Available Now! Examines the daily struggles of migrantised divorced mothers in Germany in a framework of everyday violence and its (in)visibilities. Buy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/y3fxy6jr #EverydayViolence #MigrantMothers #SingleMothers #GenderInequality #SocialJustice #AnthemPress #newreads

World News in Brief: Rafah crossing reopens, gender inequality worsens global water crisis, rights defenders in Colombia The Rafah crossing into Gaza reopened on Thursday for limited movement in both directions after a 20-day suspension, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

World News in Brief

#Rafah crossing reopens but aid still a trickle of what's needed

#GenderInequality worsens global #watercrisis as women often left out of solution building;

One of the deadliest place for defending #rights is #Colombia, with #indigenous defenders disproportionately affected

World News in Brief: Rafah crossing reopens, gender inequality worsens global water crisis, rights defenders in Colombia The Rafah crossing into Gaza reopened on Thursday for limited movement in both directions after a 20-day suspension, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

World News in Brief:

#Rafah crossing reopens, #genderinequality worsens #global #watercrisis, rights defenders in #Colombia

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乃木坂46川崎桜、濡れたTシャツ脱ぎ捨てみずみずしい姿　白ビキニショット解禁 ニュース｜　乃木坂46の5期生・川崎桜（崎＝たつさき／22）が、4月14日に1st写真集『エチュード』を発売する。このたび、先行カット第12弾が解禁された。　今回解禁されたのは、南フランス・ニースの海岸で撮影されたカット。真っ青な空と地中海をバックに、濡れたTシャツを脱ぎ去る瞬間のみずみずしい姿を捉えた。白いビキニが太陽の下で映え、「まぶしい」一枚となった。

Japanese publishers feature J-pop idols in swimsuits in photo books, while male idols are rarely presented this way. This double standard persists as an accepted industry practice. #GenderInequality #sexism #RapeCulture #Misogyny

www.oricon.co.jp/news/2443088...

France Unveils National Plan to Tackle Gender Inequality in Agriculture Government targets equipment redesign, leadership access, and support for women as sector faces generational transition and persistent bias

FYI: France Unveils National Plan to Tackle Gender Inequality in Agriculture #GenderInequality #WomenInAgriculture #SustainableFarming #AgriculturalEquity #WomenEmpowerment

@ascocancer.bsky.social meeting analysis: Women represent only 35.8% of first authors and 32.5% of senior authors. Disparities persist in original data presentations vs. invited roles. Research from @ascopost.bsky.social.

Read the review: https://bit.ly/4uk7ArP

#GenderInequality #WomenInMedicine

#patriarchy #genderinequality #sylviawalby

>be me
>look at a cosmetics and pharmacy company website
>open the “by the numbers” page
>“83% of employees are women”
17% men? That’s very asymmetrical, where are all the men?
>“41% of executives are women”
Ah, theeeeeere’s all the men
#genderInequality #patriarchy

If this double standard isn’t obvious by now, it’s because too many systems still protect powerful men while punishing women.

