Menstrual Equity in US Prisons and Jails: A Gender-Based Analysis and Policy Responses
Summary Across the United States, many incarcerated people have inadequate access to menstrual products. Because policies that surround requiring access
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Op-Eds and Commentaries
Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage: A Racial and Gender Justice Imperative
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
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
In October 2021, the Biden Administration released its National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality.[1] In recognition of the barriers
Read moreNo More Stolen Sisters: America’s Murdered and Missing Indigenous 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?
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
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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Gatekeeping Power: The Case for Desegregating Male-Exclusive Fraternities
In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka struck down racial segregation as unconstitutional. The understanding that moved the
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This Thanksgiving, Decolonize Your Bookshelf: A Reading List of Native American Women
Every year, as the leaves turn and the temperature drops, school children across the United States learn the story of
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The Room Where it Happens: Women in Democratic Politics in the United States
To the outsider, it may appear that a long-delayed reckoning with sexism is finally occurring within the Democratic party. In
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