All three female contenders for the presidency of the ANC and South Africa have strong liberation struggle credentials and have also contributed to democracy. But, are they up to the job?
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The sounds and sights of Brazilian feminist funk.
The relevance of the female gaze is brought sharply into focus in this funny, shocking and groundbreaking drama
Jodie Whittaker will be the 13th, and first female, Doctor Who, an announcement that has been a long time coming.
The versatile, controversial piece of clothing has come to symbolise both the oppression of women and their empowerment.
Evidence shows fat-shaming health campaigns have little effect on promoting healthy lifestyles and weight loss among fat people.
By speaking their truths in societies that would rather not know, queer painters, female rappers and other outsider artists are pushing the bounds of gender and sexuality in the developing world.
Why is Cher, 71, celebrated when she wears a near-nude costume while Madonna, 58, receives revulsion? 19th century women’s magazines reveal how the double standards of beauty for older women came about.
The Rover begins with 17th-century playwright Aphra Behn inviting those who don’t like the idea of a female writer to fuck off, setting the tone for a hilarious and utterly relevant romp through Naples.
Tales of levitation tend to belie stark inequalities and various forms of violence (often upon women).
Canada is making a major commitment to foreign aid that will help girls and women. But will its new aid policy have the unintended consequence of shutting doors to other much-needed aid?
Only 10% of films have a gender-balanced cast, and getting more women on screens starts with the screenwriters. The solution can be as simple as giving minor characters female names.
Demilitarised female guerrillas in Colombia are hoping to spark a new women’s movement based in the FARC’s revolutionary ideals.
Research shows that married women tend not to relate as much to other women. This makes a big difference when a woman is on the ballot.
Women are disturbingly under-represented in Australian jazz, with relatively few female composers and instrumentalists. What’s holding them back? And what can be done about it?
Why haven’t feminists noted that the film is too Western and too white?
‘Well behaved women seldom make history,’ wrote historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and Revolt. She said. Revolt again. at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre takes the idea to its apocalyptic extremes.
India’s advertisements not only challenge but also reverse the dominant roles that Indian men assume with the women in their lives.
In a world where public avenues for violence are increasingly open to women, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman presents us with an ethical and feminist model of fighting femininity.
For thousands of years, tattoos have been indicative of the passage from girlhood to womanhood, of female power and female beauty.
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