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Estrogens also have many positive effects on mental health, cognitive function, libido and protection of the brain, possibly even slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Australia is now having a national conversation on domestic violence. Yet the way violence degrades women’s financial status remains in the shadows. Much more needs to be done.
Nakedness has long been employed as a gesture of defiance, highlighting the plight of the oppressed.
Coercive and controlling behaviour is a crime – police now need to join the dots to save women at threat from partners.
Women have always had to fight gender rules in order to gain power.
The prospect of a Trump presidency does not bode well for women in general and feminism in particular.
A fashion historian describes the controversial history of the pantsuit – and how Clinton transformed her signature ensemble into a rallying cry for female empowerment.
Making sexual assault seem normal or like no big deal can have profound effects on millions of victims.
Too much research focuses on “fixing women”, so let’s hear the male line on what needs to be done.
Over the next 20 years, one global strategy will help to shape our cities. Here’s what it says about women.
Do you feel as if the moderators keep asking the same questions of the presidential candidates? Our panel has some fresh ideas.
Most people have a very limited understanding of what engineers do – and we engineers don’t do a good job of expanding that view. But if we did, the benefits could be impressive.
Most studies on straight girls kissing focus on dorm rooms and dance floors. But one sociologist looks at the development of ‘sexual friendships’ among women previously ignored like single moms.
Encounters with Western countries continue to colour political discourses, including on gender in turbulent Syria. But women’s influence is more diverse and powerful than what is portrayed.
Women’s involvement in armed conflict in Peru and Colombia has a deep impact on societies. But peace processes and political aftermath rarely recognise their role.
Women’s privates have moved to the front and centre of popular entertainment. And they’re not always pretty.
We know how to prevent gender-based violence, and that we must respond to survivors’ needs. The challenge is in making it happen.
Same same but different.
Boosting growth could be as simple as getting more women into the workforce.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Professor of Law, University of York
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
