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Socio-Cultural Norms, Systemic Gendered Discrimination, Violence Against Women and Girls

Why Can’t Women Escape Abusive Relationships?

Violence against women by their partners is prevalent in all countries, across different socio-economic classes. 1 in 3 women globally faces domestic violence. 1 in 5 women worldwide dies because…

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February 9, 2020
Equality Change Makers

Maya Vishwakarma: unraveling menstruation stigma in rural India

Maya Vishwakarma, popularly known as the “Padwoman Of India” is on a mission to promote menstrual hygiene and to fight against menstrual stigma in rural India. Her organization ‘Sukarma Foundation’…

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July 15, 2020
Discover Your True self, Empowering Women, Mental Health

Women’s Mental Health: There is No Shame in Caring About YOU Enough

Women’s mental health is a topic that is surrounded by stigmas and uncomfortable taboos. Mental health in general is something that is often taken for granted or is ignored completely.…

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July 17, 2021
Equality Change Makers, Violence Against Women and Girls

Lola Ibrahim: Gender Equality Activist and Founder of #StopTheCut Campaign

    Lola Ibrahim is a Registered Architect turned gender equality activist from Nigeria. Her organization, Wo-Men Against Violence and Exploitation [W.A.V.E] Foundation is committed to ending Female Genital Mutilation…

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December 19, 2021
Reproductive Rights and Justice

A Leap Backwards in Time

The Foreseen Horror  I remember once hearing a common urban myth. If you put a frog in boiling water, it would immediately leap out. However, if you placed that frog…

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July 3, 2022
Climate Justice, Mental Health

Impact Of Climate Change On Women’s Mental Health

  Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Climate change is not just changing our weather; its consequences are a daily reality for millions of people…

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February 22, 2022
Reproductive Rights and Justice

UK Abortion rights: The First Shots Fired

At a time when abortion rights are acutely under fire, it seems that the cowardly Conservative Party feels emboldened enough to reveal its true nature. That of an administration whose…

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August 7, 2022
Around The World, Violence Against Women and Girls

Indigenous Femicide: The Neglected Horror

Indigenous women in the USA and Canada face alarming femicide rates. These sixteen days of “Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” should serve to shine a spotlight upon the marked terror they…

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December 1, 2022
  • Feminism and the Advocacy of Women's Rights
    Empowering Women,  Male Engagement (You Too),  Systemic Gendered Discrimination

    Feminism and the Advocacy of Women’s Rights: Why Are these Relevant Today?

    Swagata Sen / September 21, 2022

    Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. The term “feminism” was first used in the late 19th century in association with…

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  • Öznur Değer, the feminist and Kurdish journalist is talking during the interview in a coffee in Ankara on 9th, November 2021
    Around The World

    The one Erdoğan Fears: the Kurdish and Feminist Journalist Öznur Değer

    Margaux Seigneur / December 22, 2021

    In front of me, a 23-year-old woman. With unflappable conviction, she proudly claims her Kurdish nationality and fervently defends her rights, her language, her culture, her origins in short. This woman is Öznur Değer, a Kurdish and feminist journalist working for the newspaper JinNews. She embodies everything Erdoğan and his government fear and despise the most. And…

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  • Handmaid’s Tale: Dystopian Future Or Existing Reality?
    Reproductive Rights and Justice,  Systemic Gendered Discrimination

    Handmaid’s Tale: Dystopian Future Or Existing Reality?

    Anri Abuladze / January 29, 2023

    Based on the 1985 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, the Handmaid’s Tale is an American TV series created by Bruce Miller. The Handmaid’s Tale depicts a dystopian future taking place in Gilead, a totalitarian state where patriarchal norms and misogyny are enforced to the highest degree possible. In Gilead’s society, handmaids are women who are…

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  • Fake Abortion Care
    Around The World,  Reproductive Rights and Justice

    Fake Abortion Care – an Issue That Extends Across the Pond and Calls for Global Action

