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Women – Analysis and Comment
How a journalist from Nebraska chased the ‘Soviet dream’ all the way to Russia, only to be expelled on accusations of espionage.
With better access to energy, women in developing nations could spend more time working or in school. But Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s claim that fossil fuels improve women’s lives misses the mark.
In stories about the Pacific War and the Kokoda Track, women’s stories were often overlooked, but they provide an important perspective on a pivotal moment in history.
Five food experts peer under the bread to plumb the histories of the country’s unique sandwiches, from favorites like tuna fish to lesser-known fare like the woodcock.
The mere existence of mechanisms to report incidents at work is not enough – whistleblowers have to believe they’ll be believed.
Thousands of women have shared their experiences of sexual abuse. But, unlike the consciousness raising activities of 1970s feminists, hashtag activism suffers in a space dominated by men.
A new government program will create 10,000 work placements for undergraduates in only business and STEM subjects. Why not fund students to innovate in the social sector too?
Why do roboticists dream of electric women?
While many people may see the term “fag hag” a slur, women have long been allies of gay men, and it now might be time to reclaim the word.
“Gritty,” “authentic” are words of praise often used for TV director David Simon: No less so with The Deuce, his new series about the rise of the porn industry in New York City in the 1970s.
We can expect to see a rise in part-time employed people using second jobs as a solution to insufficient hours in their main job.
Voting on this issue is a matter of conscience, so the MP’s view that women shouldn’t be allowed to terminate pregnancies, even when they’ve been raped, is very relevant to the rest of society.
Nuns offer a unique insight into how work is divided between the sexes and rewarded accordingly.
Female friendly sex shops have all but replaced the seedy ‘backstreet’ store. But the normalisation of sexual consumption for women isn’t always experienced positively.
What are the implications of the ‘instant divorce’ ban in India? Will it provoke a wider re-evaluation of India’s Muslim family laws, that affect millions of women?
Two plays about the way men and women talk about each other with their own are both illuminating and disappointing
A fly scientist ponders the genetics of bananas and dwarves, women and love in reviews of his favourite fiction and non-fiction books.
Dame Roma Mitchell is remembered as Australia’s first female judge. But Queenslander May Lahey beat her to the punch when she became a judge in Los Angeles in 1928. Her lack of recognition is symptomatic of how Australia remembers expats, particularly women.
Even after years of federal and state laws making discrimination illegal, implicit bias still leads to actual economic harm for women.
The pictures we see of women in sport have changed, but that might not be enough
Women have long been the targets of police violence as well as men.
A personal account by a researcher investigating the root cause of sexual violence against women in India.
Research laboratories are dominated by men, and that’s not only bad for lab culture, it can be dangerous for science.
The weakening of collective rights and employment protections has harmed the relative position of women in ways that have offset gains through changing values and individual rights.