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COP28: Why going beyond net zero is necessary to protect public health

As we wait for global leaders to convene and chart the future course for the world’s population of eight billion, we can take proactive steps to protect health from climate change through multifaceted and sustained efforts that transcend the confines of net zero.

Medicine and health

Neoliberal welfare policy blinded by ideology

Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.

Politics and society

In rural and remote healthcare, investing in the workforce isn’t enough

Health status is more complex than just your address. At a population level, the biggest predictor of health status is the social determinants of health. We need to think outside the box to determine who needs care most, and how it can be delivered.

Medicine and health

Child marriages in Indonesia increase women's depression, research shows

A study of data from more than 5000 Indonesian women has found that marrying early – particularly by age 18 – leads to higher depression.

Business

Mental health scare: Women falling through the cracks

There’s an urgent need to recalibrate the mental healthcare sector so it better-serves those most in need.

Medicine and health

Exposing policies that fail to address structural disadvantage

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has kept poverty and inequality on the policy agenda.

Medicine and health

In the background: How societal conditions affect your dementia risk

Social factors can determine how likely you are to suffer from dementia, including your socioeconomic status, where you live, and your background.

Medicine and health

How committed is Australia to advancing the rights set out in CEDAW?

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has achieved a great deal in the past 40 years, but there remains more work to do in Australia.

Politics and society

International Women’s Day 2022: Breaking the bias

Monash Education celebrates the stories of five people nominated by senior leadership for their work in #breakingthebias both at work and home.

Celebrating women

Episode 50: Is Australia Classist?

Find out how privilege and disparate levels of access to basic resources such as education are contributing to social inequality in Australia – threatening the egalitarian ideals of 'the land of the fair go’.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Reassessing the social context of illicit drug use

Addiction and problematic drug use is mostly a result of social disadvantage and personal trauma.

Medicine and health

Tracing the impacts of the pandemic on Australia’s fastest-growing migrant group

Nepali temporary migrants have been acutely affected by the COVID pandemic due to their concentration in casualised, precarious work in the healthcare, hospitality and services industries.

Politics and society

Conflict, COVID, and child marriage

The pandemic is likely to intensify the harmful effects of child marriage, increasing exposure to violence, and decreasing access to healthcare and support networks.

Politics and society

What can we learn about chronic disease from COVID-19?

COVID-19 has highlighted what's possible when the collective will exists to mobilise attention and healthcare resources – something the slow emergence of chronic disease could not.

Medicine and health

Counting the COVID-19 social cost

During this time of massive social upheaval, Monash sociologists explore how various community groups are faring.

Politics and society

Tearing down the stereotypes

Gender competence in healthcare can be a powerful tool in improving women's wellbeing – particularly mental health.

Celebrating women

Scholarship success

Monash's most recent cohort of Fulbright, Rhodes and Schwarzman scholars share their passions and plans for the future.

Education

Australia risks missing out on China's One Belt One Road

Australia is late to the party in only recently expressing real interest in China’s One-Belt, One-Road initiative (OBOR). And if Australian businesses don’t take advantage of the opportunities available in this project now, there are plenty of...

Business and economy

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COP28: Why going beyond net zero is necessary to protect public health

Neoliberal welfare policy blinded by ideology

In rural and remote healthcare, investing in the workforce isn’t enough

Child marriages in Indonesia increase women's depression, research shows

Mental health scare: Women falling through the cracks

Exposing policies that fail to address structural disadvantage

In the background: How societal conditions affect your dementia risk

How committed is Australia to advancing the rights set out in CEDAW?

International Women’s Day 2022: Breaking the bias

Episode 50: Is Australia Classist?

Reassessing the social context of illicit drug use

Tracing the impacts of the pandemic on Australia’s fastest-growing migrant group

Conflict, COVID, and child marriage

What can we learn about chronic disease from COVID-19?

Counting the COVID-19 social cost

Tearing down the stereotypes

Scholarship success

Australia risks missing out on China's One Belt One Road