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Last week, the Senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children found Indigenous women are eight times more likely to be murdered. What needs to happen?
According to INSEE, 68% of the wage gap between men and women is due to the fact that they do not occupy the same positions, which is directly related to the field they choose.
Region-level data from France indicate that some masters-level specialities dominated by women have low levels of remuneration once in employment.
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Since the High Court’s establishment, women have come a long way – and a majority female bench will have significant implications.
Many hunter gatherers have a long history of egalitarianism.
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Not all human societies throughout history have been patriarchal.
Emma Alberici writes about the Fourth Estate with a combination of despondency, scorn and hope.
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Does a journalist’s gender matter if their job is to speak truth to power? It shouldn’t but until recently did. A new book, Through Her Eyes, tells the stories of our women foreign correspondents.
QAnon members participate in a protest against the counting of electoral votes in Washington, DC, which affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
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Women have assumed different roles in alt-right movements, including organizing protests, spreading misinformation and organizing militias.
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Gender equality was at the forefront of all discussions at the government’s jobs summit - but it was also a reminder there is still a long way to go.
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The evidence shows they are highly valued sources of support, connections and opportunities.
Thermal discomfort is just another reason employees may prefer to continue teleworking.
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Employers can foster equity in the workplace by relaxing current dress codes or providing employees with individual thermostat control and other means to improve their comfort.
Demonstrators gather in support of women’s rights and equal justice in Tunis in June 2022.
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Former president Bourguiba’s standing as father of Tunisian feminism has come under scrutiny.
Women lack emotional support as working academics
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The pandemic lockdown added a big teaching load; female academics also found themselves having to play more of a nurturing role.
Some women in Nigeria knowingly or unknowingly contribute to patriarchy.
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The Chrisland Schools incident shows how the media allows males to get away with actions that females cannot.
Women wait for food distribution to commence at the Government Girls Secondary School IDP camp in Monguno, Nigeria.
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Sexual violence against women and girls in Nigeria’s northeastern region persists because of the Nigerian government’s lax response to cases of sexual offences.
Crossbench MPs Kate Chaney, Zoe Daniels, Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall in the new parliament
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From Barbados to Finland, we’ve seen women’s leadership on climate bring fair, innovative and ambitious policies.
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Women entrepreneurs in Africa face challenges which make them additionally vulnerable to climate change.
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Our new research casts a harsh light on the realities of working in film and television.
Gwen Harwood (1920-1995).
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Two new books examine the life and legacy of an inspiring poet whose work resisted patriarchal constraints.
A new U.S. quarter shows Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools.
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As a women’s rights activist, Nina Otero-Warren fought for the right for women to vote in New Mexico. Now, her image is featured on the US quarter.
Heroic actions are often intuitive – even impulsive – rather than a product of thoughtful deliberation.
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Study after study has shown that men tend to be more willing to put themselves in harm’s way to help others. Why some men rise to the occasion – and others don’t – has been a bit trickier to pin down.
Ethiopian women at a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in the country’s southern region.
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In democratic contexts, getting women into work empowers them. In autocracies like Ethiopia’s, this doesn’t hold. We found out why.