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Many women played a role in the Home Guard, despite the fact that they weren’t strictly supposed to.
Women are more likely to claim in-work benefits so they’re more likely to have their movement restricted by the UK’s EU renegotiation.
Research shows that women are especially drawn to gay men in certain contexts.
Ask any young woman whether she feels embarrassed by her periods and she’ll likely deny it. Her grandmother might have hidden all evidence of “the curse” but not today’s liberated women. Right?
What is often overlooked in discussions about the sexual appeal of breasts is that they have not always been regarded as irresistibly attractive in all points in history and across all cultures.
Parents in three Australian states are being given misleading advice about the dangers of lead to babies and small children – including failing to warn pregnant women about miscarriage risks.
Rey, Leia and Captain Phasma prove this film is light years ahead of the gender equality curve.
Including more women in international climate negotiations will lead to better results. Here are 15 climate champions already making a difference.
It may oversimplify the issue but at least a new video animation on consent isn’t victim blaming.
Women in countries with better access to policies like paid leave and subsidized child care are more likely to start a business oriented toward growth and job creation.
Every Bond film since the 1970s has promised to revolutionise the Bond girl and bring something new to the table. They haven’t yet.
Climate change isn’t gender-neutral. The effects are likely to hit the world’s poorest women hardest of all, because they are more likely to lack the resources to escape natural disasters or disease.
Momentum for reform to end domestic violence should not stop at the most dramatic expressions of abuse. Economic abuse can also contribute to a lifetime of struggle for women.
Fanfiction is nebulous, confusing and often mocked. It’s also explosively popular. So what is it?
Women can still be sent to prison for life for getting a termination. It’s high time this archaic law was overturned.
Studio heads are hesitant to give a woman the reins of a late night show. Are they pandering to their target audiences?
African women have had to explain themselves to a world that does not seem to understand them.
If we are to write woman into the history of humanity, we need to listen to those who aren’t ‘exceptional’; those whose voices are harder to access.
Depictions of women bullying women are a mainstay of reality television shows, just as reports of Twitter fights between female celebrities are regular tabloid fare. It’s a phenomenon with a long history.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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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 of History, Macquarie University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Professor of Law, University of York
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