discrimination
Le genre est, aujourd’hui encore, un élément crucial dans la fabrication des inégalités sociales. Bien que l’égalité entre femmes et hommes soit en principe acquise sur le plan légal, les lois et les politiques en Suisse sont, de fait, sous-tendues par un régime de genre « classique » qui se
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Education at universities is not easily accessible for asylum seekers and refugees in Europe. The daily life of asylum seekers and provisionally admitted persons is highly regulated. When it comes to refugee students, the rules of the education system intersect with the ones on the asylum system, thus further restricting ...
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In this time of pandemic, there have been heated debates surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), from its high infection rate to the measures mitigating it and the availability of tests. Among these fiercely debated topics, the virus’ origin has prevailed as one of the most contested ones, provoking frustration and assertion
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This blog post looks at activists and projects that support homeless refugees as an example of social cohesion through solidarity that takes place in local or transnational networks. In political and media discourse, there is sometimes a fear of insufficient social cohesion referring to nation states – e.g., the cohesion
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Intergroup prosocial behaviors, such as immigrants helping nationals, contribute to improving intergroup relations and strengthening social cohesion. However, people might not attribute genuine prosocial motives to a potential helper when negative intergroup perceptions and expectations shape these relations. The present blog describes research investigating factors that influence help-recipients’ understanding of intergroup
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