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Nearly all countries in the region have criminalised either femicide or feminicide, which has had a tremendous impact on society.
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Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexualised violence, and men are commonly the perpetrators.
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Since February, researchers have been surveying South Australian teachers about sexist views among their students.
Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark speaks with reporters during a press conference.
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While overt sexualisation of women in sports is now rarer, sports media needs a more diverse range of voices to help fight misogyny.
There is no comprehensive system for recording hate graffiti in the UK.
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The UK lacks a comprehensive system for recording hateful graffiti and imagery, something which researchers argue must change.
Rape victim ‘Lucía’ saw women all over Spain take to the streets in fury at the treatment she had received (posed by model).
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Documenting Spain’s #metoo moment, the film articulates women’s fury at the deeply entrenched sexism and misogyny that permeates Spanish society and culture.
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The increasing misogyny and oppression against women is reflected in this new horror, elevating it to something more than a mere nunsploitation movie.
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Frank Hester’s words are only the latest extreme example of the constant discrimination black and ethnic minority women face when they enter public life.
An illustration from Christine de Pizan’s ‘The Book of the City of Ladies.’
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By compiling stories about the accomplishments of women, Christine set out to build an allegorical city where women and their achievements would be safe from sexist insults and slander.
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These private online communities represent a long-held feminist maxim: to solve sexism requires women to solve it themselves.
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Data show young Australian women are less politically engaged than men. Given the negative experiences of female politicians, that’s hardly surprising. But there’s a glimmer of hope.
Women donning gorilla masks pose in front of the original Guerilla Girls posters, as part of the ‘Disobedient Objects’ exhibition at the V&A in 2014.
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Notwithstanding the proliferation of exhibitions devoted to women, the question that feminists asked in the 1980s is more relevant than ever.
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Women are disproportionately affected by pain in terms of how common it is and sensitivity, but also in how their pain is viewed, treated, and even researched.
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From ‘starvemaxxing’ and ‘edgemaxxing’ to ‘whitemaxxing’ – young men and boys are being bombarded with a plethora of problematic content online.
Much commentary has focussed on the political harms of deepfakes, but we’ve heard less about how they are specifically being used to degrade girls and women.
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Understanding how deepfakes can be used as a tool for misogyny is an important first step in considering the harms they will likely cause, including through school cyberbullying.
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939).
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As Hollywood continues to reckon with its past, Vivien Leigh’s story is a reminder of the challenges faced by women, even the most successful ones.
The subtler, more insidious forms of discrimination that women face at work often go unnoticed.
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While blatant discrimination is easy to condemn because of how obvious it is, there are subtler, more insidious forms that also need to be rooted out.
The high-profile divorce of Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner is sparking discussions about mum-shaming.
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Young parents and others who don’t fit the ‘ideal’ of parenthood are especially vulnerable.
Protesters react to policing at a vigil for Sarah Everard.
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Institutional misogyny affects women and girls every day, not just in cases of horrific violence.
Some conservative commentators have labeled roles in the recent ‘Barbie’ movie as examples of ‘toxic feminity.’
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Examining the understandings of what ‘toxic femininity’ means to people can reveal insights about gender, power and the impact of language on health.