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It was about five years ago that I first started noticing the name Eunji Kim on some interesting research. Best dissertation, best paper, best article — she seemed to be winning them all. In her ...

There are more than three times as many local election candidates named David as there are Sarahs, shock new figures laying bare the level of gender inequality show. A breakdown of those standing ...

“Reducing inequalities of healthcare financing between and within countries is essential to building healthcare systems that work for all and ensure we no longer leave billions of people behind.

These two powerful civilizations shaped much of the world’s early history. But which one of these ancient empires had the greatest inequality? A recent study published in Nature Communications has ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and invention fuels the march of progress, so its potential to address inequalities is immense. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence ...

The Coalition has made an election pledge to put $20 billion into regional health care, child care and infrastructure. It says if it forms government, the Coalition will divert funding from a ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Concerns of inequality have been raised around pregnant women’s healthcare in Scotland as new figures seen by The Herald show women who ...

Inequality has widened in that time, and local authority budgets have been dramatically cut. Before last year’s election the Labour Party set out its health mission, where it acknowledged that much of ...

Thirty years ago, donor-advised funds (or DAFs) were relatively obscure giving vehicles housed in a small set of community foundations. Today, they’re central players in U.S. charitable giving — and ...