There should be a standard policy across all South African universities related to recognition of prior learning as a criterion for entrance.
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Research shows a classed and racialized divide among women caring for their children in Canada today. It’s a divide that is having a negative financial impact on immigrant women doing this work.
Women are increasingly present in top management positions, but they end up in so-called support functions, which rarely lead to CEO positions.
Updating the constitution to reflect more liberal values has been the work of decades.
Research shows French firms with smaller to no gender wage gap and high female board representation also make better business.
We will waste the potential of the pandemic if we don’t address the inequalities — specifically the gender inequalities — that it exacerbated and revealed.
Wollstonecraft was ridiculed in her time for the idea that women should be treated as fully fledged beings.
Days of international observance recognize challenges facing marginalized groups or society as a whole, draw attention to them and create unity and mobilization around those problems.
There is an adage that feminists and women aren’t funny. However, the history of activism reveals humour as a successful strategy for change.
Feminist movements are giving women a louder voice than ever, but those at the top of their game are routinely expected to deal with abuse and threats of violence.
Investment rating companies are measuring the environmental, social and governance impact of businesses. This International Women’s Day, we should be pushing them to do the same for gender equity.
Yoga, manifesting, and #livingyourbestlife may sound empowering. But wellness blames women, sets them up for failure, and hides the real challenges women face.
One policy expert says we need a royal commission into ‘what the hell is going on’ with the gender pay gap.
Australia’s political economy was built on the primacy of (white) male labor, male power and male control, writes Julianne Schultz. Women have changed this culture - but still risk abuse when speaking out.
The country’s political landscape is muddied by sexist language that glorifies the belittling of women in leadership.
On International Women’s Day, universities should resolve to lead the way in reshaping workplace rituals, rules and routines to advance gender equality and ensure safe workplaces.
International Women’s Day is a time to take stock of what has been achieved and what remains to be done. 2020 was a massive missed opportunity to improve gender equity among university leaders.
Telling girls to smile pressures distracts them from the very real, dangerous and sometimes deadly challenges that girls around the world face.
Because of its extreme violence, the Hathras rape sent shock waves throughout India: it is a disturbing reminder of the normalization of rape culture there and should be seen as a call to action.
In December 2020, the Senate became gender-equal, offering up the promise that women’s interests will be represented in the upper chamber.
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