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The share of board seats held by women varies dramatically across the country, from none in Alaska to close to half in New Mexico. A few key policies may make all the difference.
Canadian women are under-represented in politics and are hesitant to run for office for myriad reasons. Here’s what needs to be done, especially at the municipal level, to get more women in office.
An all-women workforce used to weed Italy’s rice fields. And they left a powerful historical legacy.
On International Women’s Day, everyone can pledge to be an ally to women living with HIV and support their access to sexual health and sexual pleasure.
Research shows they face greater obstacles to election than their male counterparts, thus work harder and represent constituents better.
A combination of analysis and action is the most effective way to close the persistent gender wage gap.
If you feel threatened or confused by the #MeToo movement, try channelling your masculinist mystique.
Despite participation rates in women’s sport growing exponentially in recent years, the number of women in coaching positions has remained frustratingly stagnant.
Treatment for nervous exhaustion in the Victorian era could literally drive you mad.
Recently, many Indonesians have been bombarded with stories about the “pelakor”, a term popularly used to refer to a woman who is perceived as responsible for ruining a couple’s marriage).
Canada’s female scientists are superstars in their fields yet most Canadians have never heard of them. On International Day for Women in Science, it’s time to give them the recognition they deserve.
As Coco Chanel said: ‘You can be gorgeous at 30, charming at 40, and irresistible for the rest of your life.’
Not everyone won the vote in 1918, and not everyone is living their best life now.
Saudi Arabia is the most recent country to grant women the vote. Pakistan has some serious work to do. And Vatican City really needs to get with the programme.
Sylvia Pankhurst’s book is the dominant narrative of the time, but was she unfair to her sister Christabel?
BBC’s Call the Midwife is a celebration of working class women’s labour. In its frank, but sweet, discussion of childbirth, it has much in common with fairy tales.
Laws like Title IX are supposed to shield athletes from abuse. But lax enforcement allows sports organizations to protect perpetrators over athletes.
Compulsive spending is on the rise, here’s what you need to know.
Both female beauty icons posted ‘problematic’ tweets about the Israel-Palestine conflict in 2014. But they weren’t received the same way.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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