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Why are killers usually male? It’s a question worth exploring when the emergence of female terrorists could make the media even more prone to gloss over the maleness factor in U.S. mass killings.
There’s a lot of hate online. A prominent Muslim woman in Australia can tell you about that.
The Sundarbans — a collection of densely populated islands in India’s sprawling Ganges delta — are so remote that the only way to get there is by boat. But human traffickers still manage to get in, and that’s left many families with missing daughters.
The list of things I learned while working for Women’s eNews as a reporter for four years is long and one that I could update every day. Every single action we can take moves us forward in a task that is immense.
Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared as part of Across Women’s Lives at PRI, a global non-profit media company.
Let’s stop the latest talk of male and female brains before it goes much further. We don’t want to put transgender people in the same old sex-role binds that have caused so much harm in the past.
In 5th grade, Cheyenne’s best friend told her he “liked me because I was more developed.” She took this as a compliment. Perception of her body by others is an issue she’s faced throughout adolescence.
Hillary watching is a good way to catch gender bias in action, as a recent Time magazine piece about her being post-menopausal shows. But other women, not running for president, can also find plenty in our own working lives. Here’s how it hits me.
Motherhood is warm and cozy some of the time. But it can also mean joining the feminization of migrant workers, struggling with the costs of child care, wishing for paychecks that aren’t fake. Here’s a sampling of stories from our archives.
Some mothers will be getting a fake paycheck from their kids this Sunday. Nice, but here’s what we really need: tax credits for caregivers, more investment in child care and early childhood education, programs such as parental leave.