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+Undoctored Media release from Monash University and the Florey Institute Thursday 11 March 2021, 11:05 AM 1 minute to Read Researchers from Monash University and the Florey Institute have made a potential breakthrough in the ability to treat alcohol addiction with a simple drug. A study led by the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health uncovered a potential therapeutic target to treat alcohol use disorder (AUD) by targeting a specific receptor in the brain. The researchers found that by targeting the muscarinic M4 receptor in the brain, both habitual drinking and the likelihood to relapse could be improved in those suffering from alcohol addiction. ....
International Women’s Day symbolises the ongoing journey towards eliminating all forms of discrimination against women and girls. But in celebrating the progress in women’s rights, we must recognise the institutions that have pushed for gender equality on an international scale. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979, and ratified in 1981. The CEDAW was developed in the 1960s and 1970s in response to the growing awareness of the discrimination faced by women, limiting the enjoyment of their human rights. It determines that it s a state’s responsibility to ensure women aren t discriminated against. The CEDAW committee monitors state compliance with the convention through periodic reporting. It s made up of 23 gender experts who assess state and non-governmental organisation reports on the condition of women in each country, and the measures that have been imple ....
Long before COVID-19 hit Sri Lanka’s shores, grassroots women’s organisations fought poverty pay, long hours, and unsafe working conditions in the country s garment manufacturing districts. These organisations have been advocating for the people producing high-end clothing for brands such as H&M, Next, JC Penny, Benetton, Marks & Spencer, Gap, Victoria’s Secret, Ralph Lauren and Triumph. Garments account for approximately 45% of Sri Lanka s export income. Up to 85% of workers employed in this sector are women working in assembly line operations, who earn between LKR12,000 and 20,000 per month (A$80 to $130). Their labour has been crucial in maintaining the Sri Lankan economy through war (1983-2009) and post-war periods, as well as the economic shocks generated through disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, or violence such as the Beeshanaya ( Time of terror ) from 1987-91, and the Easter Sunday attacks (2019). ....
Throughout the Asian region, women have withstood the worst of COVID-19’s economic and social consequences. Economically, the nature of work remains gender-skewed, with women disproportionately represented in sectors negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis – hospitality (food and accommodation) services and retail, especially. Women-led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn from COVID-19, compounded by more limited access to financing and capital. Research from the non-profit organisation Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising (WIEGO) showed “a grim global picture of workers reporting they were completely out of work, with zero earnings at the height of their cities’ lockdowns”. ....
Xanana Gusmao’s recent contrived jovial participation in the birthday celebrations of self-professed paedophile and defrocked foreign priest Richard Daschbach has shocked many of his supporters, not least his Australian former wife and three Timorese-Australian sons who have publicly condemned the visit and written apologetic letters to the young women who are due to give evidence against Daschbach in court this week. At the very well-publicised birthday party held in the home of a diehard Catholic supporter, Gusmao embraced and hand-fed Daschbach birthday cake, and tipped champagne into his mouth. The visit has been interpreted as a heavy-handed attempt to whitewash Daschbach’s ruined reputation just before the court case commences, and intimidate the prosecution, and the young witnesses who are in hiding due to just this sort of pressure. ....