List of Women’s Rights articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some reflections on being told by the guy at the base front gate that I should ‘smile’
Best Defense is in summer reruns. Here is an item that originally ran on March 28, 2016.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japan’s Reluctant Feminist
For the hawkish new governor of Asia’s biggest city, fighting for female empowerment was a necessity, not a calling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran Vows to Investigate Whether or Not Male-Dominated Civil Service Is, In Fact, Sexist
The president of Iran has pledged to look into whether civil service exams discriminate against women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Women on Top Theory
Studies show that when women comprise around 25 percent of a group, their influence dramatically reshapes culture. Is 2016 the year women change the world?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘They Will Find Us and Kill Us’
From murder to mass rape, a special report from the front lines of South Sudan’s civil war.
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Cogan_image1 The Vanishing of Canada’s First Nations Women
More than 1,000 indigenous women have gone missing or have been murdered in Canada. Meet the sisterhood trying to bring them justice.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Exchange: When Do African Problems Need African Solutions?
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Ory Okolloh discuss the continent's brain drain and debate the best ways to keep talent at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bollywood Star: Playing a Wrestler in My New Movie Made Me Feel Like a Raped Woman
Salman Khan said he was so tired and sore from wrestling in his latest film that he felt like a woman who has been raped.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Argentina Fiat’s Car Manual Becomes Roadkill After Insulting Women
The manual referred to women as "co-pilots" and men as "alpha males."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Somalia’s Uphill Battle to Criminalize Sexual Violence
In a country where rape is “normal” and survivors almost never get justice, momentum is building for a new law.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What ISIS Women Want
Western women who join the Islamic State aren’t victims who've been groomed or seduced by men. They’re committed jihadis in their own right.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Afghan Women, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
As the West packs up and heads home, women in Afghanistan are struggling for rights.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Middle East’s New Renaissance
It’s time to let go of outmoded — and parochial — ideas about what “culture” and “civilization” in the Arab world is supposed to look like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Landmark Women’s Rights Bill Could Decide Pakistan’s Future
In Punjab, the debate over a law protecting women from violence has become a test of the government's resolve against Islamism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Get Tenure (If You’re a Woman)
Seven peer-reviewed strategies female faculty can use to climb the ladder of academic success.
