Women Warriors: Sex, Violence, and the Media

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By Kelly Oliver   Women’s violence is given more media attention than men’s because of the connection between sex and violence in our cultural imaginary. Stereotypes...

The Good, The Bad, and The Rational

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By Deborah Heikes Enlightenment thinkers tell us “all men are created equal” while simultaneously owning slaves, disenfranchising women, and supporting colonialism. The article offers solutions...

Parity in Progress: A New Future for Women in Energy

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By Katie Mehnert Women’s rights have been front and centre in recent weeks, given the current political climate. But movement toward change has been brewing...

Women Leaders: The Gender Trap

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By Ginka Toegel and Jean-Louis Barsoux In cultivating their leadership style, women have to be conscious of which traits they cultivate and which ones they...
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How the Fear of Racial Dialogue Divides Us

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By Kupiri Ackerman-Barger Conversations about race have become more explosive and polarised – meaning that it is necessary to begin constructive interracial dialogue. For many,...

The Promotion of “Generational Equity” is a Divisive Pursuit

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By Jennie Bristow Dr. Jennie Bristow tackles the divisive and disruptive effects of focussing on generational differences and equity while highlighting that today’s youth are...

Hate Crime Laws Are a Form of Discrimination

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By James Jacobs In a hierarchy of victims, where do murdered police officers belong? The move to conceptualise attacks on police as hate crime is...

Develop a Robust Female Leadership Pipeline

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By Alexia Vernon In this article, Alexia Vernon provides actionable strategies for organisations to develop their next generation female leaders. Grounding her recommendations in research...

What Do We Know About Mass Shootings?

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By Frederic Lemieux In this article, the author examines key elements defining mass shootings and the evolution of definitions over time. The article also scrutinises...

WHY DO I LIVE HERE?: On Muslim youth growing up on the front lines...

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By Reva Jaffe Walter Denmark has some of the most restrictive immigration and refugee policies in Europe. Muslim youth are at the front lines of...

“Empowering Women Makes Economic Sense”

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Interview with James Zhan Foreign investment holds enormous potential for women’s empowerment through the creation of formal jobs and business linkages – and this is...

Gender Confessions and Postmodern Auto Da-Fé

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By Julian Vigo Transgender politics today function very similarly to auto da-fé where the subject must not only have something to confess, she is obligated...

Enduring Gender Inequality in Politics: Where to from here?

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By Emma Dalton Women political leaders are no longer anomalies. But gender parity in politics is still a long way off. This paper considers why...

Winning the Talent War in Emerging Markets: Women are the Answer

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By Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid As global companies try to harness the growth and possibilities of emerging markets, the extraordinary energy, ambition and...

Why Greater Gender Equality in Male-Dominated Sectors is Good For Women and Industry –...

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By Tessa Wright This article explores the working lives of women in manual and professional construction and transport occupations, finding that lesbians and heterosexual women...

Getting Women on to Corporate Boards: Consequences of the Norwegian Gender Balance Law

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By Morten Huse & Cathrine Seierstad A snowball has started to roll in Norway as a consequence of the introduction of a gender balance law....

Why is Gentrification so Gay?

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By Dana Collins What exactly does “gay” have to do with gentrification? Looking at a case study of gay urban community in a global South...
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Mass Shootings in the US Have Risen Sharply in 2020 – Why?

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By Craig Jackson Despite the US response to the coronavirus pandemic using sporadic stay-at-home orders and lockdowns, as at November 26 2020 there have been...

Delay and Deflect: How Women Gig Workers Respond to Sexual Harassment

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By Ning Ma and Dongwook Yoon These days, we use apps to order food, call ride-sharing vehicles, assign home improvement tasks and personal errands. But...

Confucian Culture and the International Trend of Legalising Same-Sex Marriage

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By Karen Lee   Steeped in centuries-old Confucian family order, China appears to be an unlikely place for same-sex marriage. A growing sense of activism, however,...
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The Olympics strive for political neutrality. So, how will they deal with surging athlete...

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By Dr. Michelle O’Shea, Dr. Daryl Adair, Hazel Maxwell, and Dr. Megan Stronach The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has long tried to insulate itself from...
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Why Outside Experts Are Worried About the Decline of LGBTI Rights in the UK

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By Peter Dunne Until recently, the UK was often praised as a global leader for protecting LGBTI people. Now, it is seen to be falling...

