A new book illuminates the bold lives of Australian women journalists between 1860 and the end of Word War II – a time when female reporters were ‘almost unheard of’.
Marina Benjamin’s essays investigate the social and philosophical dimensions of housework and ‘femininity’. Maxine Fei-Chung’s book gives an often-harrowing account of eight women who struggle.
A scale model of a statue dedicated to Lady Rhondda has been revealed by the sculptor, Jane Robbins.
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Women are severely underrepresented in tech. Strength in numbers – communities for women and women mentoring women – can counter tech’s sexist culture and help retain women in the field.
Women around the world have adjusted to new working realities after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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My research suggests City firms’ efforts to deliver more equal representation at the top have not worked because they were never meant to.
The medical school of Salerno as it appears in a miniature of Avicenna’s Canon. The image represents the legendary story of Robert, Duke of Normandy. Mortally wounded by an arrow, he was heroically saved by his wife who sucked out the poison as prescribed by the physicians of Salerno.
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During the Middle Ages, women were steadily excluded from both the practice and the study of medicine by an overwhelmingly male-dominated, institutional and hierarchical system.
Britain is now desperately short of workers in some sectors. Yet our interviews with 100 women aged 50 and over show how hard it is for them to find secure employment
Women are more likely to take fluid approach with their sexuality.
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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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