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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (1): 99–106.
Published: 01 March 2018
..., and they presumed he had been either arrested or killed. The three women—Sara, her mother, and her sister—fled to Jordan with the two sisters’ children. They were immediately placed in the Zaatari refugee camp in northwest Jordan, where they stayed for four months. They had come with savings, but these quickly...
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Published: 01 June 2015
Billboard: “Delhi Women are Scared to step out of their homes. Who is responsible for this Intense fear?” Billboard: “Delhi Women are Scared to step out of their homes. Who is responsible for this Intense fear?” Photo: New Delhices More
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Published: 01 March 2013
Many women, some of whom have been displaced, injured, or blinded due to armed clashes, have difficulty attending health checkups. Many women, some of whom have been displaced, injured, or blinded due to armed clashes, have difficulty attending health checkups. More
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Published: 01 September 2017
Ohoud, scuba diving in Jeddah’s Red Sea port, tells me, “We women often joke that we can’t drive, but we can dive.” Ohoud, scuba diving in Jeddah’s Red Sea port, tells me, “We women often joke that we can’t drive, but we can dive.” More
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 41–44.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Rafia Zakaria A new propaganda magazine unveiled this summer by the Pakistani Taliban targets an unexpected audience: women. Journalist Rafia Zakaria describes how the Taliban, who came to power on a promise to eliminate females from the public sphere, are now calling on girls and women to rebel...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (4): 44–45.
Published: 01 December 2017
... Copyright © 2017 World Policy Institute 2017 MAP ROOM INDUSTRY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN Oil and gas extraction, mining, logging, and hydroelectric development draw large numbers of men to Indigenous lands, o en leaving women vulnerable to violence. World Policy Journal...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (2): 85–91.
Published: 01 June 2015
...Billboard: “Delhi Women are Scared to step out of their homes. Who is responsible for this Intense fear?” Billboard: “Delhi Women are Scared to step out of their homes. Who is responsible for this Intense fear?” Photo: New Delhices ...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (1): 24–27.
Published: 01 March 2014
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (1): 39–47.
Published: 01 March 2014
...Silvia Viñas Silvia Viñas is assistant editor at Radio Ambulante and Latin America regional editor at Global Voices Online. © World Policy Institute 2014 2014 World Policy Institute Photo: UN Women Gallery SANTIAGO, Chile—Feminist sociologist Teresa Valdés was among...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (1): 51–57.
Published: 01 March 2014
...Silvia Viñas SLAUGHTER: I still think overall women are more discriminated against than men in many ways, if the goal is to have an equal range of life choices. That said, men have fewer choices than women in many developed countries because women can choose to have a career or be a caregiver...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 26–34.
Published: 01 December 2016
...Angelika Albaladejo A "witch hunt against poor women": Across the Americas, abortion laws are harming health and securityRestrictive reproductive policies in El Salvador, Colombia, the U.S., and elsewhere are pushing women toward unsafe procedures. Journalist Angelika Albaladejo argues...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 75–80.
Published: 01 March 2017
...Robbie Corey-Boulet "Either we hide who we are and are at peace with society, or we live publicly, and we are cut off," says Carmen, a 31-year-old from western Cameroon. Journalist Robbie Corey-Boulet writes that in Cameroon and Ivory Coast, gender roles restrict women's financial independence...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 118.
Published: 01 December 2016
... Women have historically been underrepresented in the media as authors and experts. World Policy Journal finds out if more voices are now being heard in major publications. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 media sexism journalism...
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (1): 59–67.
Published: 01 March 2003
... Traugott, an attorney, was a gender specialist for the American B ar Association’s Central and Eastern European Law Initiative in Central A sia in 2 0 0 0 -0 1 . Women’s Rights and Security in Central Asia Belinda Cooper an d Isabel Traugott In the aftermath of September...
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Published: 01 December 2017
A member of women’s collective Faruhia wanawake harvests seaweed at their farm in Paje, East Zanzibar. LISA DE BODE A member of women’s collective Faruhia wanawake harvests seaweed at their farm in Paje, East Zanzibar. / LISA DE BODE More
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 106.
Published: 01 September 2017
... World Policy Journal examines six countries to see how the burden of child care, household chores, and other unpaid work falls disproportionately on women. Copyright © 2017 World Policy Institute 2017 women gender labor child care ...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 70–76.
Published: 01 June 2016
... a touchstone defining the furthest extreme of moral depravity. Telling the stories of endangered or executed women while underscoring the ruthlessness of their persecutors and the callous disregard of onlookers is now a brand of moral virtue that we, otherwise divided by place or politics, can collectively...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 28–35.
Published: 01 September 2017
...Chelsea Szendi Schieder Chelsea Szendi Schieder, a political scientist at Tokyo’s Meiji University, describes how, in the wake of Japan’s triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown), the country has moved to fortify national harmony and women’s place in the traditional family unit...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (1): 71–79.
Published: 01 March 2016
...Jill Filipovic India’s ban on sex-selective abortions in 1994 was designed to increase gender equality and send the message that girls and women are valued in society. But the law has also come at a cost, according to Jill Filipovic . Many poor women now find that they can’t access second-trimester...
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Published: 01 September 2017
“I asked my father for a BMW, but he gifted me a horse instead,” says Ekleel, an aspiring equestrian, musician, and sports enthusiast. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bars women from driving. “I asked my father for a BMW, but he gifted me a horse instead,” says Ekleel More