The association of female underclothes with fashion and seduction owes as much to the advertising and film industries as it does to technical innovation.
Many women in developing countries spend hours every day fetching water for their families. Reducing the burden of water work will improve their health and welfare.
Policies aimed at increasing workforce participation, childcare and early childhood development all have gender implications.
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The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is parity. World leaders take note.
The study found that the average total remuneration for female managers was equal to just the base salary for their male counterparts.
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Ask any young woman whether she feels embarrassed by her periods and she’ll likely deny it. Her grandmother might have hidden all evidence of “the curse” but not today’s liberated women. Right?
Topless women gather near Iceland’s parliament in 2015 for the Free the Nipple campaign.
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What is often overlooked in discussions about the sexual appeal of breasts is that they have not always been regarded as irresistibly attractive in all points in history and across all cultures.
Pregnant women in three Australian cities are not told that lead exposure during pregnancy is linked to miscarriage and early delivery.
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Parents in three Australian states are being given misleading advice about the dangers of lead to babies and small children – including failing to warn pregnant women about miscarriage risks.
Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley leaves a couple of stormtroopers on the sidelines.
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