Around The World
This is a space to create awareness and to educate people about gender inequality, gender discrimination, and violence against women – issues which violate the rights of women and girls around the world. Our aim is to to provide resources and to build a support system for everyone fighting against gender discrimination . We publish articles and posts on social and cultural issues related to gender discrimination, gender based violence and systemic oppression against women. We are here to extend our support and guidance to you to be a change maker in the society.
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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 women choose to live with abusive partners..
Violence against women is prevalent all over the world, across different socio-economic classes. “An estimated 87,000 women who were intentionally killed in 2017 globally, more than half (50,000- 58 per cent)…
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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…
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Systemic Gender Discrimination Across the World
Women in many parts of the world still have a very little or no choices on their own lives. Historically, no country in the world had similar rights for men and women…
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In Search of a Safer Place for Women
Last June, soon after coming to the United States, I joined a non-profit Organization, Rape Trauma Services, for a training to help and support the survivors of sexual assaults. This training and the…
