Gender
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The number of women in UK architecture firms is falling, and many urbanists are worried by the ‘very, very male-dominated’ worlds of planning and construction. So how would cities differ if women designed them?
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus 'Promises to Afghan women written on ice and left in the sun'
Women’s rights activists who enjoyed the protection of foreign troops are increasingly vulnerable to attack as Nato withdraws – but they remain defiant. May Jeong reports -
Greens senator says No Gender December campaign being misrepresented after newspaper prints picture of her six-year-old daughter dressed in pink
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How does a social work student, anti-discrimination campaigner and Aids researcher wind up as a juicy story for Channel 7’s Border Security program?
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Royal Holloway’s feminist society have turned an insult into a campaign by showing just how ugly they can be
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Kathryn Borel: The now-disgraced CBC radio star fondled and abused me for years. He got away with it because management decided to protect their celebrity
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Laura Bates: Sixty per cent of girls and young women aged 13 to 21 reporting sexual harassment at school or college, according to the Girls’ Attitudes Survey. More must be done to tackle this widespread problem
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Tony Abbott says: ‘I certainly don’t believe in that kind of political correctness. Let boys be boys, let girls be girls – that’s always been my philosophy’
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Couple sought out gender selection treatment, which is illegal in Australia, after having three boys
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16- 24-year-olds are at most risk from domestic violence, so why are many young victims going unsupported and overlooked?
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus Early marriage figures underline global bias against women, claims study
Study highlights enduring discrimination in areas ranging from land and inheritance rights to politics and social justice -
Investigators say girls, aged 12 and 14, were not gang-raped and murdered, prompting scepticism from women’s rights groups
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Institute of Practitoners in Advertising says women now make up 25.6% of senior management roles – up from 22% last year
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Frauenquote - or women’s quotas - to be signed into law next month with firms required to implement the rule by 2016
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Lindy West: It wasn’t true, but the story that Sweet Peach Probiotics wanted to re-aroma women’s vaginas said a lot about men’s attitudes
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This graphic visualises the gender balance on some of the world’s most popular social networks
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Goodreads analysis shows an overwhelming proportion of books read, by both sexes, were written by authors of the same gender
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus 16 days of activism to end violence against women – share your stories
Are you taking part in the campaign to challenge attitudes to gender-based violence?
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If employers of women in developing countries support breastfeeding and good diets, they can stop the vicious cycle of malnutrition, writes Leith Greenslade
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Fewer than one in four MPs is a woman. Chloe Smith, Margaret Hodge, Rushanara Ali and Caroline Lucas explain what it means to be a woman in the House of Commons
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Australian ‘gender equality scorecard’ found more than a third of companies have no women in key management positions
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus 'No quick fix to gender inequality' as activists highlight need for more cash
Womankind rights organisation wants donors to commit to long-term funding to achieve lasting change at local level -
Labour leader says Britain also needs extra 400,000 people to be trained in profession by 2020 to meet industry demand
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Turkish president also accuses feminists of not understanding special status attributed to mothers by Islam
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Jessica Valenti: It’s suddenly cool to be a feminist. But what does that mean for feminism as a movement?
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Women play a key role in the organisation, upkeep and even policing of Mumbai’s slum settlements. Kalpana Sharma convenes a meeting to discuss what they really want from their city
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Women's rights and gender equality in focus Taliban peace talks a threat to women’s rights in Afghanistan, Oxfam warns
As London conference looms, aid agency calls on international community to ensure rights of Afghan women are not rolled back -
England v Germany women’s football match makes sporting history with a record attendance of fans
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Claudia Astorino: Intersex people exist, and we’re fighting for our basic human rights. Stop treating us as props and oddities
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A 36-year-old woman who is emotionally attracted to men but physically attracted to women is confused. Mariella Frostrup says it’s time she tried them both out
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Arwa Mahdawi: When a man introduces a made-up project to make lady-parts smell like peaches, it’s hard to be surprised that the industry is largely straight, white men
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Lionel Shriver: A doll with acne like an ‘average’ teenager is being launched to rival Barbie. What wishful claptrap
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A new report shows that 26% of all sexual offences reported to the police are not recorded as crimes
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Roxane Gay: We shouldn’t need so many women to tell such similar stories. We shouldn’t be filled with so much doubt. One accuser should be more than enough
Larissa Waters' gendered toys stance made her daughter fair game? No – that's just scorn and ridicule