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A scholar explains why the players are having so much trouble with their equal pay claim.
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit women hard, in particular amplifying gender gaps. Yet women have also proved that their contributions – on the front lines and leadership positions – are invaluable.
On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, women’s historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country debates who should vote and how.
With healthcare facilities burned by the Covid-19 pandemic, some countries have eased access to the “abortion pills” mifepristone and misoprostol (RU-486), a change that could signal a long-term shift.
Seven states are moving to ban abortions, along with other ‘elective’ medical services, during the coronavirus crisis. But delaying or denying abortions can do serious health and financial harm.
A round-the-clock strike of Muslim women in a working-class neighborhood of Delhi is India’s most enduring pocket of resistance to religious discrimination, inequality and gender violence.
In countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, it’s now official policy that women should go to college and work outside the home. But cultural pressure to marry and have kids remains strong.
The conflict between Iran and the US has gone on for decades. A scholar of social movements in Iran asks why the US has consistently failed to support that country’s activist reform movements.
When you play ‘devil’s advocate’, you minimise the problem.
In 1911, lesbians led the nation’s largest feminist organization. They promoted a diverse and inclusive women’s rights movement.
A power-sharing agreement that shares power between Lebanon’s different sectarian communities is no longer fit for purpose.
Access to early medical abortion is an important part of women’s sexual and reproductive health care. Yet often country GPs don’t offer this service.
Westminster has pushed Northern Ireland to fall into line with the rest of the UK when it comes to women’s reproductive rights and marriage for same-sex couples.
What it means to be a good teacher has changed over time, along with prevailing views on what constitutes appropriate behavior.
Kurdish women have fought on the front lines of military battles since the 19th century. A scholar explains the origins of Kurdistan’s relative gender equality in a mostly conservative Muslim region.
The sequel to Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic provides an apt moment to consider attacks on women’s rights across the world.
The Victorian parliament should delay its vote on the birth certificate reform bill to allow more consultation with women’s groups and to assess the potential impact on single-sex spaces.
In the US, women politicians from minority communities have become the leading faces of a new generation of politicians – one that will drive the 2020 elections.
Women in Mexico are lashing out against rampant sexual violence, police abuse and policies that hurt working mothers.
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Agnes Scott College
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Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, Concordia University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University
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Ph.D candidate, INSPIRE Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Sciences Po
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Law, University of Bristol
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Professor, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah
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Dean of Programs, EM Lyon Business School
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Reader in Law, Cardiff University
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Director, Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World, Lebanese American University
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