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Advancing Social Equity in and Through Marine Conservation

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Substantial efforts and investments are being made to increase the scale and improve the effectiveness of marine conservation globally. Though it is mandated by international law and central to conservation policy, less attention has been given to how to
N. Bennett   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Perspectives on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization and related intervention needs among people who inject drugs

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is clinically efficacious and recommended for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs (PWID), but uptake remains low and intervention needs are understudied. To inform the development of PrEP
K. B. Biello   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a Fairer Future: Examining Environmental Permits in Indonesia and Sweden Through the Lens of Sustainable Development and Equity

open access: yesJournal of Law and Sustainable Development, 2023
Objective: Through the lens of a comparative investigation of Indonesia and Sweden, this paper examines the process through which appropriate environmental permits have been developed in this period of sustainable development.
L. Agustinus   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From equality towards equity and differentiated responsibilities: A contemporary international environmental law perspective [PDF]

open access: yesAnali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu, 2019
The paper analyzes the relationship between the principles of equality, equity and differentiated responsibilities in the specific context of international environmental law.
Čučković Bojana
doaj   +1 more source

EQUALITY VS. EQUITY

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Law and Equality, 2021
“There’s a big difference between equality and equity,” said now Vice President Kamala Harris as she ran for the presidency of the United States, and many millions watched and shared her video, which depicted one mountain climber who starts in a deep ...
M. Minow
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evidence-based and guideline-concurrent responses to narratives deferring HCV treatment among people who inject drugs

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is increasingly prevalent among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the context of the current US opioid crisis.
Ellen Childs   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

School leaders reflections on their school's engagement in a program to foster health literacy development

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Research Open, 2021
Many health attitudes and behaviors formed during childhood are sustained through to adulthood, therefore childhood is a critical time to develop health literacy. Primary schools provide an ideal environment to equip children with lifelong health skills,
Rosie Nash   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Responding to “Don’t Say Gay” Laws in the US: Research Priorities and Considerations for Health Equity

open access: yesSexuality Research & Social Policy, 2022
Despite increased legal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identifying (LGBTQ +) people in the USA over the past 30 years, there has been an increasing number of anti-LGBTQ + laws proposed and passed at the state level.
Nolan S. Kline   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The family trust in New Zealand and the claims of ‘Unwelcome Beneficiaries’ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In June 2009, at the Transcontinental Trusts conference in Geneva, His Honour Justice David Hayton said that the New Zealand Court of Appeal had got aspects of the law of trusts wrong in its decision in Official Assignee v Wilson [2008] 3 NZLR 45.
Tappenden, Sue
core   +2 more sources

Can new laws make public services better? Reflections on diversity legislation for libraries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper argues that government-led social legislation inspired by Victorian ideals of paternalistic law-making is still an appropriate way of intervening to promote citizenship and equity in the information society of the twenty first century. However,
Joint, N.
core   +1 more source

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