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December 13, 2018 | Irimara Gomes | Race/Ethnicity
Say their names: Marielle Franco and Marcos Vinícius da Silva, black Brazilian lives taken by police brutality

The Black Lives Matter movement in Brazil has largely focused on the basics: human rights and affirmative action. This is because talking explicitly about racism here is like trying to teach math to a three-year-old — pointless.

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December 12, 2018 | Omogolo Taunyane | Gender-based violence, International
This 22-year-old is challenging South Africa’s normalization of rape culture

Cheryl Zondi is a 22-year-old University of Johannesburg student studying social work. On October 15, Zondi began what would be a three-day-long trial at Port Elizabeth High Court based on her allegations that her church leader, Pastor Timothy Omotoso, raped her between the years 2010 and 2015. 

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December 11, 2018 | Ngozi Cole | Education
#LetsTalkConsent: How a young feminist organization is creating a culture of consent in Ghana

By creatively merging theater, dialogue, and activism in Ghana, Drama Queens, a nonprofit feminist organization, is challenging patriarchal norms and ideas and changing the damaging narratives about rape culture and sexuality that are deeply entrenched in many African societies. 

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December 10, 2018 | Batoul Saleh | Gender-based violence
A feminist critique of self-defense

Focusing on women solely in terms of gender-based violence reduces it to a “women’s issue,” which gives men, either consciously or unconsciously, a reason not to listen to or exempt themselves from conversations related to this issue. 

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December 07, 2018 | Kadin Burnett | Politics
Why we must carry on Stacey Abrams’ fight against voter suppression

Abrams’ reluctance to concede was not only about her determination to win, but also about preserving Georgia’s electoral integrity. 

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December 06, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | Disability, International, Politics
An Interview with disabilities activist and new Brazilian Senator Mara Gabrilli

In October, disabilities activist Mara Gabrilli was elected to the Brazilian Senate at the age of 51. Many saw her victory as a sign that although a lot of extremism and hatred has been expressed in Brazilian politics over the past few years, it’s possible for this nation to elect figures aligned with a progressive agenda.

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December 03, 2018 | Lauren Davidson | Politics
The most important SCOTUS cases to keep an eye on this year

At the end of September, the nation’s attention turned to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the now-infamous hearing regarding Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault against him. While that Supreme Court-related news was obviously worthy of attention, it caused many to overlook the fact that just days later, the Supreme Court began its October sitting on the first Monday of the month. 

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November 29, 2018 | Anna Khan | Politics
It's time for voting to go digital

While social media is helping to encourage young people to vote in record numbers, the actual process of voting is exceptionally digitally inept.

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November 28, 2018 | Khalid Bencherif | International, Violence against women
How Morocco is trying to address rampant sexual harassment

In 2017, Forbes listed Morocco as the second most dangerous country in the world to which women can travel. Earlier this year, the Moroccan government, thanks in no small part to complaints made by women’s rights organizations, finally acknowledged the country’s problem with harassment by passing the Violence Against Women Act in February. 

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November 26, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | Girls, International, Violence against women
An Interview with Stolen Daughters’ writer-producer Karen Edwards

A new documentary, Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram, follows the lives of the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. The film also features interviews with girls who had been previously taken from their homes by the same group.

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November 21, 2018 | Lauren Chang | Education, Feminism, Girls
How a group of Canadian Youth are using theater for sex education

As a peer educator at Sex Education by Theatre (SExT), a youth-led, theater-based sex education program, I have a place to express my thoughts and frustrations about the precautions my friends and I take when we go out.

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November 20, 2018 | Julie Graves | Education, Violence against women
The many problems with the Department of Education's new proposed Title IX regulations

On Friday, United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released the Department of Education’s new proposed regulations for Title IX which put the burden of proof on sexual assault survivors to defend their claims of assault.

