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Food Insecurity: Food Action

November 30, 2021 By Exeter Food Action Volunteers

Food insecurity: ​​the state of being without reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food. In 2019, research conducted by the University of Exeter

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#British #Gender #Latest #Politics #Women's rights

Opinion: Nick Fletcher – Why his claims would be funny if they weren’t so harmful

November 29, 2021November 28, 2021 By Alisha Haley

Disclaimer: For the clarity of this article, I refer to men and women according to biological sex given at birth, but acknowledge this

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#FEATURED #Gender #Gender #Latest #Politics #World

Opinion: You are the beauty standard

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 By Amy Powell

Trigger Warnings: Discussion includes references to mental health, self-harm, eating disorders, and su*cide.  Never has there been a more important time to address

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The problem with the recent elections in Nicaragua

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 By Sarah Decory

Earlier this month, on the 7thof November 2021, Nicaragua held its general elections to decide on a new president as well as its

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#Caricatures #Europe #Latest #Politics

‘Sealing the deal’ – A caricature

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 By Will Grosse

This week, regular contributor Will Grosse produced a caricature representing Olaf Scholz, the forthcoming German Chancellor and his attempt, as well as success

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Opinion: the Rittenhouse trial shows division over the right to self defence

November 24, 2021November 23, 2021 By Rachael Powell

Innocent teenager defending his life or ‘murderous white supremacist’? The Rittenhouse trial has shown us a ‘troubling snapshot’ of the rising tensions of

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#Health #Latest

Student Campaign: ‘Educating on HIV: Tackling Stigmas and Misconceptions’

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 By Lauren Taylor

As part of our International Human Rights module this year, myself and my partners Nicole, Laura and Susanna are running a University of

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#Latest #Politics #World

A retrospective on COP26: What have we learnt?

November 22, 2021November 21, 2021 By Alisha Haley

The series of articles that I have written on climate change so far demonstrate the inaction of highly developed states. Now that COP26

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#Caricatures #Climate #Latest

COP26 world leaders – A series of caricatures

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 By Will Grosse

This week, our regular contributor Will Grosse produced a series of caricatures portraying world leaders who attended – and did not attend –

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#Abortion #British #FEATURED #Gender #Gender #Latest #Politics #Women's rights

Deconstructing notions of male bias in Abortion laws

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 By Jess Woodrow

TW: Abortion, and mentions of suicide and sexual assault. “Here is the case of a perfectly healthy baby being sacrificed for the mother’s

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