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A third of all Burundian women suffer physical violence and those who leave home fall into poverty. However, a Burundian businesswoman has subsequently become their role model.

Women journalists in the Pacific are mobilising to work together against gender discrimination in male dominated workplaces. They have described being threatened with violence, sexually harassed, intimidated, shut out of leadership roles, excluded from ...

Today, no doubt, there'll be morning teas with cupcakes in each of the nation's security agencies to mark International Women's Day. But how will any of that improve the situation for women, peace and security? ...

 I've had a couple of posts on support for free speech among college students.  I mentioned that it differs by ideology (more support among conservatives) and selectivity (more support at colleges with lower admission rates).  But there's another important factor I haven't mentioned yet:  gender.  The average rating for eight cases, with higher numbers indicating more support for their right to speak, is 21.0 for men and 18 for women.  The average for men is about the same as the average for students at Williams College, which ranks 5th out of 208 colleges and universities surveyed, while the average for women is about the same as for students at UNC-Greensboro, which ranks 193d. (The survey also gave options for non-binary, genderfluid, agender, unsure, and prefer not to say, which I combined into one category--they averaged 19.4, just about halfway in between the values for men and women).  In terms of ideology, the average for men is about the same as the average for people who call themselves "very conservative" and the average for women is just a little higher than the average for people who say they "haven't thought about" their political views--the least tolerant group.  That is, the gender difference is big.The General Social Survey questions on whether certain kinds of people should be allowed to speak--support is somewhat lower among women, but the gap is not very large.  The GSS questions are yes/no, and the questions in the college student survey (sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) have four categories:   definitely should be allowed to speak, probably should, probably should not, and definitely should not.  To make them comparable, I collapse the FIRE questions into definitely or probably should vs. definitely or probably should not.  The percent saying that each type should be allowed to speak                                Men      Women                       DifferenceGSShomosexual             78%       79%                  -1Communist              69%      61%                    8racist                        66%      57%                    9militarist                  65%       63%                   2anti-religion             76%      70%                    6FIREanti-transgender       42%        15%                27ban abortion             57%        29%                28anti-BLM                 44%        15%                29stolen election          43%        24%                19repeal 2A                  64%       57%                   7immigrants               76%       76%                   0white racism             65%       67%                 -2religion                     67%       59%                   8The table shows that the gender gap is a lot larger for the FIRE questions than the GSS questions.  The gaps are bigger for the right-wing speakers in the FIRE survey--however, even though are women more liberal than men, they are a bit less likely to support the left-wing speakers.   Another point is that levels of support for all speakers are relatively low in the FIRE survey compared to the GSS.  Although the questions are different, it's hard to argue that the FIRE examples are more extreme.  For example, you would expect support for the right to speak to be higher for someone who wants to work within the Constitution than for someone who wants to overthrow it, but the percent in favor of allowing a speaker who says "the second amendment should be repealed so that all guns can be confiscated" (FIRE) is slightly lower than that for someone who "advocates doing away with elections and letting the military run the country" (GSS).  I think that these two points are connected.  The GSS questions ask about someone who "wanted to make a speech in your community," and presumably people interpret "your community" as their town.  The FIRE questions ask about someone speaking on their college campus.  A town is basically just a collection of people who choose to live in the same place, but colleges decide who gets to be part of the community and also proclaim some official values or mission.  As a result, there's a tendency to think of speaking on campus as representing a kind of endorsement--not necessarily coming out in favor a point of view, but at least saying it deserves to be considered.  Women tend to be more concerned about giving offense than men, so they are more likely to reject a speaker who might offend a significant part of the community.  

Gender-based violence has dramatically increased in the European Union (EU) in recent years. In particular women are widely affected by rape. On 8 March 2022, the Commission presented a Draft Directive for comprehensive, effective and enforceable protection against gender-based violence in all EU Member States. The main point of contention in the negotiations, which could ultimately prevent the adoption of the Draft Directive, is the introduction of the common definition of the criminal offence of rape. The Directive aims to harmonize across Europe the definition of rape as a violation of the consent-based sexual act. Yet, twelve Member States, with Germany and France at the forefront, are not convinced that the EU has a sufficient legal base to regulate that issue. This article highlights the arguments for a common regulation of the criminal offence of rape in the EU under Art. 83 (1) TFEU against the doubts raised by the German Federal Ministry of Justice.

Over the past year, protesters have sustained the revolutionary "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising in Iran and throughout the diaspora.

The International Republican Institute (IRI) hosted its inaugural Moldova Women Forum on October 21 at Castel Mimi outside of Chisinau, Moldova, bringing together more than 200 participants to spotlight how women can shape Moldova's democratic and European future. The Moldova Women Forum comes as Moldova received EU candidate status this year and seeks to implement […]
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of global politics, harnessing the power of digital technology has become paramount. With Bangladesh's election due by January 2024, the confluence of technology, women’s leadership, and cybersecurity is taking center stage.   To build the capacity of women political leaders in the digital space for the upcoming election, IRI conducted three […]
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Daily Mail (William Hunter) reports on the "Fanvue Miss AI pageant"; "ladies face off in tests of beauty, technology and social-media clout." "[P]erhaps the most unusual detail of the competition is that even some of the judges will be AI-generated." (Thanks to Instapundit [Ed Driscoll] for the pointer.)

An historic appointment was made late last year, of Heather Cook as CEO of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and director of the Australian Institute of Criminology. To little fanfare or media coverage, Cook started ...

Kamëntšá musicians Natalia Jacanamijoy and Angela Jhoana Jacanamejoy share the history and cultural significance of their music in the context of Kamëntšá cultural survival and the revaluation of ancestral wisdom.

The AKP has taken a number of controversial stances against gender equality in recent years.

The 300-day waiting period dates back to the Ottoman-era Islamic sharia legislation, which was imposed to avoid paternal filiation disputes.

Ongoing conflict has taken a toll on all Sudanese citizens, but it has been most severe for women.