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2023 Spring Edition Op-Eds and Commentaries 

The green domino effect: the global impact of the feminist mobilizations for sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America

February 15, 2023February 20, 2023 545 Views feminism, reproductive justice

In the last decade, we have witnessed worldwide policy and law changes regarding sexual and reproductive rights. In some countries,

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2023 Spring Edition Op-Eds and Commentaries 

Voting will Not Save You: Why the American Left Needs to Re-learn how to Protest to Protect the Future of Abortion Rights

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 442 Views reproductive justice

Two years after the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, I moved from the Middle East to the United

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2023 Spring Edition Op-Eds and Commentaries 

The Saudi Form of Democracy: How Women Got to Drive

February 5, 2023February 6, 2023 419 Views Democracy, Saudi Arabia, Women

Introduction  To what extent are state-led social interventions for women authoritarian? Western literature on the Middle East, and in particular

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2022 Print Edition Op-Eds and Commentaries 

Menstrual Equity in US Prisons and Jails: A Gender-Based Analysis and Policy Responses

July 18, 2022June 16, 2022 1263 Views criminal justice, incarceration, public health, reproductive justice, United States

Summary Across the United States, many incarcerated people have inadequate access to menstrual products. Because policies that surround requiring access

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2022 Print Edition Op-Eds and Commentaries 

Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage: A Racial and Gender Justice Imperative

July 11, 2022June 16, 2022 385 Views Congress, health, public health, reproductive justice

American society was not built for birthing people to thrive—or at times even to survive. The United States lacks paid

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A day in the life of a feminist: an unironic exposition of how to demolish the patriarchy in 24 hours

May 16, 2022May 11, 2022 397 Views feminism, satire

Put down your borrowed copy of bell hooks and roll up the sleeves of your “This Is What A Feminist

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Alleviating the Impacts of Covid-19 on Women through Economic Development: A Personal Perspective 

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 570 Views child care, family, work, workforce

In October 2021, the Biden Administration released its National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality.[1] In recognition of the barriers

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No More Stolen Sisters: America’s Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women

July 1, 2021November 15, 2021 4387 Views criminal justice, native american women, race, violence against women

In the early 1600s, a 15-year-old Native American girl was kidnapped from her home in what is now called Virginia.

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Is Shared Parental Leave in the UK doing more harm than good?

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 4097 Views family, UK, work

Shared Parental Leave allows UK parents to split maternity leave between both parents. But does the policy give parents the flexibility and financial security needed?

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Work-Family Policy and Its Impact on Mothers in the United States

April 29, 2021 1456 Views family, mothers, pandemic, work

The United States remains behind its’ global economic peers in providing work-family policy that supports parents maintaining their professional status

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