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Orley Ashenfelter has been doing a series of interviews with labor and industrial relations economists. The most recent is “Myra Strober on women, work, and feminist economics” (November 6, 2023, Episode 19, audio and transcript available). The description of her early education and career has some great stories, although some of them have a high … Continue reading Interview with Myra Strober: Women and Work
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Sagy Watemberg Izraeli (Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Law; Åbo Akademi University - Study of Religions; Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Philosophy, Politics, & Economics (PPE)) has posted Religious Women's Paradox of Multicultural Vulnerability: Liberal-Democratic Mechanisms' Failures and the Question...

On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we hear from Dr Jenny Stewart, APHA's Director of Science and Transformation, as she shares some personal thoughts to accompany a video from a small selection of our female science staff.

Europe needs to address a major factor in the mental-health crisis facing adolescent girls in particular.

In January 2024, social media platforms were flooded with intimate images of pop icon Taylor Swift, quickly reaching millions of users. However, the abusive content was not real; they were deepfakes – synthetic media generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to depict a person's likeness. But the threat goes beyond celebrities. Virtually anyone (with women being disproportionately targeted) can be a victim of non-consensual intimate deepfakes (NCID). Albeit most agree that companies must be held accountable for disseminating potentially extremely harmful content like NCIDs, effective legal responsibility mechanisms remain elusive. This article proposes concrete changes to content moderation rules as well as enhanced liability for AI providers that enable such abusive content in the first place.

Yesterday (Sunday 11 February) marked the ninth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a UN designated celebration of the massive contribution women make to the fields of science and technology. Today, we look at a hugely important …

In Jamaica, as in other Caribbean territories where gender-based violence and femicide are pressing concerns, the notion that women's rights are human rights takes on a more urgent tone.

Women remain underrepresented in politics in the US and across the globe, with many scholars and commentators suggesting that this is due to women's lower political ambition compared to men. In new research, Amanda Clayton, Diana Z. O'Brien, and Jennifer M. Piscopo argue that the problem is not that women have too little political ambition, … Continued

It’s important for democracy for voters to be politically engaged and knowledgeable, but opinion polling has consistently found that women have less political knowledge than men. In new research, Patrick Kraft finds that this gender gap in political sophistication is down to the survey methods used, which focus on factual knowledge, rather than any actual … Continued

The United States has a proven treatment to reduce HIV infection risk by up to 99%. The health system just needs to get better at offering it. In 2021, the country had over 36,000 new HIV diagnoses, yet PrEP (HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis) is used by fewer than 1 in 4 people who would benefit from […]

Historically, the federal judiciary has been dominated by white men. But has the growing diversity of federal courts had an impact on how cases are decided? In new research, Ryan Copus, Ryan Hübert and Paige Pellaton compile an expansive dataset of court cases to study the effects of judicial diversity in federal courts on case … Continued

Following the high profile murders by police of George Floyd in the US and Sarah Everard in the UK, public trust in the police is in crisis. In new research, Karen Johnston, Federica Alberti, and Foteini Kravariti look at the effects of widespread and well-known institutional racism and sexism in police forces on recruitment. Using … Continued

Agriculture underpins our civilisation. Women have always underpinned agriculture, and continue to do so in diverse and important ways

There are many different criteria that can be used to assess the state of a political regime. One, if not the most important criterion is whether the regime respects and actively protects the fundamental human rights of its subjects. Women's rights are human rights. Women, like men, have a human right to pursue happiness. Like […]

During the British rule in India, an economy of performance was intricately tied to the circulation of culture, language, and spirituality. Here, Nihira looks at how the spread of religious practice was interwoven with women’s performances. While researching for an article, I stumbled on an archival document dated 1938 regarding a secular fair that took … Continued