By Amy Adamczyk, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, via BBC 29/05/2019 When Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex unions, hundreds of gay people marked the occasion by registering to marry. It marked a significant change on the island, where the majority of people only relatively recently became supportive of same-sex relationships. In many other places there has also been...
Homophobia is harmful to workers and businesses
The Conversation, March 21, 2017 12.21pm AEDT
Homophobia is costly to workers and the businesses that employ them, research shows.
Businesses increasingly recognise that homophobia and transphobia limit their organisation’s ability to attract and retain a high calibre workforce and is hurting their bottom-line.
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The quality and effectiveness of interventions that target multiple risk factors among young people
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016, doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12573 Abstract Objective: To identify evaluations of interventions that target multiple risk factors in high-risk young people, describe their characteristics, critique their methodological quality and summarise their effectiveness. Methods: A search of the literature published between 2009 and 2014 identified 13...
For African migrants in Europe, destitution shapes sexual behaviour and HIV risk
nam, 1 December 2015 For African migrants recently arrived in France, periods without a residence permit, secure housing or enough money are very common and are associated with transactional and casual sexual relationships, especially in women, Annabel Desgrées du Loû and colleagues report in AIDS. Moreover one third of those living with HIV seroconverted after arriving in the country and the...
Needle Exchange May Have Prevented More Than 100 New HIV Infections in Washington DC, Saving $44 Million
hivandhepatitis.com, 08 September 2015 A federal policy change allowing funding of syringe exchange programs in Washington, DC, averted 120 new HIV infections relative to the number that likely would have occurred had the funding ban remained in place, saving approximately $44 million, according to a mathematical modeling study published in the September 4 edition of AIDS and Behavior. Read more...
Stepping Stones: Legal barriers to economic equality after family violence
Women’s Legal Service Victoria, Melbourne , 2015 From Executive Summary: “Legal and economic problems arise from family violence which result in serious financial hardship for women and, at present, there are no accessible legal remedies to these problems. We have researched the problems in the Stepping Stones project. This report contains the findings of the project and recommendations for...