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Older aged and all alone. What is the impact of being childless in the time of COVID-19?
The coronavirus pandemic has impressed upon the world the dreadful impact of isolation on mental health and overall health and wellbeing on populations of all ...
Can Anything Be Done to Address Race and Racism in Constructive Ways?
Social psychologist Linda Tropp, professor of psychological and brain sciences at UMass Amherst, is an award-winning expert in techniques and practices that reduce inter-group prejudice ...
Equity under pressure: Does the burden of COVID-19 threaten progress made?
By Anna Sangster - Program Manager, International Federation on Ageing The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis touching the lives of everyone around the world. ...
Ageism in the COVID-19 Workplace: Walking the Fine Line between Protection and Discrimination of Older Employees
By Andra Stancu - Project Officer, International Federation on Ageing As businesses and workplaces start re-opening and operating during the new normal that is COVID-19, ...
Racial and LGBT bias persists in ridesharing drivers despite mitigation efforts
Despite efforts by ridesharing companies to eliminate or reduce discrimination, research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business finds that racial and LGBT bias ...
Ageing in a Pandemic
In the last few weeks the world has seen incredible change. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads to the far reaches of the globe, cities and ...
Combating Systemic Ageism in Emergency Preparedness Responses
Upgraded to pandemic status by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, COVID-19 virus cases have increased exponentially around the globe. Decreased immune response among ...
Ageism and Societal Responses to Population Ageing
A recent systematic review published in PLOS ONE has explored just how deleterious the impact of ageism can be on an older person’s health. ...
Entrepreneurship expert: New Americans vital to U.S. economy
In the United States, there is a long history of marginalized communities being extremely entrepreneurial. These communities were driven, in large part, by the desire ...
What's in a name? Ghoshal finds hiring discrimination persists
New research by an Elon University professor is challenging earlier findings related to hiring discrimination against African American job candidates. A new article by Raj ...