Human rights backlash

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Breaking the menopause taboo

Women live an average of 30 years after menopause. Normalising menopause as a life event requires greater research, investment and cultural acceptance.

Calling out modern slavery

A crisis affecting 50 million people around the world is coming into clearer view.

Governments want babies, but people want choices

More people are choosing not to have children, sparking big debates and changing how we view family and society.

This ‘new’ human right offers hope to climate activists

The right to a healthy environment is being used to challenge government policies on climate change, logging and mining. The global south is leading the way.

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Getting it wrong on disability rights

Societies don’t just fail to accommodate disability — they can be actively disabling in themselves.

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Cost of living crisis drives widespread food insecurity

Worries about putting food on the table face almost half of Australian households. Amid the cost of living crisis, even higher-income households aren’t immune.

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How human rights are disappearing before our eyes

The moral distinction between liberal democracies and dictatorships is being flattened by the carnage in Gaza.

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Law and order in Australia has a blind spot: human rights

A ‘tough on crime’ political culture tends to bring the same solution to every crisis: harsher laws. That’s a problem.

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Can the global backlash against human rights be stopped?

Respect for human rights has declined over two decades. But despite a backlash against the international legal order, some players are driving positive change.

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Calling out modern slavery

Governments want babies, but people want choices

This ‘new’ human right offers hope to climate activists

Getting it wrong on disability rights

Cost of living crisis drives widespread food insecurity

How human rights are disappearing before our eyes

Law and order in Australia has a blind spot: human rights

Can the global backlash against human rights be stopped?

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