customs and tradition

In most countries around the world, domestic workers are excluded from general labour laws. Indonesia’s Domestic Worker Protection Bill can change that.

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Living with daughters can help lower gender wellbeing inequality in old age. But for that, cultural traditions in Asian societies need to change.

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The link between sweets and diabetes has introduced a new challenge that sweets shops have decided to tackle head-on.

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Across the world, faith is returning to the political sphere.

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Saudi political priorities might have changed but their religious influence is still present in Southeast Asian politics, particularly in Malaysia.

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Religion could play a significant role in an increasingly polarised conversation about faith in US public life, but will it shape the 2024 election?

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The very regions richest in languages are the ones most at risk of climate-induced language loss.

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Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in languages.

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The displacement of communities due to climate change can have unexpected impacts on the language landscape of a region.

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Choosing to have a child via surrogacy or choosing to become a surrogate mother raises many ethical, legal, social and economic considerations.

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India’s revised surrogacy law does little to meet the needs of its growing LGBTQ+ community.

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