#genderinequality

March 8, War, and Women: The Intersection of Military Violence and Gender Inequality in Iran March 8 marks both women’s long struggle for equality and a chance to reflect on war’s human toll and the urgency of defending women’s rights in times of crisis. The coincidence of International Women’s Day with the intensification of military confrontation between the United States and Israel, on the one hand, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the other, once again underscores a basic truth: war is not merely a military event. It is also a profoundly social phenomenon that reproduces structures of power, inequality, and gender relations. In such conditions, women — especially working-class and marginalized women — often stand on the front lines of war’s less visible consequences. In the scholarship on war and gender, researchers have repeatedly shown that wars do not simply reflect existing power relations; they intensify them. Across both gender studies and war studies, scholars have argued that gender roles become more sharply visible in wartime than at almost any other moment. As Joshua S. Goldstein writes in War and Gender, “Nowhere are gender roles more prominent than in war.” Wars are typically shaped by patriarchal structures and, as a result, deepen gender inequality within the family, the labor market, and political institutions. War directly disrupts everyday life and transforms social relations at every level. In many societies, women are the first to bear the economic consequences of war: job loss, wage cuts, the spread of informal employment, and an increased burden of family care. In addition, wars often leave large numbers of women widowed, abandoned, or solely responsible for supporting their families — a situation that imposes added economic and psychological pressure on them. In Iran, this vulnerability has already taken shape within the context of a deep economic crisis. In recent years, poverty has become increasingly feminized. Estimates indicate that more than four million women who head households live in the country, and a large proportion of them belong to the poorest sectors of society because of the absence of social support and restrictions in the labor market. In Tehran alone, reports suggest that more than 60 percent of the roughly 200,000 identified women heads of household are struggling with poverty. Nationwide, while around 30 million people live below the poverty line, women remain in an even more precarious position in the labor market because of structural and legal discrimination, and their rate of economic participation is estimated at around 26 percent. These conditions have pushed many women into informal work, small workshops, or street vending — jobs that often lack insurance, job security, and legal protections. In such a structure, any economic or security crisis, including war, can quickly shatter this fragile balance. In wartime, women are usually the first to be pushed out of the labor market or to see their wages reduced. With the outbreak of military conflict, these vulnerabilities are intensified still further. War not only redirects economic resources toward the military sector, but also, through insecurity, population displacement, infrastructure destruction, and rising living costs, places even greater pressure on poor households. In such conditions, women who head households are more exposed than others to falling into absolute poverty. Moreover, in a multi-ethnic society such as Iran, the combination of different forms of discrimination — including gender, ethnic belonging, and religious or belief-based identity — can make women’s situation even more complex and severe. Women who simultaneously face gender-based, ethnic, or belief-based discrimination encounter multiple layers of deprivation and structural violence under wartime conditions. From this perspective, commemorating March 8 is not merely a reminder of women’s historic struggle for equality; it is also an opportunity to rethink the human consequences of war and the necessity of defending women’s rights in times of crisis. Any strategy of peace, reconstruction, or political reform in Iran that fails to address the condition of women — especially working-class women and women heads of household — cannot, in practice, lead to lasting social justice. International experience shows that wars truly end only when societies are able to prevent the reproduction of unequal structures. Defending women’s rights, guaranteeing their economic participation, and creating support mechanisms for vulnerable women are not only human rights demands, but also preconditions for the moral and social reconstruction of a society emerging from deep crises.

March 8, War, and Women: The Intersection of Military Violence and Gender Inequality in Iran #InternationalWomensDay #GenderInequality

INSIGHTS pieces Parenthood and the Academic Career Ladder by Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandić, Anne Sophie Lassen, and Valentina Tartari

💼 Parenthood can be a turning point in #academic careers.

💡 A new INSIGHTS piece revisits the study on parenthood and the academic career ladder and what it reveals about motherhood, fatherhood, and career paths in academia and beyond.

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#genderinequality

Not enough women pursue philosophy after graduate level. But why? 🧠 🙋‍♀️

This #internationalwomensday we're revisiting a thought-provoking article by Sally Latham exploring #genderinequality in #philosophy.

🔗 Read it here: lnkd.in/ei6_6PTP

#IWD2026 #womeninphilosophy #gendergap

March: Born To Thrive Gender inequality remains a strong driver of preventable death and poor health worldwide – Canada has an opportunity to step forward with bold leadership.

Add your voice to the call for Canada to champion equality! 👉 bit.ly/ResultsCTA2

#cdnpoli #GenderInequality #GlobalHealth

How do emotionally charged decisions made at divorce quietly shape who can afford to retire—and who must keep working decades later? Wendy Lorreto @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social University of Edinburgh Business School discusses: faculti.net/divorce-gend... #Divorce #GenderInequality

How do emotionally charged decisions made at divorce quietly shape who can afford to retire—and who must keep working decades later? Wendy Lorreto @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social University of Edinburgh Business School discusses: faculti.net/divorce-gend... #Divorce #GenderInequality

World Bank report highlights "shockingly large" gap between gender equality laws and enforcement - Sight Magazine A World Bank report warned of a "shockingly large" gap between legislation promoting gender equality and its enforcement.

World Bank report highlights “shockingly large” gap between gender equality laws and enforcement @sightmagazine.bsky.social #WorldBank #genderinequality #women #womenintheworkplace #genderequalitylaws

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REALLY important read on why rape culture is so prevalent.

Say it:
#Patriarchy
#GenderInequality

#EpsteinPedoFiles

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#auspol #genderinequality #cruelconservatism

Gender pay gap 'will not close until 2056', warns TUC

The gender pay gap will not close for 30 years at the current rate of progress, a Trades Union Congress (TUC) report has found.

