Morocco football players celebrate with fans.
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African teams take the football world cup by storm.
There’s a difference between the fulfilling relationship mothers can have with their children and the patriarchal institution of motherhood.
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Being a mom can be heartbreaking, empowering, scary, fulfilling and everything in between.
A couple outside a police station on the river flats at Morgan, South Australia, c 1890.
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Police matrons in the 1800s opened the door for women to join the police force, yet most of us have never heard of them.
The progression of women in organizations is undermined by stereotypes and prejudices.
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To counter stereotypes and prejudices of women at work, we need to take a fresh look at leadership and encourage career-boosting mandates.
The film’s cast includes lesbian icon Kate McKinnon.
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Barbie has long functioned as a proxy onto which cultural aspirations and anxieties about womanhood are projected.
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The history of the goldfields too often focuses on men – but, as new Aussie TV series Gold Diggers gets right, the settlements were filled with women.
Do men post less often on social media because they fear being judged as effeminate?
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New research shows that frequent posters appear needy, which pushes up against the expectation that ‘real men’ be stoic and self-sufficient.
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Tara Calaby’s novel peeps into the interior lives of women in a 19th-century asylum and uses her historical imagination to generate new knowledge.
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Meanwhile, new research shows Australian women are turning their backs on news more than men, which has implications for the media industry.
Sarah Jane Rees was also known as Cranogwen.
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Cranogwen was a trailblazer who challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era.
Senior cabinet minister Megan Woods, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins prepare to deliver the May 18 budget.
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Budget 2023 included a ‘gender snapshot’ to account for the ways investment priorities affect women differently from men. More effective, efficient and equitable, it also makes good economic sense.
South Korean women protest against sexism and digital sex crimes, such as the making of pornography using hidden cameras.
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The South Korean government’s embrace of gendered citizenship has fueled the virulent gender war between men and women, with digital sex crimes used as ammunition.
Keri Russell plays a a nonpolitical straight shooter in a political role that she grudgingly accepts.
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Although the series perpetuates the stereotype that politically ambitious women can’t be trusted in high office, it thoughtfully portrays the ubiquity of everyday sexism in political culture.
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A Scottish pilot will see rape trials conducted without juries in what could set a dangerous precedent.
Jewish mothers have created ways to celebrate childbirth with rituals old and new.
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Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood.
An ancient Greek relief depicting a baby with its mother and grandmother.
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Greek epic poetry often uses mothers and wives to humanize its heroes, reminding listeners of the meaning of sacrifice.
Ad agencies developed distinct ads for the U.S. military to reach different demographics over the years.
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The US military’s switch to an all-volunteer force in 1973 led to a series of magazine ads that sought to portray military service as a way for women and people of color to move up in society.
Women in parts of the world are victims of slavery.
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The voices and actions of women who were enslaved reveal how oppression works and what made a difference to those exposed to it
You might want to make booze a thing of the past.
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Cutting down on alcohol consumption before pregnancy can benefit the health of both men, women and their baby.
Models wearing outfits that reflect traditional Chinese culture walk the runway during China’s International Fashion Week in March 2023.
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Contemporary beauty culture in China blends traditional Chinese culture with modern aesthetics and global influences.