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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.
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Sex Selective Abortions in India
Written by The Oxonian Globalist
There is an old folk song from Uttar Pradesh, India, which beseeches God to protect the supplicant from a monumental injustice. The mournful tune goes, “O, God, I beg of you, I touch your feet time and again/Next birth don’t give me a daughter, give me hell instead.” Faced with […]
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A Silent Crime: Violence Against Women in Melanesia
Written by Morioka
The transition from subsistence to a cash economy is pushing Melanesian women into the workforce. The issue is not just about what is gained and what is lost but about challenging the discriminatory practices that suppress women from exercising their human rights. Violence Against Women (VAW) is a silent crime that is […]
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Cambodian Women and the Economy
Written by Chak Sopheap
A traditional Khmer saying “sartrey bangvil cheung kran min chum”, meaning women cannot do anything besides moving around the kitchen, seems no longer valid in contemporary Cambodian society, at least to a larger extent. A quick glance at some figures can show why this is so: around 65 percent of […]
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Does the Military Have a Gender?
Written by Kinga Szálkai
The Military: A Male Institution by Definition “The military, the defence forces have no gender. Military only has power, the capability to fight, authority and social prestige. The unity of the defence forces does not know gender or age. There are female soldiers and there are male soldiers. Professional competence, […]
