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Women leading a demonstration in Syria in support of the Women's Protection Units, YPJ, and the Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF.

“We Will Fight With All Our Strength:” as Islamists Oust Assad, Women’s Struggle Persists in Syria

Ronahi HassanFebruary 19, 2025

So far, the HTS government has not spoken out about the role of women or women’s rights, and there is a general silence on the subject. As women in North and East Syria, we are determined not to take a step back.

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Programmers Ruth Lichterman (crouching) and Marlyn Wescoff (standing) wiring the right side of the ENIAC with a new program.

A Hidden History and a Feminist Future: Redesigning the Role of Women in Technology 

Valentina RamanandApril 10, 2024

In general, when a field starts to have an economic value, the tendency of the capitalist system is to try to obtain a monopoly over it. And this is one of the major reasons why women were excluded from computer science.

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A woman volunteer of Danish Demining Group (DDG) is wears protective suit and inspects landmines in Donbas, Ukraine.

Photo Essay: Womanhood — What Does She Look Like? How Is She Seen?

Lauren WalshMarch 31, 2024

Globally, myriad forces continue to suppress, harm, and disenfranchise women; but this body of photographic work asks us to acknowledge, honor, and applaud the vital roles women play and to demand ever better equality.

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A burning Giorgia Meloni effiqy in a demonstration in Rome for a rememberance of communist militant Valerio Verbano, killed by the fascists in 1980's.

The Gender(ed) Politics of Fascism: How Women Came to Lead the Contemporary Far-Right

Sonja PietiläinenMarch 20, 2024

Despite apparent misogyny, gender is a nuanced and complicated issue in far-right women leaders’ politics. By drawing on certain aspects of (fascist) femininity these women have played a central role in the normalisation and legitimization of racist misogyny in Europe.

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A woman holding bloody "Smash the patriarchy" sign on a protest.

There Is Nothing Natural About Patriarchy: Saini’s New Book Explores How Men Came to Rule

Ronja MälströmMarch 6, 2024

For Saini, a key to understanding patriarchy is seeing it as constantly changing: not just a system that is, but a structure that is shaped and created over and over again.