#genderpaygap #TUC #TradesUnionCongress #genderinequality

Istanbul University Press

Latest publication with Halide Yılmaz examines how gender inequality shapes women’s experiences toward political participation in Turkey at the local level. It was fascinating to work on the problem of political participation
#genderinequality #Turkey
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🗞️ This Week’s Digest: Health, Climate & Equity

Don't miss this week's roundup of the latest in #OneHealth research and commentary.

Read it all here:
onehealthtrust.org/news-media/w...

#health #genderinequality #climaterisk #farmsubsidy #climatechange #amr #economicgrowth #antimicrobialresistance

Managing antimicrobial resistance in a changing climate: Insights from a workshop | Nampoothiri | Journal of Public Health in Africa The Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHiA) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal that focuses on health issues in the African continent. The journal editors seek high quality original articles on public health related issues, reviews, comments and more. The aim of the journal is to move public health discourse from the background to the forefront. The success of Africa’s struggle against disease depends on public health approaches.

A recent article co-authored by OHT’s Dr. Deepshikha Batheja explores how #genderinequality and #climatechange influence exposure to infections, access to care, and antibiotic use, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Find the study published in the Journal of Public Health in Afric

Why Population? - Population Connection Human population growth is a major driver of our environmental crises. Empowering measures to slow population growth are key to the advancement of human rights and a safe and healthy environment.

High fertility rates and rapid population growth are positively correlated with #genderinequality, unmet need for contraception, #poverty, high infant and maternal morbidity and mortality, and low educational attainment—especially for girls and women.
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Why Girls Carry the Cost in Child Marriage - Dualistic Unity Child marriage persists not just from tradition, but from fear and systemic failure. This essay explores who it really protects and the cost.

The burden placed on girls isn’t incidental—it’s structural. What does it reveal when harm is distributed unevenly by gender?

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#GenderInequality #SelfInquiry

A study with over 7,800 brain scans across 29 countries found that gender inequality physically changed women's cortical thickness of the brain

The changes affected regions of the brain associated with emotional control, resilience and stress.

#Women #GenderInequality #FoundingMothers

Why Child Marriage Disproportionately Affects Girls - Dualistic Unity Child marriage disproportionately affects girls and not by accident, but through fear-based ideas of protection, honor, and control. This essay explores why.

Child marriage is often discussed abstractly—but why do girls bear most of its consequences? dualisticunity.com/why-child-ma... #GenderInequality #SocialReality

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Pakistan among worst globally as women hold less than 8 pc management roles: Report - Yes Punjab News Pakistan ranks among the worst globally for women in management, with under 8% representation, highlighting deep workplace gender inequality.

Pakistan among worst globally as women hold less than 8 pc management roles: Report yespunjab.com?p=206368

#GenderInequality #WomenAtWork #PakistanNews #WomenLeadership #WorkplaceEquality #ILOData #GenderGap #SouthAsia #WomenEmpowerment #BreakingNews

Documentation barriers and fear blocking Pakistani women from accessing healthcare: Report - Yes Punjab News Lack of documents, fear, and gender bias keep many women in Pakistan from healthcare, forcing reliance on home births and unsafe alternatives.

Documentation barriers and fear blocking Pakistani women from accessing healthcare: Report yespunjab.com?p=204338

#WomenHealth #PakistanHealthcare #MaternalHealth #GenderInequality #HealthcareAccess #WomenRights #PublicHealth #DocumentationBarriers #SouthAsia #DignityInCare #ReproductiveHealth

Smash the Patriarchy: A Graphic Novel - Hardcover Report copyright infringementby Marta Breen (Author), Jenny Jordahl (Illustrator), Si穗 MacKie (Translator)★ "This is a well-told and highly informative read. Highly recommended for young adult graphic...

#Patriarchy means "the rule of the father" and describes a system where men are in control. At least since the time of Aristotle, loud-mouthed #men have called #women weak...

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#booksky #reading #nonfiction #gender #GenderInequality #civilrights #smallbusiness #fundraiser #teens #adult #ya

Through Uma and Arun, Fasting, Feasting contrasts deprivation and excess, revealing how culture, gender, and power shape lives.
By Usama Malick

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/09-Jan-2026/...

#FastingFeasting #AnitaDesai #SouthAsianLiterature #GenderInequality #Patriarchy #LiteraryCriticism