Gender equality

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Education Alone Won’t Put an End to Equal Pay Days Education Alone Won’t Put an End to Equal Pay Days

More education helps an individual woman earn better, but it doesn’t erase the gender wage gap.

Apr 14, 2015 / Bryce Covert

Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill

Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill

Do you know the key moments in the struggle for gender equality?

Apr 7, 2015 / The Nation

The Absurdly Rational Logic of Wages for Wives

The Absurdly Rational Logic of Wages for Wives The Absurdly Rational Logic of Wages for Wives

A radical re-evaluation of caregiving work—proposed in The Nation in 1926—is still potent today.

Apr 7, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy

Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy

The feminist movement surges into public consciousness, but backlash to basic freedoms never goes away.

Apr 7, 2015 / The Nation

The Unexpected Burden of Pregnancy at Work

The Unexpected Burden of Pregnancy at Work The Unexpected Burden of Pregnancy at Work

This week’s Supreme Court ruling is one step toward protecting pregnant workers from the whims of their employers.

Mar 27, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Can Men and Women Be Friends? Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Feminism has opened up far more space than could have been imagined in the 1920s.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Floyd Dell and Michelle Goldberg

Are Women Morally Superior to Men?

Are Women Morally Superior to Men? Are Women Morally Superior to Men?

Woman as sharer and carer, woman as earth mother, woman as guardian of small rituals—these images are as old as time.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Spreading Feminism Far and Wide

Spreading Feminism Far and Wide Spreading Feminism Far and Wide

Straight talk about essentialism, sexism, leaning in and speaking out.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Betsy Reed and Katha Pollitt

The Missing Women of Afghanistan

The Missing Women of Afghanistan The Missing Women of Afghanistan

After 13 Years of war, Afghan women are still fighting for basic human rights.

Oct 30, 2014 / Ann Jones

Will the UN’s New Development Goals Downplay the Need for Gender Equality?

Will the UN’s New Development Goals Downplay the Need for Gender Equality? Will the UN’s New Development Goals Downplay the Need for Gender Equality?

Women’s reproductive rights are at risk of being de-emphasized as UN member nations draft the Sustainable Development Goals.

Oct 6, 2014 / Barbara Crossette

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