Nearly half of the UK's 8.6m people living alone are 65+
People aged 65 and over account for most of the growth since 1996, and the number of men aged 65 and over living alone has roughly doubled, the ONS says.
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Everyday institutions, shared spaces and the ways we live together.
A 1977 Black feminist statement coined 'identity politics'
The 1977 Combahee River Collective Statement called oppression interlocking. A co-author says it coined 'identity politics'. It inspired intersectionality.
France's PACS gives some marriage benefits and ends by letter
A PACS is France's civil partnership, open to couples of any kind. In 2016 France recorded 184,000 PACS and 225,000 marriages.
One of India's 89 top civil servants was a Dalit in 2019
Caste still sorts India's job market and its marriages: a surname reveals caste to employers, and inter-caste marriage stays rare.
BRAC's schools in Bangladesh target different villages
Bangladesh's BRAC runs one-room schools in poor areas. A 2016 study found it avoids places that lack public infrastructure or have high female illiteracy.
Australia's Stolen Generations survivors still wait on redress
Nearly 30 years after the Bringing Them Home inquiry, the Healing Foundation says Stolen Generations survivors still lack records, care and redress.
A census counts everyone on one day, then checks who it missed
A census counts every resident against one fixed date, then a separate survey checks how many the count still missed, and where.