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Ever wondered what fate might await a woman in Pakistan's Taliban infested area if she played squash -- or any other sport for that matter? Stoning? Flogging? Beheading? Maybe! But [...]
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Media craves news that attracts huge audiences and breaking news seems to be an indispensible part of every news channel. Reports having to do with women are always attention-grabbing, whether [...]
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I believe that cultural patterns of 'woman's work' are changing and that this change is having a marked effect on the economy itself. While researching this, I talked to two [...]
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Imagine the public budget as a big cake. The biggest slices cover expenses for pensions, education, unemployment benefits, medical insurance, social [...]
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The Serbian labor market is beset by huge problems. They include violations of workers’ rights in many forms, but one particularly entrenched problem is gender-based discrimination in the labor market [...]
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Writer Charles Bukowski didn’t lose his virginity until he was 24. Troubled by a difficult home life and disfigured by extreme acne, the young [...]
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Last Saturday, some Egyptian activists went to demonstrate at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters. They demonstrated by drawing arrows on the street pointing to the headquarters and proclaiming, “here lies the [...]
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) established in 1975 was formed to to facilitate a common socio-economic [...]
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Whether there is a desired role for women in a specific society or not, social exaggeration is always possible. Below, I'd like to [...]
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When celebrating International Women Day, I think how fortunate I am to have so many rights and liberties. All women in Britain have a right to education, job opportunities, health [...]
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There is one remarkable thing about Icelandic doctors: they actually work in Iceland. Despite lower salaries and longer hours that they could expect in many other countries, they usually return [...]
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Some decades ago Esperanza was married secretly. She and Francisco got together one Thursday at 8 in the morning at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín, with two friends [...]
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Bhutanese women have always enjoyed a privileged gender status unlike their counterparts in neighboring countries. Many of them are trailblazers in their work on issues of domestic violence, good governance [...]
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According to the Millennium Declaration of September 2000, governments committed to promoting gender equity and women empowerment to combat poverty, hunger and diseases. They also committed to stimulate sustainable development. Up [...]
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Look at the timeline of events in the Arab Spring and you will see that women have played a huge role in its development. Yet the contribution women make to [...]
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A graffiti in the French city of Toulouse: Women, the patriarchal system won't collapse all by itself. Let's bring [...]
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Abstract: The government of Nicaragua announced in January of this year a campaign that is being called, in short, “Vivir bonito” (“Living pretty”). The initial 14 point plan doesn’t specify [...]
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Only once a year do all the major news sources, magazines and TV programs talk about women. On March 8, many Russian women will be excused from household duties. This [...]
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Throughout its long history, Egypt has produced many patriotic female figures whose names are engraved in the memories of Egyptians. One such remarkable figure is Shahenda Maklad, [...]
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The Maldives’ Former President is Not About to Go Quietly In the European mind, the Maldives is a tranquil island paradise of exotic settlements and sun-kissed beaches. In February 2012, the [...]
