Tag: Women & Girls
52 Articles
- Society & Culture
Toward a Feminist Re-problematization of China’s Low Birth Rate
The universal relaxation of China’s one-child policy since 2016 has not produced sustained population growth as desired by Beijing. Now incentivizing births for the party…
January 6, 2023
- Dialogues
Decoding The US Response to Iran’s Protests Amid An Unsettled Middle East, with Former Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker
GJIA: Protests have swept Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 13th. President Biden has stated his support for the protestors’ cause, though hasn’t…
October 28, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Women’s Rights and Islamic Feminism in Egypt
Over the past few decades, there has been intense competition between Islamists and the Egyptian state over who is the true representative of Islam. Since Anwar el-Sadat’s era,…
June 8, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
“We are tired of being told it is not a big deal”: Institutional Machismo in Mexico
On March 8th, 2022, 3,000 policewomen surrounded tens of thousands of feminist activists at the International Women’s Day march in Mexico City, which government officials,…
May 20, 2022
- Society & Culture
The State of the Informal Economy in Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In many African countries, 80 to 90 percent of people work in the informal economy. According to the International Labour Organization, the informal economy refers to all…
May 11, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Beyond Repatriation: Combating Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
In September 2021, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres ordered the repatriation of 450 Gabonese military troops serving in MINUSCA, the UN’s peacekeeping mission…
May 2, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Gender and Terror: Boko Haram and the Abuse of Women in Nigeria
Officially known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram is Nigeria’s most prominent insurgent sect, fighting for Islamic rule in the country. …
April 5, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Iran’s Educational System and the Institutionalization of Gender Inequality
In 2020, instead of attending school, a fourteen-year-old girl named Romina Ashrafi was killed at the hands of her father because she had eloped with a twenty-nine-year-old man.…
April 4, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Gender Ideologies, Leadership, and Development in Cameroon
Women in Cameroon face barriers to attaining leadership positions. These barriers appear both in both physical and ideological space. Physical spaces consist of leadership…
December 17, 2021
- Society & Culture
Questioning Intent: The Indonesian Government Is Not Committed to Eliminating Sexual Violence
Indonesia’s bill to eliminate sexual violence continues to languish. The Elimination of Sexual Violence bill (RUU PKS) was first proposed in 2016, and while numerous revisions…
November 11, 2021