Sweden set up a eugenics plan, grounded in the science of racial biology, between 1934 and 1976 – between 20,000 and 33,000 Swedes were forced to be sterilised
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Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality
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US lawmakers are being silenced for speaking out against anti-trans bills
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The reasons behind France’s pension protests
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Swedish retirees demand fairer pensions for women – The Old Lady Patrol's protest against the country's pension system enters its tenth year
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Once praised for its generous social safety net, Denmark now collects troves of data on welfare claimants
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Yale academic suggests mass suicide for Japan’s elderly
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Finland has passed a new, progressive rights law which makes it substantially easier for trans people to change their legal gender
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US citizens can now sponsor refugees directly. Here’s how to apply.
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Norway's golden generation of athletes proves the value of sport as a public good – commitment to making the “joy of sport” available to all is producing world-class talent
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UK government to block Scottish gender bill
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US President Joe Biden signs marriage equality bill into law
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Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as twelve, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb, often without consent
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South Koreans are getting a year younger, parliament rules
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Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico's states
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Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders
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US child poverty rate at an all-time low
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New LGBTQ+ plan presented by the Danish government includes a proposal to expand access to legal gender change to all children regardless of age
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Denmark's controversial family policy sees many Danish parents fleeing to nearby countries, especially to the German border city of Flensburg
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Couples wed as Swiss same-sex marriage law takes effect
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‘Am I even fit to be a mom?’ Diaper need is an invisible part of poverty in America.
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China's media cracks down on 'effeminate' styles
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Danish government has presented a proposal to get foreigners and people with immigrant backgrounds to work thirty-seven hours a week in exchange for welfare benefits
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Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighborhoods
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China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing online video games to three hours a week, with an hour extra during holidays
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Finland has an ageing population and a labor shortage – despite government programs, immigrants and their families are not always greeted with open arms
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China allows couples to have three children
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In Finland, high-quality free school meals are provided to all children between six and sixteen as a public service – students everywhere deserve the same
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Miscarriage bereavement leave bill passes unanimously in New Zealand Parliament
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Spain passes law allowing euthanasia
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How Iceland is closing the gender wage gap
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Amid a crackdown on ‘separatism’, how do French Muslims feel?
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Poland to consider outright ban on LGBT+ Pride marches
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Florida votes to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
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Brazil hands out so much Covid cash that poverty nears a low
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The Chinese government is engaging in a widespread, systematic campaign of forced birth control and sterilization on Uighurs and other minorities
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For two years the government gave 2,000 unemployed citizens €560 a month with no strings attached – does Finland show the way to universal basic income?
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Spain set to introduce permanent basic income scheme to rebuild economy post-coronavirus
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Spain approves 462 euro monthly minimum income for the poorest
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How should we go about handling population growth and staying at or above replacement levels?
Tl;dr human birth rates are falling universally and globally and at some point in this century will mean a decrease of the world's population. The effects of this will/has been felt in stuff like...
Tl;dr human birth rates are falling universally and globally and at some point in this century will mean a decrease of the world's population. The effects of this will/has been felt in stuff like pensions/retirement and so far, noone has proposed any solutions other than increased immigration and denying women abortions. So what should we do to solve this? Should we even find solutions given that stuff like pollution and climate change is man-made?
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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing – first major study of scheme comes as economic toll of coronavirus prompts fresh interest in idea
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For eleven years, the Soviet Union had no weekends
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The Pope just proposed a universal basic income. Is the United States ready for it?
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Andrew Yang’s new US non-profit is giving away $500,000 in free cash as a UBI experiment
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How Sweden is fixing the housework gender gap – do Swedish-style tax breaks for cleaners provide a solution or perpetuate gender-role norms?
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Finland's woman-led center-left government plans to nearly double the length of paternity leave to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers
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Universal Basic Income explained – free money for everybody? UBI
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Why is childcare so expensive?
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More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city
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What does it take to build the world's best pension systems? Ask the Netherlands and Denmark
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