Justice Studio Research: Impact of COVID-19 on 70+ adults in self-isolation. Part I: Spain What was the immediate effect of isolation on older adults across the UK, Spain and the USA? In this series, Justice Studio presents the findings of our innovative peer impact...
In the days following the death of George Floyd, protests against racism have erupted over the globe. These protests move beyond a distain for police brutality into a rightful challenge to white dominated society. Many organisations are being forced to look with fresh...
The Women and Equalities Committee recently called for evidence around the disproportionate effects of Covid-19 on people with protected characteristics. At Justice Studio, we are also concerned about emerging evidence of the disproportionate effect of Covid-19 on...
Environmental conservation, along with equal access to a safe and clean environment, is fundamental to a fair and inclusive world. Unfortunately, our world is not fair or inclusive. Whilst a minority of richer white nations continue to consume at an alarming rate,...
How Government policy on the Corona Virus colluded with domestic abusers Many domestic abuse charities were dismayed when the coronavirus lockdown was announced, with no thought for how women at risk would be protected during this time. Rooted in the knowledge of how...
In the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic, marginalised communities are at even greater risk than usual. These include groups like the Irish Travellers, which are so often ignored within policy, or openly discriminated against. Given so little publicity has...
“It’s just behaviours” Last week, Dr. Deborah Birx (who is leading the US response to combating the Covid-19 pandemic) appeared on stage in front of the press, flanked by illuminated images of bell curves. Pointing to the flatter of the curves, her message was clear:...
Nearly ten years ago I became passionate about health inequalities when I read Fair Society: Healthy Lives, Professor Sir Michael Marmot’s review of the most effective evidence-based strategies for reducing health inequalities in England. Now, as the corona virus...
Last week I was at an activist forum in the beautiful location of Seychelles. LGBT+ and women’s rights campaigners from the Pacific, the Caribbean, and Africa gathered together, under the umbrella of the Equality and Justice Alliance (EJA), to talk, share and laugh,...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has come to dominate global education policy. Since 1991, education has increasingly come under the remit of the OECD, and its Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test has become the...
