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Gender Equality Begins At Home : A Personal Reflection
As a mother of a boy and a girl, I was very conscious about never imposing social gender norms and stereotypes on my children. It was primarily because of my own childhood…
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Laid Off? Don’t Miss This Opportunity To Grow
Being laid off in the middle of an economic and public health crisis is probably one of the most difficult experiences one can go through. While it’s understandable that after losing a job…
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Importance of Introducing Gender Education In Early Childhood
Thanks to the increasing number of feminist movements and activism, globally women’s rights and equality have started gaining momentum over the last three decades. Women’s empowerment, now, is an important developmental agenda in…
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COVID 19 pandemic : Unseen Impacts on Women
As the COVID 19 pandemic continues to disrupt lives around the world, most of the countries have enforced some form of lockdown or shelter-in-place to prevent the infection outbreak. Experts have predicted…
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Why so many women do not work in India?
According to the Global Gender Gap report 2020 by the World Economic Forum, India has one of the widest gaps in women’s economic participation and opportunities. India ranks 145th out of 153…
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Why it’s so Hard to Escape an Abusive Relation?
Violence against women by their partners is prevalent in all countries, across different socio-economic classes. “An estimated 87,000 women who were intentionally killed in 2017 globally, more than half (50,000- 58 per…
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Objectification and Exploitation of Girls and Women by the Mass Media and the Social Media
. Objectification of Women by the Mass Media From the early nineteenth century, in television, films, printed and television commercials, and music videos, sexual objectification, and exploitation of women became an increasingly growing…
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Patrilocality: Roots of Gender Discrimination in Many Countries
What is Patrilocality? In Patrilocal societies, women move to their husbands’ house and co-reside with husbands’ parents after marriage. Patrilocality is associated with gender gaps in personal autonomy, decision making, education, health, and…
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Gender Discrimination in Access and Consumption of Food Across Cultures
Equal access to food and nutrition is one of the core human rights. Yet, in several cultures across the world, women do not have equal access to food. There are strange taboos…
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Male guardianship in Saudi Arabia
What is the male guardianship rule? Women in Saudi Arabia, irrespective of their age, education or employment status, must have a male guardian, typically a father, brother, husband or uncle…
