Lebanese women are breaking the ‘gender ceiling’
Women in Lebanon are increasingly carving a place for themselves in traditionally male-dominated fields. Sometimes, they say, being a woman plays in their favor.
Female-Only Uniforms in Japan? Don’t Bank on It!
By Yuri Nishida, Asahi Shimbun
Regular customers at Kanako Katayama’s teller window at the Kita-Urawa branch of Saitamaken Shinkin Bank in Saitama recently noticed something different: Katayama, 36, was dressed in a white shirt, a black…
No, women are not actually bad at math or directions
Women “have no sense of direction,” “are bad at math,” “spend too much money” and “are hysterical” and “more delicate” than their male counterparts. So many sexist stereotypes still exist in French society. Where did all of these dated…
Ni Una Menos
By Celeste del Bianco, elDiario (Argentina)
On October 5, 2017, the story broke: Famous millionaire Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein had abused and harassed women for years. Journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey wrote about it in the…
Fighting for Single Mothers
By Fatima El Ouafi, L’Économiste du Maroc
Aïcha Ech-Chenna, who passed away on September 25, 2022 at age 81, can rest in peace: The ostracized single mothers for whom she fought until her last breath can still find a sympathetic ear and…
Wanted: Female Engineers
By Hajime Ueno, Chika Yamamoto and Fumio Masutani, The Asahi Shimbun
An increasing number of Japanese universities are introducing special quotas for female engineering majors in an effort to reach a better gender balance in this…
CREATIVE LITIGATION
By Marta Borraz, elDiario.es (Spain)
In Colombia, the government has decriminalized abortions occurring until the 24th week of pregnancy. In Spain, the children of abused women are now recognized as direct victims. These are but two…
Avoiding the teen marriage trap
By Anne-Marie El-Hage, L’Orient-Le Jour.
“Had I known that this is what marriage would be like, I never would have gotten married so young.” The words of Nariman, the 22-year-old mother of children ages five and six, sound like an…
From women’s strikes to referendums, the road to equality, the Swiss way
Brigitte Studer is a historian and professor emeritus of history at the University of Bern. She is internationally renowned for her expertise on women's rights and communism. Guillaume Perret / Lundi 13 for Le Temps
Fawzia Koofi : “Equality in Afghanistan is unfortunately a far-off dream”
Interview by Haanya Malik, Hasht-e Subh
The situation for women and girls in Afghanistan has severely worsened since the Taliban took over the country in August 2021. The new regime has banned girls from middle school, high school and…
