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  1. Black History Month: What is it and why do we need it?

    Feb 7, 2024 · A continued engagement with history is vital as it helps give context for the present. Black History Month is an opportunity to understand Black histories, going beyond stories of racism and …

  2. The Black Lives Matter movement explained | World Economic Forum

    Aug 11, 2016 · The movement was born in 2013, after the man who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, was cleared of his murder. A Californian activist, Alicia Garza, responded …

  3. Illegal wildlife trade is a top global crime, INTERPOL says | World ...

    Dec 5, 2023 · The illegal wildlife trade makes up to $20 billion a year, with environmental and human consequences, including biodiversity loss. Here’s what needs to happen.

  4. This is why half of the world’s languages are endangered | World ...

    Jan 5, 2022 · Research has found a link between higher levels of schooling and language loss, as regionally dominant languages taught in class often overshadow indigenous tongues.

  5. How on-device AI could help us to cut AI's energy demand

    Mar 7, 2025 · AI is transforming industries while driving up energy demand – on-device AI and an energy credit trading system can combine to ensure a sustainable future.

  6. This data shows the racial gap in access to education in the US | World ...

    Oct 16, 2020 · Racial achievement gaps in the United States are narrowing, Stanford University research shows – but progress has been slow and unsteady.

  7. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lighthouses 2025 - The World Economic …

    Jan 9, 2025 · The report provides a snapshot of the current diversity, equity and inclusion frontier and recent developments in the space, followed by detailed case studies of the 2025 cohort of …

  8. How can we remove racial bias from the future of healthcare? | World ...

    Feb 8, 2024 · Clinical trial participants are overwhelmingly white, meaning much of our medical data has a racial bias. Racism also affects workers within the medical profession, with many doctors’ health …

  9. The legacy of ‘redlining’. How earlier urban zoning reinforces racial ...

    Jul 3, 2020 · The labeling of urban areas home to communities of colour as “hazardous”, known as “redlining”, has had lasting impacts in the US. The practice is now illegal, but has contributed to …

  10. Women own less than 20% of the world's land. It's time to give them ...

    Jan 11, 2017 · Three quarters of the world’s population cannot prove they own the land on which they live or work. This has a devastating effect on women, and this must change.