Feminism: Definitions Have Power
Feminism is a buzzword in the field of international development. After the Truman doctrine in 1949, many Western nations followed the...
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Jiwoo Jeong
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
Comfort Women and Historical Amnesia
Throughout history, pursuits of hegemony have often been trailed by the perpetuation of systematic rape and sexual violence. Exploitation...
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Ella Wischnewsky
- Mar 25, 2019
- 2 min
LGBTQ+ Social Strife in Bolsonaro’s Brasil
Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, who was elected in January of 2019, has already become known for his conservative policies in...
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Nicole Houdelot
- Mar 24, 2019
- 3 min
Empowering Women in the Healthcare Sector
Health, as well as gender, are not solely biologically determined, but also socially constructed. Indeed, the existing healthcare system...
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Su Ning Goh
- Mar 21, 2019
- 5 min
Transgender Athletes: A League of Their Own?
Where queer individuals have achieved increasing recognition in many societies around the world, there has been a consequent rise in...
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Marilou Cameron
- Mar 20, 2019
- 5 min
The Perpetuation of Systemic Inequality Through Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a practice that “comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female...
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Grace Hu
- Mar 15, 2019
- 3 min
"Leftover Women" and Gender Relations
China’s one-child policy was introduced in 1979, which stipulated that each family was legally limited to having one single child, and...
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Lucy Brock
- Mar 12, 2019
- 6 min
The Pink Tax
I have a friend who’s had short hair for a while now--“boy-short” or a “pixie cut”. Last summer she recounted a story to me of when her...
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