Economy
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Personhood For Women: Is this Personal Enough?
By Soraya Chemaly Melissa McEwan recently started a Personhood for Women petition suggesting that “a person identifying as a woman and/or having a uterus shall retain all of the full,...
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Women Experiencing Discrimination in Agricultural Industry
Women around the world are doing incredible amounts of labor-intensive work to ensure their own survival and the survival of their families. The opportunity to...
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Can Black Feminism Be (Quantified)?: A State/ment (Part 1 of 4)
“Contemporary Black feminism is the outgrowth of countless generations of personal sacrifice, militancy and work by our mothers and sisters.” “We have found it difficult...
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Mental Health and Illness: A Forum
Psychological issues permeate and are affected by many aspects of our society – including gender, race, sexuality, class, age, nationality, culture, language, identity, education, religion,...
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Brazil to fine companies for paying women less than men for same work
Brazil’s Congress passed a bill imposing fines on companies paying women lower wages than men for the same work. The measure approved Tuesday is expected to be...
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Becoming an Activist
By Lizeth Lopez Butterflies flutter around me as I feel the soft winds playing with my hair, the scent of spring flowers blooming surround me,...
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Undocumented and Unafraid
By Janeth Silva Each morning as I enter the prison-like gates of Gardena High School, I see our dean, Mr. Sieslove, with his metal detector...
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Brazil's Petrobras names first female CEO
Maria das Gracas Foster has been named the head CEO of Latin America‘s largest firm, the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. Foster is a veteran of Petrobras and...
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EU Eyes Quotas for Women on Company Boards
The European Union is moving closer to introducing mandatory quotas for the number of women on company boards after businesses failed to make sufficient progress...
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Formal Apology for 150,000 Australian Women Forced to Give Up Newborn Babies
Following an 18-month inquiry, a parliamentary committee in Australia recommended that 150,000 women should receive a formal apology for actions committed against them during the...
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Portuguese Seeking Opportunities In Former Colonies
Portugal is burdened with such big debts that some are calling it “the next Greece.” Unemployment is soaring, and the debt continues to rise, despite...
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Air Pollution Linked to Heart and Brain Risks
The impact of pollution on the heart and brain was seen over both the short and the long term. One nationwide study that followed nearly 20,000 women...
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Observations on "Austerity" from a Greek Feminist
By Sotiria Theoharis The economic “doom and gloom” in Greece is no accident, and it affects women disproportionately. Imagine being trapped by an evil financial...