August, the Taliban takeover exacerbated economic instability, causing an exponential increase in food prices and displacing 3.5 million Afghans.
Woman or Womb?: The Ongoing Exploitation of Chinese Women’s Bodies
In China, a lack of protective legislation against domestic violence and women’s lack of freedom and access to reproductive health is a major concern. Most importantly, and perhaps less acknowledged, is the decades-long, government-provoked trauma faced by women in China in terms of reproductive restrictions.
The Overlooked Consequences of the Climate Crisis: Physical and Mental Illness on the Rise
The correlation between climate change and the effect of mental health can be a complicated phenomenon to discuss. Thus, it may be valuable to illustrate how the factors affecting one’s physical health from the climate crisis are part-and-parcel to effects on mental health.
Medical Internationalism: The Cuban Response to the Pandemic
Rather than reaching out to massive pharmaceutical companies, the Cuban biotechnology sector set to work on developing its own vaccine.