Women as Global Leaders: Challenges & Strategies for Getting to the Top

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By Susan R. Madsen and Faith Wambura Ngunjiri In this article, Susan R. Madsen and Faith Wambura Ngunjiri discuss the challenges facing women in global leadership...

Facing the Shadow of Colonialism in Trump’s America

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By Nozomi Hayase From Muslim bans to attacks on LGBTQ communities and immigrants, the Trump presidency is regressing civil society with a colonial hierarchy. In...
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Black Lives Matter in Jamaica: Debates about Colourism Follow Anger at Police Brutality

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By Henrice Altink Across the world, Black Lives Matter protests are continuing in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In the...
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Nobel Peace Prize 2023: Award for Iranian Women’s Rights Protester Highlights Fight Against Declining...

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By Leïla Choukroune  One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly, Narges Mohammadi...
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Tackling Racism in Football: from Silence to Speaking Out

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By Naz Ali Data released this year has highlighted the not-so-beautiful side of the beautiful game – bringing to the forefront, yet again, deeply rooted...
Financial Inclusion for Women

South Africa Needs to up its Game When it Comes to Financial Inclusion for...

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By Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo The financial gap between men and women is a global problem. It’s a problem because excluding women financially prevents them from participating...
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Afghan Women’s Lives Are Now in Danger from The Taliban – But They Have...

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By Jenevieve Mannell The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has undoubtedly put women’s lives in danger and threatened their human rights in new ways....
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Black Women Are at Greater Risk of Maternal Death in the UK – Here’s...

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By Ian James Kidd Black women are four times more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the latest figures...

Race and Caste: Worlds Apart But Closer Than You Think

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By Rajesh Sampath Combining historical knowledge and awareness of the present situation in America and India, one can deduce that racial and caste-based discrimination are...
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As COVID hit Kenya and South Africa, Race and Class Fears were Amplified on...

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By Dr Job Mwaura and Dr. Ufuoma Akpojivi It’s common in both Kenya and South Africa for there to be everyday conversations about inequalities in...
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What Do a Black Scientist, Nonprofit Executive and Filmmaker Have in Common? They All...

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By Adia Harvey Wingfield American workplaces talk a lot about diversity these days. In fact, you’d have a hard time finding a company that says...
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Britain’s Top Firms Failing Black Leaders

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Green Park's Annual Business Leaders Index Records no Black Chairs, CEOs or CFOs at FTSE 100 Companies for first time in six years. EMBARGOED TO...
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Psychological Effects of the Pandemic on Women

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By Lea Laue and Michael Palocz-Andresen Measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic largely brought public life to a standstill from mid-March 2020 around the world....
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Driving Positive Change for Women through Innovative Private Sector Investments

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By Neeti Katoch, Amanda Satterly and Anne Valko Celestino The growing popularity of gender lens investing is backed by evidence that investing in women makes...
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Expanding Gay Sex Pardons to Women Won’t Help Most Prosecuted Lesbians

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By Caroline Derry More than a decade after launching a scheme to disregard and pardon convictions for historic “gay sex” offences, the government has now announced the...

Women in Top Management: Broken Ladders and Human Rights

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By Dr. Karsten Jonsen Women are still tokens in the corporate C-suite. In fact, many countries have static levels of female participation in top management...

The Dark Plight of Immigrants in the Racist Era of Trump

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By Alvaro Huerta This essay argues that President Donald J. Trump represents an existential threat to immigrants in the United States. Trump’s immigration rhetoric and...
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Women in Boardrooms: After Ten Years of Equality Drives, It’s Time for Quotas

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By Keith Cuthbertson The push to more fairly represent women in UK boardrooms is making good progress, according to the final report of the independent Hampton-Alexander review....

