Women resort to confidentially alerting co-workers, colleagues or classmates about harassment when they don’t trust the official channels for lodging complaints.
Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin has had to defend her diplomacy and her dancing.
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The app best known for kids sharing video clips of themselves singing and dancing has become a powerful tool for activists speaking out against repression in Iran.
An unidentified Naples woman is arrested on suspicion of being a ‘paymaster’ for one of the city’s Camorra clans, December 2017.
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In contrast to their depiction in most mafia films, women are an integral part of these groups with their own criminal knowledge and capacity for violence
For women to reach leadership positions, they need to be valued and recognized for their contributions, which may look different than those of their male colleagues.
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Feminine leadership encompasses aspects of ourselves that have been pushed aside within conventionally male-dominant spaces. Recentring them can foster leadership that is more inclusive.
Uncertainty about how long symptoms will last can be tough for women going through hormonal changes that come with menopause. Unfortunately, there isn’t a clear cut time frame.
A sign on Charlotte St., in Sackville, N.B. Women rarely come from places named after women, and the exceptions usually commemorate them differently than men.
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Long COVID impacts one in every five people who’ve had the virus. In the U.S., early research shows people of colour are most likely to develop long COVID. It has been called a mass-disabling event.
Fear about women’s power was an essential part of ancient anxiety about witchcraft.
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Pictures of women in war play a pivotal role in the battlefield of political ideas, argues a feminist historian who examines how images and attire are used and seen in war zones and occupied lands.
There are gender differences in who gets to speak and who interrupts on cable news discussions.
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An analysis of hundreds of thousands of interactions on cable news programs shows that women interrupt more often than men – and it may be because they also have to fight for equal airtime.
The ten-year National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children is proposing to align with Closing the Gap to address First Nations violence. This could work, but there are limitations.
Too many coaches seem to believe that physical and emotional abuse creates better athletes.
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The US National Women’s Soccer League was recently rocked by revelations of sexual abuse. But research shows that physical and verbal abuse is also disturbingly common in organized sports.