Love is Now Law: How the Cuban Revolution was Finally Extended to Everyone
This September, in a historic societal and political shift, Cubans overwhelmingly voted to ratify arguably the most progressive family code in the world.
Category: Gender & Sexuality
Hockey Canada’s Sexual Assault Scandal: Why We Can’t Let it Be Swept Under the Rug
[Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse.] Since this past summer, Canadian news outlets have been reporting on the surfacing of multiple sexual assault allegations connected to Hockey Canada. What does this scandal reveal about the culture of abuse and violence within hockey? How are these events connected to Canadian pride and identity?
Internet Shutdowns Amidst Iranian Protests: So What?
Although the extreme force being used against Iranian citizens by police is in itself horrific, Iranian authorities have exacerbated these effects and further oppressed its population by hindering communications through restricting landlines, mobile usage, internet, and social media platforms.
Gendered Leadership in Crisis – What Lessons Can be Learned?
What role does gender play in the expected success of elected leaders? When citizens vote, do they consider the gender of the individual leader when casting their ballot?
The Girlboss: A Dying Feminist Corporate Fantasy
The girlboss can best be described as an ambitious, hard-working woman whose goal is to climb-up or excel within the corporate sphere. She’s assertive, attractive, works long hours, sports an oversized fast fashion blazer, and does not back down. However, at the end of the day, the girlboss means something different to every woman. That’s what makes it so powerful; it is a feminist corporate fantasy.
The reality of women’s rights in Latin America: Guatemala and Law 5272
On March 8th, Guatemala’s congress passed the Life and Family Protection Law (Law 5272) with an overwhelming majority of 101 to 8 with 51 not present. While the bill still needs to be signed by the president, it would impose some of the harshest punishment for abortion among any Latin American country.
Western Feminism in the 21st Century: Stigmatization, Media, and Men
Feminism is one of the most significant social movements of our time as a human species; however, within the framework that it has evolved in throughout its time as a Western social movement, some believe that it has taken a wrong turn. What people must understand is that modern-day feminism is the attempt to dismantle the oppressive patriarchal system which has been established for many centuries, harming both women and men. Feminism isn’t about “us versus them”, but rather, “everyone versus the patriarchy”.
Gender-Based Violence Against African Women and Girls: The Social Impact of Climate Change
Climate change has exacerbated gender-based violence against women and girls across Africa through an increasing scarcity of basic resources such as food and water.
South Korea-Japan Relations: Will the Hostility Ever End?
The mutual animosities between Japan and South Korea remain hostile and unresolved, tied to lingering wounds that have not yet been healed from a century ago. The most critical dispute rooted in the history of these two nations is the “comfort women” crisis — tens of thousands of women across Asia, most of them Korean, were sent into military brothels to service Japanese soldiers as sex slaves.
Tunisia Makes History with First Female Prime Minister in the Arab World
Given the task of forming the new government, Bouden’s cabinet includes twenty-five members including nine women aside from the Prime Minister, marking hope for a social change in women’s rights in Tunisia as well as for the Arab world.