Smashing the ‘Concrete Ceiling’: Black Women Are Still Missing From Corporate Leadership

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By Oludolapo Makinde While white women may speak of breaking through the “glass ceiling,” for many Black women, it’s more like a “concrete ceiling.” Black...
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Karen Connell: Elite Leadership in a Man’s World

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Karen Connell sits at the helm of one of the industry’s leading personal protection companies, Hunter Protection, an organisation she hopes will help to...
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Qatar’s Death Row and the Invisible Migrant Workforce Deemed Unworthy of Due Process

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By Jocelyn Hutton, Carolyn Hoyle, and Lucy Harry Qatari authorities are ignoring international law by failing to inform embassies when their citizens are arrested, detained...
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Cricket Racism Row: Dressing Room ‘Banter’ Leads to a Lack of Diverse Talent on...

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By Thomas Brown There’s a saying in cricket: “Strong Yorkshire, strong England”. It dates back to when many of the national men’s team originated from...
Fear of High-profile Influential Women Keeps Witch Hunts Alive (1)

Fear of High-profile Influential Women Keeps Witch Hunts Alive

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By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos Across New England, where witch trials occurred periodically from 1638 until 1725, women were accused and executed at vastly higher rates than...
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Asian American Experiences of Racism During COVID-19

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By Sumie Okazaki From  the earliest days of the COVID-19 global pandemic, there has been a surge of anti-Asian hostility directed toward Asian Americans, ranging...
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30 Years of LGBTQ+ History in Russia: From Decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘Extremist’ Status...

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By Sergey Katsuba In 2023, the “LGBTQ+ movement” in Russia was labelled as “extremist”. This marked the culmination of a troubling 30-year cycle from the...

Has the Time Come for Hong Kong to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage?

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By Dr. Karen Lee Three controversial bills which would allow gay citizens to marry and adopt are going through Taiwan’s legislative process will, if passed,...
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Heinz Junkermann – A Daughter’s Perspective

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Nicole Junkermann learnt about business at a young age. As a girl, she’d be taken into meetings by her father Heinz Junkermann and offered an insight...
Corporate ESG Programme

Designing a Corporate ESG Programme that Attracts, Nurtures, and Retains Women

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By Chaitra Vedullapalli Inclusion is the new kid on the block that every company interested in advancement is courting. And one of the best methods...
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Asian Pop Culture May be Trending, But so is Anti-Asian Racism and Discrimination

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By Katherine Lee From K-beauty to K-pop, Squid Game and Shang Chi, Asian pop culture is trending worldwide. Nancy Wang Yuen, a sociologist and author of Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors...
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Indian Women’s Struggle Against Sexual Violence has had Little Support from the Men in...

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By Severyna Magill Two recent instances of vicious sexual violence against ethnic minority women in the Indian state of Manipur involving gang rape and murder have highlighted...

Internalised Racism in a World Filled with Color: The Case of Yellow-on-Yellow Racism

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Racism has been in debate for so long, whether it actually exists, is justified or just downright play. However, in a world full of...
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More Innovation Can Creatively Destroy Firearm Violence

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By Dan Prud'homme We need more investment in two types of technologies that could dramatically reduce gun violence in America: better non-lethal arms and a...
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I Research How People Creatively Express ‘Queer Joy’ Online – Here Are Three Tips...

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By Alice Elizabeth Wilson I am part of a research group looking at queer joy and the ways it is expressed online. We’re trying to establish ways...

Perceived as Normal

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By Jean Halley and Amy Eshleman To be perceived as normal means to have power and privilege. Queer and feminist movements help us to see...
#MeToo Movement

5 Years After the #MeToo Movement: Positive Accomplishments

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The #MeToo movement started over ten years ago, aiming to spread a clear message to survivors of sexual harassment: you are not alone. However,...
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The Power of Women Entrepreneurs Across the World

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By Marybeth Gasman Women across the world sustain economies and innovation through entrepreneurship. More than 250 million women are entrepreneurs and over 150 million are...
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Multiracism: Why We Need to Pay Attention to the World’s Many Racisms

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By Alastair Bonnett Racism is being called out across the world – and not just in the usual places. The word “racism” has been taken...
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Women’s World Cup: Five Issues Holding Back the Female Game

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By Beth Fielding-Lloyd and Lindsey Mean The 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup is probably the most highly-anticipated women’s football tournament ever. Part of this hype...

How Women Leaders Build Careers They Thrive In

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By Christie Hunter Arscott and Lauren Noël Early career women understand that building a career and life they thrive in is no small feat. Instead,...
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Black Girls are 4.19 Times More Likely to Get Suspended than White Girls –...

