After an Indian politician disparaged a woman for her lack of morals because she was wearing ripped jeans, an online protest erupted, reviving the original protest-culture of the ripped jean.
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Women – Analysis and Comment
A Liberal male staffer masturbating on a female MP’s desk is merely a symptom of something very wrong in the Liberal Party’s attitudes to women, not the sum total of it.
If we are to transform the culture of Canadian political institutions, we must take immediate, deliberate and intentional action by engaging more women, BIPOC and marginalized people.
Across 29 countries, there are wide disparities between how women feel about going out alone and how men feel.
Clearly intended as a rhetorical device to highlight constraints on women’s lives, the Green Party peer faced an extraordinary backlash.
Though initial reactions towards abortion were negative, there were displays of understanding and empathy when discussing why women have abortions.
In Nigeria, the unmarried, the unemployed, the less educated and those from the northern parts of the country were most susceptible to psychological challenges associated with COVID-19 lockdown.
Anthropologists believed that before the implementation of agriculture, men hunted and women gathered, but new evidence suggests that this might not have been the case.
Gender equality doesn’t top any country’s international agenda – yet. But ever more countries, including the US, are starting to discern that women’s rights really are human rights.
Today, beer is marketed to men and the industry is run by men. It wasn’t always that way.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as the first woman and the first African director general of the World Trade Organisation is a win for women globally.
Research shows that when one country – particularly a powerful one – puts more women in power, other nations tend to follow suit.
While having to carry the added burdens and responsibilities of working from home, Indonesian female academics are also sidelined by policies in universities.
High quality antenatal care can improve maternal health in West and Central Africa by identifying and addressing underlying problems that can cause pregnancy complications.
A new study found that while becoming a father gave men more leadership opportunities, becoming a mother diminished them for women.
COVID-19 has led to a sharp rise in inquiries at some of London’s largest fertility clinics.
Most of those incarcerated in mid-20th century Ireland were held in psychiatric hospitals, which have kept their secrets until today. This must change.
Living in societies with gender bias can harm women’s health.
50 years ago Art News published Linda Nochlin’s essay, Why have there been no great women artists? It would change how we see art and its institutions, and still reverberates today.
Female office workers have faced a growing burden during the pandemic.
In 2020, the #MeToo movement caused ripples in Turkey and Iran, renewing attention to gender-based violence and sexual assault.
Three women of color with Ph.D.s weigh in on their experience being in the academic field.
The pandemic will affect types of care and social beliefs about reproduction in the longer term.
Women’s leadership reached new heights this year, just as the Coalition’s gendered policy response to the pandemic set women back across the board.
Women are testing positive at a higher rate than men and women, they have a greater social and economic vulnerability, particularly during lockdown, with working-age being the most affected.