    Kate Reger / December 4, 2022

    In virtually every part of the world, accessing abortion care is already complicated enough. When one of the biggest tech companies in the world sanctions misinformation on its platform, the task can go from complicated to dangerous. The Problem in the U.S. When one searches for “abortion clinics” on Google, some studies have found fake clinics…

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  • Indigenous Femicide: The Neglected Horror
    Around The World,  Violence Against Women and Girls

    Indigenous Femicide: The Neglected Horror

    Simrunjit Bans / December 1, 2022

    Indigenous women in the USA and Canada face alarming femicide rates. These sixteen days of “Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” should serve to shine a spotlight upon the marked terror they face. Recently, Wendy R. Sherman, the USA’s Deputy Secretary of State, made remarks for International Day of the Girl, which took place on October 11th, 2022,…

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  • Major Drivers of Femicide
    Violence Against Women and Girls

    Major Drivers of Femicide, A Global Pandemic

    Swagata Sen / November 25, 2022

    Femicide is the systematic killing of women and girls because of their gender. The word “femicide” was first coined in the 1970s by Diana Russell, and is defined as “the killing of women because they are women.” This definition includes all forms of gender-based violence against women, including domestic violence, honor killings, acid attacks, and forced marriage. It is…

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  • Death of Mahsa Amini: The World's Response
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    Death of Mahsa Amini: The World’s Response and Resistance

    Abi Richards / November 21, 2022

      On the 13th of September 2022, Mahsa Amini was arrested by morality police in Tehran, Iran, for not abiding by the state’s mandatory hijab law. On the 16th of September, Amini died after going into a coma in morality police custody. An Iranian coroner stated that Amini had underlying health conditions that led to her…

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  • Shivangi Singh, Founder of Drishtikona - Changing Perspectives
    Equality Change Makers

    How Shivangi Singh, Founder of Drishtikona – Changing Perspectives, is Creating A Gender-Equal World

    Malabika S. / November 13, 2022

      In a patriarchal world full of deep-rooted sexism and misogyny, it is essential to counter ignorance and misinformation with education. This is the mission with which Shivangi Singh started Drishtikona – Changing Perspectives – an NGO which is focused on providing gender education and sensitization to people from all socio-economic demographics.   The primary motivation…

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  • Infertility And Mental Health
    Mental Health

    Infertility And Mental Health – A Tangled Connection

    Chitrita Sengupta Chaki, Shreya Kaveri Ghosh / November 6, 2022

    In India, infertility is not just a physiological disease but also a societal stigma that leads to the development of severe mental health issues. People relate infertility with the bad karma of the women’s past life or blame it on her lifestyle including late night work, social drinking, wearing high heels, career orientation, being careless of…

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  • UK Abortion Rights
    Reproductive Rights and Justice

    UK Abortion Rights: A Win for Sanity and Humanity

    Simrunjit Bans / October 29, 2022

        House of Commons hands a major victory to pro-choice parties, passing an amendment establishing buffer zones outside abortion clinics in England and Wales.   While access to abortion services, free of harassment, abuse, and political and judicial nefarious interference, appears to be becoming a more difficult endeavor in nations across the globe, there are…

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  • IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON INEQUALITIES IN AFRICA.
    Around The World,  Climate Justice

    Impact Of Climate Change On Inequalities In Africa

    Emediong Akpabio, Asenath Mwithigah, Taofeekat Adigun / October 21, 2022

      A series of serious climatic crises have resulted from the relentless global warming attacks that have plagued Earth and its inhabitants over the past ten years. Human actions, particularly the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, have been linked to these attacks. As a result, between 2011 and 2020, greenhouse gas emissions reached…

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  • When will Men Stop Telling Women How to Dress?
    Empowering Women,  Systemic Gendered Discrimination

    From Iran to France: When will Men Stop Telling Women How to Dress?

    Swagata Sen / September 28, 2022

    The recent unrest and demonstration in Iran followed by the death of Mahsa Amini under the custody of moral police invoke the age-old debate on what and how women should wear. The 22-year-old woman was arrested by the moral police for allegedly violating the dress code for women. Be it the mandatory dress code in Iran,…

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