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Do good mothers make good democracy?

To be psychologically fit for democracy, one distinguished paediatrician argued that you need a ‘good enough mother’ – and that we must acknowledge the bad side of our feelings.

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Can isolation lead to manipulation?

Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.

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Journeying home

A serious health scare was the catalyst to Chris beginning the process of understanding his experiences more clearly, and using that new insight to help other intersex people.

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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas

Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.

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  • Painted figures reach up towards the world representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day, December 1st, by the National AIDS Strategy [Canada]. Colour lithograph by Vivian Reiss and Quorum Graphics.
  • A group of medical staff appealing to help with family planning issues: a calendar promoting the Population Education Project in Kenya. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A man sitting with his arms around 2 women holding bottles, a man lies collapsed on a table in front: preventing HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Colour lithograph by FHI/Impact, ca. 2000.
  • A woman removing a packet of condoms from some trousers in a laundry basket: preventing HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Colour lithograph by FHI/Impact, ca. 2000.
  • Numerous children's faces with a message about AIDS related orphans in the Pacific; advertisement by the Pacific Islands AIDS and STD Prevention Programme (PIASPP). Colour lithograph by André Passa, 1993.
  • A couple walking along a beach, representing a safer sex advertisement by the Pacific Islands AIDS and STD Prevention Programme (PIASPP). Colour lithograph by Jipé Le Bars and Martial Dosdane, 1992.
  • Two Fijian couples sitting chatting among trees with a backdrop of a bamboo fence and message about community committment to prevent AIDS; advertisement by the Pacific Islands AIDS and STD Prevention Programme (PIASPP). Colour lithograph by Jipé Le Bars and Martial Dosdane, 1992.
  • A drunken couple stagger towards their lodging: a warning against excessive drinking in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ben Nyan'oma for the Young Men as Equal Partners (YMEP) Project, ca. 2000.
  • A couple with their child beneath an umbrella bearing the letters 'PF: National Programme of family planning in Senegal. Colour lithograph by Ministère de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale, ca. 2000.
  • A woman breastfeeding her baby; promoting family health in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
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