Reframe and reflect: Multiple and unexpected perspectives on gender equality
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Join UsHeavy Is the Burden on Japan’s Royal Women
Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida /
The New York Times
A princess who will soon marry represents the third generation to suffer intense emotional distress in a country that often consigns women to rigid roles.
More than 30,000 Polish women sought illegal or foreign abortions since law change last year
Rosie Swash /
The Guardian
Tens of thousands have travelled to other European countries including England for legal terminations since near-total ban, campaigners say.
Caring or killing: harmful gender stereotypes kick in early — and may be keeping girls away from STEM
Laura Scholes and Sarah McDonald /
British Education Research Journal
She Is Breaking Glass Ceilings in Space, but Facing Sexism on Earth
Steven Lee Myers /
The New York Times
Sanitary pads and makeup: A Chinese astronaut’s six-month stay aboard the country’s space station has revealed conflicted cultural values toward gender.
Increasingly, authoritarians are likening ‘genderism’ to ‘communism’ and ‘totalitarianism’. Although nationalist, transphobic, misogynist, and homophobic, the principal aim of the movement is to reverse progressive legislation won in the last decades by both LGBTQI and feminist movements.
‘Oh no, what are they saying?’: Women in golf reveal the ugly truth about social media
Joel Beall /
Golf Digest
“Wife material,” “Better than porn,” “Hard to watch because of those tight shorts” read the comments from a recent video of a female professional golfer. The gatekeepers for these channels do their best to report the comments or clean them up, but there are so many and they happen so frequently that some slip through the cracks.