Results List
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Providing Better Legal Defence for the Poor in Texas
More than 15 per cent of Texas’ 22 million people live below the poverty line – most of them in rural areas. Texas is one of 16 states that require county governments to provide a majority of funding for indigent legal defence services. Each county…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Educate Every Child: Promoting Positive Solutions to School Discipline in Virginia
Source: JustChildren Program of the Legal Aid Justice Center
Too many students in Virginia’s public schools are suspended or expelled due to harsh disciplinary policies, according to this report. Based on an analysis of Virginia’s Safe School Information Resource, the report concludes that excluding students from school does not improve behaviour and comes at…
Resource type: Research Report
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Remarks at Launch of Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) and University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis. Photo: University of Melbourne Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, delivered these remarks at the launch of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity on October 14th. Well thank you Glyn, thank you Tom, Professor…
Resource type: Speech
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“A story of great human proportions” – Lydia Foy and the Struggle for Transgender Rights in Ireland
Source: Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
This report chronicles Lydia Foy’s long legal struggle in Ireland to be officially recognized as a woman—an effort that not only ended in victory for her but that led to a fundamental change in Irish law and how society views gender and identity. Foy’s story…
Resource type: Research Report
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The Atlantic Philanthropies in South Africa: 1991–2013
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Note: In 2018, we published an updated version of this report as part of our Country Books series. Between 1991–2013, Atlantic invested $355.5 million to seek justice, promote better health care and greater health equity, and deliver services that support transformative social change, foster human rights and…
Resource type: Research Report
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Evaluation of Programme to Protect Children from Domestic Violence
Source: University of Lincoln
Children who experience domestic abuse can be forgotten victims. Mayo Children’s Initiative (MCI Ireland), a programme in rural Ireland, made “spectacular progress” in reaching these children and is a model for other countries to follow, according to the lead researcher of an evaluation carried out…
Resource type: Research Report
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Childhood Development Initiative’s Doodle Den Literacy Programme
Source: Centre for Effective Education at Queen’s University Belfast
An after-school literacy programme that employs engaging activities and involves parents is an effective approach to bolster the reading and writing skills of disadvantaged children. The Doodle Den programme also made a positive impact on improving concentration and reducing problem behaviours in school, according to…
Resource type: Research Report
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Recognise Key Role of Migrant Care Workers in Our Ageing Society
Source: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society
Migrant workers play a vital role in the care of older people in the United Kingdom but they face poor pay and working conditions that the government must address to ensure fair treatment for the workers, according to this report funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies…
Resource type: Research Report
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Mining the Research
Source: Queen’s University Belfast
Many of the assumptions and stereotypes about older adults in Ireland have been based on questionable data and needed to be revisited, according to a study commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Queen’s University is an Atlantic grantee. Summary In Northern Ireland, many of the organisations…
Resource type: Research Report
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Ageing in Bermuda
Source: Fordham University, Ravazzin Center for Social Work Research in Aging
To meet the needs of a growing number of seniors in Bermuda, policymakers can take two initial key initiatives: establish a caregiver resource center and set up a care information service on community resources for physicians and others, according to this report commissioned by The…
Resource type: Research Report