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By Andrea Joseph-McCatty Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions...

Race Against Race

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From the Editors Dubois said that the enduring problem of the 20th Century would be race. He probably meant that the enduring problem for the...
Books About Women Empowerment

Influential Books About Women Empowerment and Being Your Own Boss

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Since the 1700s to the 2010s, there has been a steady and healthy abundance of fictional, theoretical, and critical literary works all revolving around...
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The Wall Street Journal, Economist and Financial Times All Now Have Female Editors –...

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By Heather McGregor February 1 was a date to celebrate for women in business everywhere. It happened to be the day that water group Severn...

Ancient Amazons: Warrior Women in Myth and History

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By Adrienne Mayor In Greek myth, Amazons were fierce women of exotic lands who gloried in hunting and war. The greatest Greek heroes, Heracles and...

Gender Diversity in the Boardroom: Finding an Optimal Level?

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By Won-Yong Oh, Loren Falkenberg, and Jim Dewald There has been an increase in the number of women serving on boards. Today, everyone talks about...
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How We Should Talk about Racial Disparities

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By Natalie Spievack and Cameron Okeke Many 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have emphasized the role of historical and contemporary discrimination in creating and perpetuating disparities...
Closing the Gap The Journey of Women's Football Wages

Closing the Gap: The Journey of Women’s Football Wages

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In recent years, the landscape of women's football has undergone a remarkable transformation, marked not only by the surging popularity of the sport but...

How Olympic Sexism Is Harming Young Girls

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By Michael Kimmel 6 in 10 girls stop doing what they love because they feel badly about their looks. These stats can’t continue if...
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Anti-Asian racism during coronavirus: How the language of disease produces hate and violence

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By Paula Larsson Self-isolation. Quaratine. Lockdown. The outbreak of COVID-19 and its subsequent dissemination across the globe has left a shock wave of disbelief and confusion...
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Supreme Court to revisit LGBTQ rights – This Time with A Wedding Website Designer,...

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By Charles J. Russo A simmering, difficult, and timely question returns to the Supreme Court this fall: What happens when freedom of speech and civil...

Why Gender Inequality Persists

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By Mary Evans Gender inequality persists throughout the world. Even if the forms of that inequality differ from those of the past, there are still...
Workplace Integration and Gender Attitudes

Workplace Integration and Gender Attitudes

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By Gordon B. Dahl, Andreas Kotsadam and Dan-Olof Rooth Women make up close to half of the labor force in most developed countries, yet occupational...
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When Employers Reward ‘Ideal’ Workers, Gender Equality Suffers

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By Shireen Kanji  UK deputy prime minister Dominic Raab recently resigned following the publication of a report into workplace complaints about his conduct, including bullying...

“Comfort Women” and History

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By Dan Steinbock Empirical evidence for the truth-seeking rationale for freedom of expression – the assertion that truth prevails in a free marketplace of ideas...
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Afghan Women Have a Long History of Taking Leadership and Fighting for Their Rights

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By Wazhmah Osman and Helena Zeweri Ever since the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan, the question in much of the Western media has been, “What will happen...
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Women’s Sexual Desire Often Goes Undiscussed – Yet It’s One of Their Most Common...

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By Áine Aventin Female sexual desire is frequently misunderstood. Despite desire (also known as libido or sex drive) being the most common sexual health concern for women,...
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Who is Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for vice president?

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By Bryan Cranston Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has announced Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 election — the first woman of colour to...
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Six Misunderstood Concepts About Diversity in the Workplace and Why They Matter

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By Ciarán McFadden Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a sensitive topic. People are afraid to get things wrong or to use the wrong...

Strengthening Access to Finance for Women in Asia: A Catalyst for Empowerment

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By Alexander Ayertey Odonkor  Providing affordable financial services to women in Asia is an indispensable requirement to the economic empowerment of women in the region. The...
Why Menstrual Leave Could Be Bad for Women

Why Menstrual Leave Could Be Bad for Women

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By Sally King Spain recently adopted a menstrual leave policy, which makes additional (paid or unpaid) days off work available to “only and all cisgender women”. It’s...

