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Suitcase without a handle
Written by Oleg Shynkarenko
Sasha and I were colleagues in university. He was a mediocre student. After graduation I didn’t manage to find any work paying more than 30 euro a month. So I started my “career” as a clerk in a music shop. One day Sasha dropped by and said he was going […]
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What will our children think about gender?
Written by Anikó Mészáros
Whether there is a desired role for women in a specific society or not, social exaggeration is always possible. Below, I’d like to give two examples from Northern and Central Europe of how the mark can be overstepped. “Equality, reflection drawing for kids” – photo by Min stemme on […]
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Women in the Workforce: More to it than just numbers.
Written by Yassmin
The questions of women in the workforce and how that affects society’s fabric have been posed since the early days of the feminist movement. The question of what is gained – or lost – as women assume a larger role in a country’s economic burden is not so much just about the […]
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Chhavi Rajawat: The Changing Face of Rural India
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
“Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice” Chhavi Rajawat, the young woman Sarpanch, of Soda Village in the northern state of Rajasthan whom I met at the India Future Day in Mumbai on 5th March, made […]
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A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Written by Juliana Rincon
As a Latin American woman immigrating to the USA, accepting new gender norms has not been as liberating as I though it would be.
