Showing posts with label WOMEN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WOMEN. Show all posts
Monday, 14 March 2016

Banning child and forced marriages is gaining traction in Africa

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Thandabantu Nhlapo , University of Cape Town The Zimbabwean Constitutional Court has delivered a landmark decision outlawing all marriag...
Friday, 11 March 2016

Women in science: equality is impossible unless society shifts

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Emanuela Carleschi , University of Johannesburg There’s a lot more good news for women in science than you might expect. Research show...

Feminism has failed and needs a radical rethink

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Eva Cox , University of Technology Sydney There was a 1970s badge that declared: Women who want equality with men lack ambition. Th...
Thursday, 10 March 2016

Sexist screen representations of women start in the script

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Radha O'Meara , University of Melbourne The issue of poor female representation in movies has been examined from many angles , fro...
Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Alanis Morissette: Feminism Needs a Revolution

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TIME Often when I’m being interviewed about my career and music, I'm asked whether I am a feminist. What the interviewer means depend...

The forgotten women of Syrian war

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BY İlnur Çevik FOR DAILY SABAH The women of Syria have always been second class citizens in a world of men. Thus they have nothing to ...

International Women's Day - AfDB Calls for Safe Cyberspace for Women

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The African Development Bank's East Africa Regional Resource Centre (EARC), is hosting a forum in Nairobi, Kenya, on the theme "M...

Africa: Celebrities Urge Leaders to Put Girls At Heart of Anti-Poverty Drive

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By  Emma Batha London — Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, actress Meryl Streep and singer Elton John called on Monday for world leaders...

Africa: Women Are Central to Africa's Energy Transformation

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By  Fiona Lamb and Marion Davis,  Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Sub-Saharan Africa is changing rapidly. New infrastructur...