Women of color in public office often face great scrutiny and hostility. New research shows how France's first black female senators used their experience fighting Nazis to pass landmark legislation.
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Often referred to as the first modern lesbian, Anne Lister had a lot of political ambition.
How do we get get aroused? And how can this happen without noticing it? Do the sounds we make during sex mean anything? Could rats help us figure these questions out?
In some Nigerian universities, wealthy female students engage in trasnactional sex for pleasure, while those that needed financial support did it for the money.
The geographical proximity of grandmothers may have an effect on the number of children their daughters produce.
Women in Sudan have been resisting the controls placed on them for some time - by using their smart phones and social media to trade.
This is transcript of part four of the India Tomorrow series from The Anthill podcast, on women and gender politics in India.
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🎧 Part 4 of India Tomorrow digs into what life is like for women in India.
Any policies and interventions around water management can only really be successful if women are included.
Google's algorithms reflect bias against members of racialized and gendered groups.
From video games developed where players can "play" at raping women, to advertisements that sexualise women's bodies, men’s entitlement to women is just a given.
Could mothers be responsible for the gender gap? Or are other factors at play?
A psychologist unexpectedly realized that Obama's memoir 'Becoming' mirrors the life stages she's identified in a group of women she's been tracking since 1970.
Home visits as part of community-based schemes to women during and after pregnancy can improve the health of mothers and babies.
A new study examined how growing numbers of single women in one of the world's most expensive cities are contributing to its gentrification.
Despite a repressive legal system that puts men in charge of female relatives, women in Saudi Arabia also attend school, become lawyers, see friends and fight for their rights.
The early days of science writing were largely confined to men, with women treated to texts labelled "for the ladies". Things have changed, but more needs to be done.
And it needs to wholeheartedly attack the foundations of western philosophy.
Hundreds of thousands of women helped the Nazi cause. Few ever faced justice.
A combination of a deep-rooted patriarchal culture, conservative religious values and gender-insensitive law enforcement practices still deters Indonesian women from reporting rape.
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