Today, scientists can tell us with certainty that increased carbon dioxide emissions are warming the planet. But who was the first to discover this, and when did that happen?
I’ll bet it’s earlier than you think. Meet Eunice Newton Foote: a 19th century American scientist, inventor, and women’s rights activist whose contributions to climate science were effectively lost in history for nearly a century because of her gender.
The gender gap is a pervasive issue that has garnered attention in recent years, particularly in relation to the global pay inequality between men and women.
14 March 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA – Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, was rejected for accreditation to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
Le Centre de droit des affaires et du commerce international (CDACI) et le CRDP (Centre de recherche en droit public) ont le plaisir d’accueillir Gabrielle Marceau, PhD, Prof. Associée, UNIGE ; Conseiller principal, (Recherche, OMC), à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal.
Stéphane Rousseau, professeur titulaire et directeur par intérim du CDACI, agira comme répondant.
Die Länder Hamburg und Hessen haben eine Rechtsgrundlage für eine automatisierte Auswertung der polizeilichen Datenbestände geschaffen. Hintergrund ist, dass die Polizei sehr große Datenmengen gesammelt hat und es schwierig ist, diese händisch auszuwerten, um Anhaltspunkte für zukünftige Straftaten zu finden. Hessen setzt deshalb eine Software der Firma Palantir ein, also einen Algorithmus, der die Datenbestände der Polizei automatisiert auswerten kann.
El pasado 23 de febrero el Centro LATAM Digital realizó el evento de presentación del informe «Mediciones de la violencia de género digital en América Latina y el Caribe» junto al programa Navegando Libres por la Red de Taller de Comunicación Mujer.
„Den wechselseitigen Austausch von Studierenden, Ärzten und Wissenschaftlern fördern und institutionalisieren – dieses Ziel verfolgen die Partner. Medizin-Studierende aus Mwanza sollen künftig einen Teil ihrer klinischen Ausbildung in Würzburg absolvieren können. Zudem wird tansanischen Ärzten die Möglichkeit eröffnet, sich am Würzburger Universitätsklinikum weiterzubilden.“
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A team of Digital Media Research Centre and QUT academics, led by Dr TJ Thomson, has had one of their research outputs voted as the top paper published in the Q1 journal, Journalism Practice, in 2022-23.
Screenshot of an internal tool developed at OKFN to analyze suspicious electoral results – these charts triggered the conversation below.
Last Friday the OKFN team had a nice and spontaneous talk about election data. It went something like this:
In an unprecedented victory for activists in Bahrain, the High Court in London ruled that the Bahraini government … Bahrain Loses State Immunity in Dissidents’ Spyware LawsuitRead More »
This is the fourth conversation of the 100+ Conversations to Inspire Our New Direction (#OKFN100) project.
In Russian culture, guys are expected for being chivalrous. They are also expected to provide gifts when you visit a woman for her home. Bringing something special is one way to demonstrate that you are considering her.
Most Russian you start dating when justin was 14. Due to this fact, they are often pressured to get married by their family members.
Gender equality
Authorities in Mauritania have cut off mobile internet services since March 6, 2023, after four prisoners—classified as “terrorists” … Mauritania: The drawbacks of disrupting mobile internet after prisoners escapeRead More »
L'appel à contribution à cette journée d'étude est ouvert jusqu'au 10 avril 2023.
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