Royal Institute of Architects signs up to Halo Code Despite being a protected racial characteristic, hair discrimination remains a source of injustice, said RIBA s director of Diversity and Inclusion
THE ROYAL Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has signed the Halo Code – the UK’s first black hair code.
The code aims to protect the rights of staff who come to work with natural hair and protective hairstyles associated with their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities.
Both schools and businesses can sign up. In doing so, they promise that members of the black community have the “freedom and security to wear all afro-hairstyles without restriction or judgement”.
Why air pollution is a social justice issue
Day 2: As new data highlights how socially-deprived communities are disproportionately exposed to air pollution in London, local campaigners are raising awareness in their boroughs
Air pollution is proven to affect socially-deprived groups more severely. Pic: Sarah Glover-Smith
“Pollution zone,” declare new road signs posted around South East London. “Breathing kills.” The signs depict a mother and child, both with afro hair to represent the black and brown populations currently unequally affected by air pollution. Behind those illustrations are four young girls who have come together with the association Choked Up to campaign against unequal exposure to air pollution.
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Global Liver Institute Releases Comprehensive U.S. NASH Action Plan
Global Liver InstituteFebruary 9, 2021 GMT
Washington, DC, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Global Liver Institute (GLI) and the GLI NASH Council have released the U.S. NASH Action Plan to comprehensively address nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the advanced form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and its impact on patients and families, public health, and the economy. It is estimated that up to 40 million people in the U.S.,(1) including 10% of American children,(2)(3)(4) are living with NASH, which can progress into cirrhosis or liver cancer, among a number of conditions, and potentially require a liver transplant. GLI’s new plan includes a set of actionable recommendations for the full spectrum of groups involved in NASH prevention and treatment, including: patients and caregivers, clinicians, patient
Sat 30 Jan 2021 05.00 EST
I meet Lewis just before the first lockdown, early in 2020. He is 18, and in the middle of his A-levels: a sparky, irreverent presence, with a strong sense of injustice about what he experienced at his London secondary school. In year 9, around the time he turned 14, he started being bounced around the schoolâs disciplinary system. At one point, he spent every school day for six weeks in
a single-room facility called âthe annexeâ. He was also forced to spend time at home. Sometimes, work was sent for him to do; sometimes, he spent whole days doing nothing.