Jacqueline O’Neill, Canada’s ambassador for Women, Peace and Security, appears before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in November 2023.
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The recent release of Canada’s third National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security highlights challenges and opportunities that go far beyond the ‘add women and stir’ approach.
Roxanne Tickle.
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For the first time since gender identity was added to the Sex Discrimination Act, it’s being tested in court. At its heart, the case looks at the rights and recognition of transgender people.
Girls carry a dying sheep in the Cconchaccota community of the Apurimac region of Peru as more than 3,000 communities in the central and southern Andes experience its driest period in half a century in November 2022.
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Girls bear the brunt of the climate crisis. It’s time we bring them to the centre of international climate policy.
A group of witches offering wax effigies to the Devil in a 17th-century woodcut.
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Only five witches were executed in Wales, while thousands were sentenced to death in Scotland and England.
Not famously laid-back.
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Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. Here’s one reason they should reconsider.
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Can eating lots of pineapple change the smell and taste of the vulva and vagina? An expert examines the latest fruity vaginal health hack.
Eve – Lucas Cranach the Elder (c.1510)
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The story of human evolution is inextricable from the story of gynaecology.
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No one seems to be taught about the function of periods. It’s time to take menstrual literacy seriously.
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Men and women often drink alcohol differently. This is especially the case for women who juggle both paid work and motherhood.
Britain’s first female F1 racing driver (and former Olympic skiier), Divina Galica.
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Only five female racing drivers have ever entered a world championship grand prix – of whom just two qualified and raced.
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I recently visited four historic houses in Victoria that are open to the public to get a better understanding of women who worked from home.
Women spinning and socialising. From Augustine’s La Cité de Dieu.
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The Distaff Gospels is a collection of advice around pregnancy, childbirth and health. It was shared between French women while spinning flax.
Immigrant women disproportionately work caring for children, elderly adults and people living with disabilities. At the same time, immigrant care workers earn low incomes and experience precarious employment.
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Research shows a classed and racialized divide among women caring for their children in Canada today. It’s a divide that is having a negative financial impact on immigrant women doing this work.
Women are just as interested in opportunities for advancement as men are. However, they find them less attainable because of their busy schedules.
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Women are increasingly present in top management positions, but they end up in so-called support functions, which rarely lead to CEO positions.
Polluting cooking fuels are still preferred in parts of Africa.
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Dust and traffic pollution add to the health hazard posed by some cooking fuels.
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Taiwan’s presidential candidates failed to address women’s interests and resonate with women voters.
Mothers play an outsized role in the formation of their daughters’ dietary habits.
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Adopting healthy behaviors and thought patterns around food and nutrition takes time and intentional effort. But it will lead to more lasting change and positive outcomes than quick-fix dieting will.
The front cover of the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Annual Report on Ethiopia.
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Donkeys provide vital support to women but their lives are often cut short.
Family caregivers may be less likely to turn to others when they need their own support.
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Family caregivers who have stronger support networks and positive communication with loved ones tend to be more resilient.
Shaming women for enjoying anal sex is damaging to their health, wellbeing and sexual autonomy.
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The stigma around anal sex is damaging for women – and diminishes their sexual autonomy