The officers spoke out in defence of those who are marginalised. The officers were concerned that sometimes the Appropriate Adult was not appropriate or sufficiently assertive. The officers talked about their concern that a learning disability was sometimes overlooked. They also spoke about their ...
Imagine a world where the US, France, Britain, Australia, are no more important than Uzbekistan or Paraguay. A world where the World Court might be headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the World Bank in New Delhi, the United Nations in Jakarta, the IMF in Cairo. A world liberated from the ...
This has prompted government agencies, both in Australia and around the world to call for greater emphasis to be placed on STEM at the school level, with a particular focus on strategies to widen participation from traditionally marginalised students, such as females and students from low socio-...
targeting marginalised groups with extreme, borderline violent, unconstitutional legislation (trans people), or where it’s illegal to dress in drag but perfectly fine to buy and carry a gun openly without any form of
Embedded in the premise of this book are the dichotomous concepts of ‘lost’ and ‘found’. The older men described within these pages were initially psychologically displaced rendering them physically and emotionally lost. As a result, they became marginalised within their communities with, seemingly...
She is the author of Irish Women Writers: Marginalised by Whom? (Raven Arts Press, 1988, 1991). With Brendan Kennelly she is the co-editor of Dublines (Bloodaxe, 1996), an anthology of writings about Dublin. Her poems have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies in Ireland, the...
Leading the charge for representation in meditation apps is Shine, created by Marah Lidey and Naomi Hirabayashi, a Black woman and a half-Japanese woman, who wanted to centre the mental health of marginalised groups they felt were "otherized" in mainstream wellness. The pair met as coworkers ...
Previous research, particularly willingness to participate studies in relation to HIV vaccines in marginalised groups, has focused on the modifiable characteristics of individual participants. This qualitative research with people who inject drugs, health staff and clinicians focuses on social, organisational...
involves pragmatic choices on search and analysis and places some limits on rigour. Our review nonetheless provides important insight to a currently marginalised debate within policy and research. The strengths of the review include a community-led effort to explore debates on the underlying mechanisms...
Hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) has become a curable disease. It is a major cause of liver disease and the most common chronic blood-borne disease in the Western world. In this region, persons who inject drugs (PWID) or who have ever injected drugs are the largest group at risk. With...