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| In 2014 Saudi Arabia was ranked 130 out of 142 counties in the annual report on gender equality published by the World Economic Forum. Women have historically been banned from voting...Women must be accompanied in public by a male chaperone, usually a relative, known as a ‘mahram’...In February 2015 a controversial law was passed which forces female television presenters to adhere to modest Islamic dress code. Participation in sports is limited and a woman cannot try on clothes in shop changing rooms. There are also restrictions preventing women from entering a cemetery, reading an uncensored fashion magazine, or buying a Barbie doll. | |
| Social Issues | Christianity – June 2015 |
| Only 17% of women work in Saudi Arabia, compared to 50% in Qatar. | |
| Work/Employment | Christianity – June 2015 |
| At least 1,750 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the start of the year, according to the International Organisation for migration. The figure is 30 times higher than during the same period of 2014. | |
| World Issues | Christianity – June 2015 |
| Christianity will lose its place as the majority religion in Britain by 2050 according to Pew Research Center. Christianity currently has more members in the UK than any other religion or atheism combined. But Pew’s The Future of World Religions report says by 2050 Christianity will go in to the minority with just 45% identifying themselves as Christians. The report says that the average Muslim’s fertility rate is 3.1 children per woman. The Christian rate is 2.7. The Pew research also shows that atheists, agnostics and other people who do not affiliate with any religion will make up a declining share of the world’s total population. Nevertheless, a recent WIN/Gallup poll also shown that only 30% of Brits describe themselves as religious. | |
| Religion/Spirituality | Christianity – June 2015 |
| Rat hairs, urine and arsenic have been found in counterfeit cosmetics. The substances were discovered during tests carried out by Staffordshire Country Council’s trading standards team. Now shoppers are being warned to beware when buying bargain make-up products online. The items tested included eye shadow, eyeliner; foundation and mascara purporting to be from top name brands. Among the other ingredients found in them were lead, mercury and bacteria. Experts say the substances could cause skin irritation or even serious damage to the body. | |
| Health | The Sentinel – 22nd May 2015 |
| New research suggests that young people who binge drink may damage their brain development. The study says that this could lead to them being more prone to psychiatric disorders, including alcoholism, in later life. In experiments on rats, evidence showed that intermittent doses of alcohol during adolescent development effectively changed the shape of the animals’ DNA. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – June 2015 |
| Women are half as likely to have taken regular exercise than men, according to research commissioned by commercial property advisor CBRE, Principal Partner of England Rugby’s All Schools Programme. The research of more than 2,000 UK adults, conducted by Opinion Matters in November 2014, shows that just one in six women (16.6%) say they have regularly exercised since childhood compared to one in three men (36.2%). On average, women who regularly exercise do so 48 times each year, just under once a week, while men who exercise do so 65 times a year on average....Recent research from Sport England found two million more men than women regularly exercise or play sport and that 75% of women would like to do more. | |
| Health | Inspire – June 2015 |
| Since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was officially declared in March last year, more than 9,100 people have lost their lives. Whole communities have been devastated and families wiped out. Yet amid this desolation, more than 2,300 people have beaten the disease, their survival an inspiration for fellow patients and staff. | |
| World Issues | Without Borders 2015 |
| Generalised anxiety disorders affects around four per cent of the population, with a further ten per cent suffering from occasional panic attacks. In anxiety disorders, perhaps more than many other disorders, we see that the physical and the emotional are inextricably linked: anxiety presents in a very physical symptoms, including heart palpitations, shortness of breath and panic attacks, as well as the psychological symptoms such as rumination and hyper-vigilance. | |
| Health | Youthwork – May 2015 |
| New research has shown that young people are sharing and viewing images of self-harm online in huge numbers. The study of over 2,000 young people carried out by ChildLine, YouthNet, SelfharmUK and YoungMinds, showed that over half of 11-14 year-olds said they would share images of self-harm on social media. | |
| Young People | Youthwork – May 2015 |
| A new report from a coalition of British churches, including the Church of Scotland, called for an urgent rethink of the benefit sanctions system in March. Benefit sanctions is the suspension of benefits payments to people who fail to follow detailed instructions related to finding work. The report, ‘Time to Rethink Benefit Sanctions’, reveals that over 100,000 children in the UK – 6,500 in Scotland – were affected by sanctions in 2013-14. It also states that over 100 people who have been assessed as unfit for work due to mental health problems are sanctioned every day; and that the number of weeks sanctions imposed has gone up from 1-1.5 million a year between 2000 and 2010 to almost 7 million weeks in the year 2013-14. | |
| Social Issues | Life and Work – May 2015 |
| The largest ever public consultation carried out by the Equality and Human Rights commission has found widespread public confusion and misunderstanding about the laws protecting freedom of religion or belief. Nearly 2,500 people responded to the call for evidence, with the largest number of responses coming from Christians from number of denominations. Some reported that they feared their religion is losing its place in the workplace and in society more generally, that they felt they were under pressure to keep their religion hidden and were discriminated against when it came to wearing religious symbols or expressing their beliefs. | |
| The Law | Life and Work – May 2015 |
| Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars if they are carrying children as passengers. The move which will become law on 1st October, follows a similar ban in Wales and aims to protect young people under 18 from second-hand smoke. Scotland is also considering introducing a ban. Anyone found flouting the law in England could be fined £50. According to the British Lung Foundation 430,000 children are exposed to second-hand smoke in cars each week. | |
| The Law | The Sentinel - February 12th 2015 |
| Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled plans to relax restrictions on Sunday trading. But the announcement flies in the face of a pre-Election commitment made "on behalf of the Prime Minister." In April, a representative of the Conservatives wrote to campaign group Keep Sunday Special saying: “I can assure you that we have no current plans to relax the Sunday trading laws." Critics have highlighted the damaging effect on family life. | |
| Shopping | Christian Concern - 11th July 2015 |
| The UK's four children's commissioners have called for a ban on parents smacking their children. Under current law in England and Wales, parents can exercise "reasonable punishment" of their children. This includes mild smacking, as long as no implement is used and no mark left. There is similar provision in Scotland and Northern Ireland. But the four nations' commissioners have called for a complete ban on smacking, in a report submitted to the UN. | |
| Family | Christian Concern - 11th July 2015 |
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