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November 19, 2018 | Ngozi Cole | Feminism, International
How feminists are organizing for abortion rights in Latin America

Jair Bolsonaro’s election as Brazil’s president at the end of October, and the threat of far right extremism it represents, comes on the heels of a reinvigorated fight for abortion rights all across Latin America.

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November 15, 2018 | Tamara Evdokimova | Arts and culture, Media
Claire Underwood obliterates the conventional 'Strong Female Character' trope, and it’s about time

In the sixth and final season of House of Cards, President Claire Underwood has an opportunity to transcend Frank’s murderous scheming and set a more uplifting example, but instead forcefully pushes back against obstacles in her way and continues to fight for power at any expense.

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November 14, 2018 | Amna Nasir | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Bleeding to live: Hymen restoration practices in Pakistan and the moral panic around women’s virginity

Pakistan is a country governed by moral values and strict cultural codes, and perhaps no Pakistani citizens are as strictly policed in terms of these values than woman. 

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November 12, 2018 | Udita Ch | Arts and culture, International, Media
Bollywood's #MeToo movement

It was only a matter of time before the echoes of Hollywood’s #MeToo and #TimesUp movements reached Bollywood, India’s film industry. That watershed moment finally arrived this September, when Indian actress Tanushree Dutta made accusations of harassment against industry veteran Nana Patekar

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November 09, 2018 | Nany Guerrerx | Feminism, Girls
A look at girl-led activism all over the world

We often think of girls at these ages as the “future,” but doing so denies girls the opportunity to meaningfully discuss their current experiences. Girls are very much a part of the present; they are changing the world right now.

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November 08, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | Feminism, International
This journalist is teaching refugee women and girls digital economy skills

Greece is experiencing a refugee crisis — and over half of these refugees are women and children waiting in camps to reunite with relatives or have asylum status approved by the Greek government. The Azadi Project teaches female refugees expertise in jobs related to multimedia communications and storytelling in order to promote their integration into the local labor force.

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November 05, 2018 | Ariana Smit | Body image and body standards, Health
Healing my PCOS does not mean conforming to your ideal feminine body

Beyond not feeling represented or seen by my doctors, the persistence of a binary understanding of sex and gender in the medical field has failed to account for the way I, and patients like me, deserve and need to be treated.

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November 01, 2018 | Omnia Al Desoukie |
How this young Rohingya refugee is empowering other female refugees

25-year-old Sharifa Hussain is fighting for the rights of female Rohingya refugees in Malaysia. 

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October 31, 2018 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture, Media
Reclaiming the ‘final girl’ horror film archetype

Bucking the trend of male heroism, many slasher films have opted for “the Final Girl”: protagonists who are victims of murderous circumstances — who weren’t looking to fight for their lives but rather had the fight thrust upon them — but who survive nonetheless.

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October 29, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | Education, Gender-based violence, Girls
How Rwandan schools are teaching students to promote female empowerment

The Safe Schools for Girls Project, created by Care International, takes place in 174 Rwandan schools after regular classes end and aims to address issues related to gender-based violence through education.

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October 25, 2018 | Mardiya Siba Yahaya | Education, Feminism
Why feminist children’s books and media matter

We need to change the message we’re sending kids at a young age. it is necessary to provide children with books and media that provide positive representations of gender equality, and do not associate particular abilities or responsibilities with any gender. 

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October 24, 2018 | Claire Gor | Feminism
How sexual trauma has influenced my sexuality

I’m still trying to work my way to a healthy appreciation and understanding of both my body and my sexuality. But my interpretation of them is warped by my experiences with sexual assault and objectification, with the need for desirability and validation that has been beaten into me as a woman. 

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October 22, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | International, Race/Ethnicity, Science and tech
This app aims to help keep women safe in public

Priscila Gama, a 34-year-old Brazilian architect and entrepreneur from wanted to do something to help women in the face of pervasive violence. In 2016, she and a team launched the Malalai app, which enables women to let pre-authorized friends follow their routes when moving around the city by any means, whether by foot, car, or public transportation. 


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