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Sick of the Cost of Healthcare
Written by Stephanie
Australians’ out-of-pocket healthcare expenses are the fifth highest in the world and amount to twice the sum paid by those in the United Kingdom and France. Almost two decades ago, the Australian government established Medicare, a publicly funded universal health care system, to provide Australians with equitable and affordable medical care, […]
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How Tax-Breaks Can Help Empower Underprivileged Pakistani Women
Written by Nighat Dad
Women make up 48% of Pakistan’s total population. The female literacy rate stands at 36% and on average a Pakistani woman is married off at the age of 19. Currently, 62% of Pakistani women (of child bearing age from 15-49) are married, while 3% are widowed or separated and 35% […]
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Journey in the quest for a dream
Written by tecglobalist
Every year, the lack of employment opportunities in Central American countries pushes thousands of individuals to embark on a journey through Mexico all the way to the United States in order to integrate into Latin communities gathered in American cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and […]
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Come and Take It: Preventative Care In Texas
Written by Samuel Chapman
The state of Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people in the United States – 26 percent of a population of 26 million. Of the uninsured, 58 percent are Latino, including 1.3 million children under the age of 18. Under the Affordable Care Act, the Medicaid program would […]
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The future we want and the future we’re actually working for
Written by Aline Marsicano Figueiredo
In 2000, all United Nations Member States, aiming at combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women, adopted the eight Millennium Development Goals. The established framework had a clear deadline: 2015. Yet despite important progress in several countries, there is still a great deal to be done. […]
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#TAFTA #TTIP ist nicht nur ein ökonomisches Thema – es geht vor allem um Verbraucher und Bürger
Written by Ole Wintermann
“Internet und Globalisierung” lautet die Überschrift der derzeitigen Kooperation des virtuellen Think Tanks Internet & Gesellschaft Collaboratory und unserem Projekt Futurechallenges.org. Wie beeinflussen sich Globalisierung und die Entwicklung des Internets gegenseitig? Die aktuellen Verhandlungen um ein Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den USA und der EU fokussieren dabei alle zentralen Fragen, die […]
