Wollstonecraft was ridiculed in her time for the idea that women should be treated as fully fledged beings.
This year, the Canadian government’s theme for International Women’s Day is ‘Every Woman Counts.’ But how does this message translate into action?
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Days of international observance recognize challenges facing marginalized groups or society as a whole, draw attention to them and create unity and mobilization around those problems.
A scale model of a statue dedicated to Lady Rhondda has been revealed by the sculptor, Jane Robbins.
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The Qatar World Cup has attracted criticism of the country’s human rights. With Australia set to host the women’s world cup next year, there’s some work we need to do in this area, too.
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Qatari law underpins a patriarchal and misogynistic system. The discrimination women, including female football fans, face contravenes international human rights.
Kate Cocks, South Australia’s first policewoman, was no saint – but she helped solve major crimes including the poisoning of children, abortion rackets and drug smuggling.
Glasgow’s harbour on the River Clyde was an artery of the industrial revolution.
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Women in the textile factories of 19th-century Glasgow faced terrible working conditions. In fighting for their rights, they prepared the ground for feminists today.
A placard with a picture of Mahsa Amini, whose death while being detained by Iran’s morality police has ignited a wave of protests across the country.
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Iranian women have a long history of campaigning for their rights. The latest protests bring together a host of religious and gender groups suppressed by the country’s clerical regime.
Iranian newspaper headlines about the protests that started with death of Mahsa Amini.
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The U.S. Antarctic Program struggles to keep women safe – and through the continent’s history, discrimination and prejudice are rampant.
In this Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, photo obtained by The Associated Press, a police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country’s conservative dress code in downtown Tehran, Iran.
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Women have long demanded change in Iran. In the aftermath of the death of a woman for a hijab violation, women protesters may be leading their country to a freer and more just society.
The ‘othering’ of women through misogyny, racism and sexism in scholarship has had, and continues to have, serious consequences on women’s lives.
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Women’s studies programs should continue to be supported to ensure the fight for women’s rights are not reversed or forgotten.
President of the Married Women’s Association Edith Summerskill MP (left) and three other MPs deliver a petition supporting equal pay for women to the House of Commons in March 1954.
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These pioneering women were opposed in their day and have long been ignored by history. UK Family law, however, still attests to the influence they wrought.