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Only a small fraction of women have received any financial education at all.
Key findings on victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence have been brought together in a new website that seeks to combine over 30 sources of data across Australia.
New research sheds light on how autism affects how we feed our babies, and vice versa.
Witchcraft is an enduring source of fascination but also prone to popular misconceptions.
The joint Women Wage Peace-Women of the Sun initiative unites Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace. The international community should elevate their voices.
From primary school to academic positions, despite some progress, gender inequality continues to be rife.
We must shift the narrative from portraying women solely as “victims” of the climate crisis to actively involving them in addressing environmental issues.
While blatant discrimination is easy to condemn because of how obvious it is, there are subtler, more insidious forms that also need to be rooted out.
While women in poverty are more likely to experience sexual harassment and domestic abuse than higher-income women, people assume it is less distressing for them.
People might go to the movies to escape reality. Yet Barbie and Ariel choose to live in the world their audiences inhabit − and, in doing so, decide to die.
We’ve put together a mini-series on birth and early motherhood, an area many of our readers felt they wanted more evidence-based information on.
Understanding our menstrual cycle and taking a proactive approach to our periods is vital to improving sports performance.
With dads being the primary earners in many heterosexual households, it was often the mother who gave up work to manage extra work at home during the pandemic. But what about heterosexual households where the mother was the primary earner?
Tracking the many physical and emotional symptoms of menopause with a website, app or diary can help women better monitor their health.
Rural women in Nigeria circumvent patriarchy to make decisions on their healthcare.
Women have fewer orgasms than men. But this gap is cultural, not biological. Closing it is possible, both on a societal and personal level.
The Barbie movie has caused a media storm, even before the photo of the pink-clad Canadian PM and his son circulated on social media. Much of the conversation has zoned in on men and masculinity.
The Taliban’s two years ruling Afghanistan have taught us ordinary human rights initiatives are insufficient to address gender apartheid. We need resolute collective international action.
Examining the understandings of what ‘toxic femininity’ means to people can reveal insights about gender, power and the impact of language on health.
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