Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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Gray Area
Read more: Gray AreaBeing a Kuwaiti citizen makes you feel like you belong to Kuwait, as nationality is a legal relationship between a person and a state. But what if you are a “halfie” and are finding it hard to answer the question…
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Perigives
Read more: PerigivesThe public bathrooms at Penn Station in New York City are a dirty, depressing place. But now, there’s a bright spot: a poster that encourages women to donate menstrual products, like pads or tampon, to help the many homeless women…
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CONVICTED KILLER WINS BEAUTY PAGEANT IN WOMEN’S PRISON
Read more: CONVICTED KILLER WINS BEAUTY PAGEANT IN WOMEN’S PRISONIn its thirteenth year, the annual Miss Talavera Bruce beauty pageant is held in unlikely surroundings: a women’s prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Instituto Penal Talavera is the only maximum-security women’s prison in the city with inmates serving…
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Mr Triton France Competition
Read more: Mr Triton France CompetitionAt the end of June of this year, as France sweated through record high temperatures, a group of men took a moment to escape the heatwave and compete in the inaugural Mr Triton France competition. Organised by Merman Ludo, the…
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What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?
Read more: What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?It’s been a historic year for women. There are more serving in Congress than ever before, and a record number are currently running for president in 2020. But even with these significant gains, women—both in the U.S. and around the…
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RED CARD TO VIOLENCE Juventus and Serie A stars have red marks on face in campaign to stop domestic violence against women
Read more: RED CARD TO VIOLENCE Juventus and Serie A stars have red marks on face in campaign to stop domestic violence against womenSERIE A players are once again doing their bit to raise awareness for a campaign against violence to women. They have teamed up with Italian organisation WeWorld Onlus, and will promote the cause at all ten Serie A matches this…
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RAPtivism
Read more: RAPtivismAISHA FUKUSHIMA is a Singer, Speaker, Educator, and ‘RAPtivist’ (rap activist). Fukushima founded RAPtivism (Rap Activism), a hip hop project spanning 20 countries and four continents, amplifying universal efforts for freedom and justice. She is a multilingual, multiracial African American…
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Invisible Women – A World Designed for Men
Read more: Invisible Women – A World Designed for MenThe problem with feminism is that it’s just too familiar. The attention of a jaded public and neophiliac media may have been aroused by #MeToo, with its connotations of youth, sex and celebrity, but for the most part it has…
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Not Your Honor
Read more: Not Your HonorTo honor their battle, Lebanese women’s rights organization ABAAD launched a powerful song and music video titled Not Your Honor. The clip was launched on the occasion of the “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” initiative which took off…
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Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?
Read more: Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?We are sitting at a dhaba – a roadside tea-shop in Pakistan often frequented by lower-to-middle income men. At our table: four women and camera crew. The reporter from ‘one of the most globally viewed’ [read: western], mainstream British outlets…