Women and Democracy Under Threat in Tunisia
Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - sada
Tunisia has witnessed a disturbing rise in online misogyny and disinformation since President Kais Saied's July 2021 coup.
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Blog: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - sada
Tunisia has witnessed a disturbing rise in online misogyny and disinformation since President Kais Saied's July 2021 coup.
Blog: Conversable Economist
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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Blog: Legal Theory Blog
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...
Blog: APHA Science Blog
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.
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Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Zeitschrift für Politik. Deadline: October 8, 2023
Blog: Social Europe
Europe needs to address a major factor in the mental-health crisis facing adolescent girls in particular.
Blog: Creating a better 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 …
Blog: Global Voices
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.
Blog: USAPP
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
Blog: USAPP
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
Blog: Penn LDI
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 […]
Blog: USAPP
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
Blog: USAPP
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
Blog: Australian Institute of International Affairs
Agriculture underpins our civilisation. Women have always underpinned agriculture, and continue to do so in diverse and important ways
Blog: LawLog
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 […]