Dogged by Charges of Racism Where is Trump’s Concern for American Workers?

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By Kim Petersen Hillary Clinton described half of Donald Trump’s base as “deplorables” holding racist attitudes. Indeed, many of Trump’s policies do negatively target people...
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Plus Size Fashion: Capitalistic Feminism or Empowerment?

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Imagine you’re a woman trying on clothes in the dressing room. Suddenly the zipper won’t close. The jeans won’t fit. You feel yourself squeezing...
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‘Dirty Red’: How Periods Have Been Stigmatised Through History to the Modern Day

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By Rachael Gillibrand About a year ago, at a friend’s wedding, a fellow guest asked whether I knew that modern sanitary towels owe their origins...

Is a New Wave of Covid-Fascism Invading Europe?

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By Peter Koenig German Doctor, Co-founder of ACU - German Extra-Parliamentary Commission for (Covid) Investigation, Arrested - and Swiss Parliament extending the Swiss Covid Emergency...

Forget the Ideal Worker Myth. Unis Need to Become More Inclusive for All Women...

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By Leisa Sargent and Eileen Baldry Movements like #metoo and #blacklivesmatter have increased voice and visibility of gender and race disparities in society and, in particular, workplaces. That includes universities....

A Change Must Come: Race and Reform in Workplace Law

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By Phillis H. Rambsy  Racial minorities seeking legal recourse for racial discrimination in the workplace often find that, if the law offers any remedies at all,...
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Playing Genocide Politics: The Zenz-Xinjiang Case

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By Dr Dan Steinbock Recently, the Trump and Biden administrations have initiated a genocide case against China. Like during the Cold War, some European leaders...
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Tina Turner: An Immense Talent with a Voice and Back Catalogue That Unites Disparate...

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By Freya Jarman On a few rare occasions (often at the end of a night), I’ve confided to my friends that Tina Turner was one...

Cyber Racism and What Can Be Learnt from Australia

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By Andrew Jakubowicz Cyber racism has become a widely recognised scourge of the Internet, interacting with violent radicalisation and cyber bullying to make the worldwide...
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To Engage LGBTQ+ People In Data Collection, We Need To Look At Its Harmful...

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By Kevin Guyan In the 1950s, the UK government formed a committee to investigate fears of a homosexual “problem” in Britain. This was partly...
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Being the Main Breadwinner Didn’t Necessarily Keep Married Mums in Work During the Pandemic

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By Leah Ruppanner, Caitlyn Collins, Liana Christin Landivar, and William Scarborough In the toughest days of the pandemic, many dual-income families made the difficult choice...
Religion, race and nationality

Religion, race and nationality – what are our prejudices and how can we overcome...

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By Dr Julian Hargreaves What do you think of your neighbours? And what do they think of you? Concerns around increasing division and polarisation...
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Guilt, Shame, Dissatisfaction: Workers and Customers on the Gig Economy (and how to make...

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By David Bissell The gig economy is in trouble. Rideshare drivers are cancelling in droves. Wait times for food delivery are ballooning out and driver shortages are leading...

Deconstructing And Dismantling The Rape Culture In India

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By Parul Verma   Since the post-colonial era, India has witnessed a history of sexual assault, molestation, rape and violence against its women. On the rise...
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Gender washing: seven kinds of marketing hypocrisy about empowering women

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By Rosie Walters At a time of so much focus on how women are held back and treated unfairly, corporations spend multiple millions telling us...
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Adenomyosis: From Symptoms to Treatment, Two Women’s Health Experts Explain This Little Known Condition

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By Jen and Nura BBC presenter Naga Munchetty recently revealed that she suffers from adenomyosis, a chronic condition that affects the uterus. She spoke of how her pain...

It’s Our Economy Too: Gender Equality Is Not A Luxury To Be Abandoned In...

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By Charlotte O’Brien In spite of high profile commitments, progress on gender equality has stalled in the EU. Dr Charlotte O’Brien argues that male-dominated institutions...

How the EDGE Business Certification for Gender Equality is a Game Changer for Business...

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By Aniela Unguresan The achievement of gender equality in the workplace will improve culture, behaviours, profitability and productivity. Globally women generate 37% of global GDP...

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