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Measuring Meatloaves? The Untapped Potential of University Women in Italy
Written by Chiara Di Gaetano
“What will future scholars see when they study us to create a portrait of women today? There you are ladies: the perfect likeness of a Wellesley graduate, Magna Cum Laude, doing exactly what she was trained to do. (Slide – a Rhodes Scholar), I wonder if she recites Chaucer while […]
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The Loneliness of Responsibility: Negotiating Womanhood in Sarajevo Today
Written by Maria Hetman
Riding the subway in Chicago recently, I saw an advertisement for the popular American television show “Two and a Half Men.” The punch line of the ad was “men will be boys!” I’ve seen the show a few times (ironically, on TV in Croatia), and I’ve gathered that the protagonist […]
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Women’s “Work” ? The case of Sexual Exploitation
Written by Kapell
She wakes up in the morning with no dreams on the table, no plans for the future and nothing but the promise of around 30 to 50 men paying to touch her body, to violate her pride and make pleasure out of her suffering. Beaten, raped, threatened and void of […]
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Ghana: Women’s Work
Written by Fui
One of the most widely-heralded developments of recent decades has been the growing participation of women in the workforce. In the developing world, some research suggests that this can be one of the strongest drivers of economic growth. In the developed world, it is an increasing necessity as populations shrink […]
