Glass Wings Blog: Women

20 years of Maputo Protocol: A success story for women's rights in Africa
60% of women and non-binary punters and artists feel unsafe in Melbourne’s music spaces
A River's Rights: Indigenous Kukama Women Lead the Way with Landmark Legal Victory
A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work
A woman, middle-aged and struggling to pay bills: home truths in portrait of Australian artists
ADF captain's choice to wear female army uniform overhauls gender diverse policy
Andrew Tate’s extreme views about women are infiltrating Australian schools. We need a zero-tolerance response
Any Nation That Protects Bodily Autonomy for Women Is Better Than the US
Ask Anyone Who Buys Women’s Clothes: Pockets Are AWESOME
Assyrian Women of Letters
Australian women and children in squalid Syrian camp are being detained unlawfully, federal court told
Australia’s female First Nations rappers turn pain into power
Australia’s young people are moving to the left – though young women are more progressive than men, reflecting a global trend
The Black Mambas: South Africa's all-female anti-poaching unit
British police testing women for abortion drugs
Campaign trail threats and abuse reinforce the need to protect NZ’s women politicians – before they quit for good
‘Care is in everything we do and everything we are’: the work of Indigenous women needs to be valued
Cash Transfers Incentivize Social Change for Women and Girls in Egypt
Charlotte Delbo and the women of Convoy 31000: how researching their stories led me to a forgotten subcamp and Nazi lies in the Auschwitz archive
Chinese police were allowed into Australia to speak with a woman. They breached protocol and escorted her back to China
Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years
The Community Kitchens as an opportunity for migrant women in Peru
Companies portray menopause as ‘medical problem’ and push women towards ineffective treatments, papers find
County Down woman ‘ecstatic’ to be crowned top in UK Comic Con with Totoro costume
Eggs from men, sperm from women: how stem cell science may change how we reproduce
EU reaches first ever agreement to eliminate violence against women
Female scientists found to be almost entirely absent from Australian high school curriculum
Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better
FIFA won't recognise them. So this team can only watch on during the Women's World Cup
Finding a fix: Nigerian women lead drive to upcycle plastics
Five key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rights
Florence Bell died unrecognised for her contributions to DNA science – decades on female researchers are still being sidelined
Free Bus Passes Are Giving Indian Women More Financial Freedom
Friday essay: ‘I hope eventually to become a woman’ – trans life in Australia from the 1940s to 1970s
From sexual liberation to fashionable heels, new research shows how women are changing North Korea
Gender-based violence is a big concern in hospitality – and women bear the brunt of managing it
Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs
Half of migrant and refugee women we spoke to have been sexually harassed in Australian workplaces
Hidden women of history: disabled Australian author Dorothy Cottrell was ‘the Liane Moriarty of the Jazz Age’ but is almost unheard of here
How 5 Young Women in Montana Scored a Landmark Climate Victory
How Afghan women secretly learn judo — over WhatsApp
How do we keep women’s football clean? Start paying players a fair wage
How Toxic Men Want To Make You Believe Women Aren’t Interested in Tech
How women in Israel and Palestine are pushing for peace — together
‘I almost lost my will to live’: preference for sons is leaving young women in China exploited and abused
‘I want to see the first African woman in space’: the Kenyan stargazer bringing astronomy to the people
Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap – as it happened
Improving gender equality will help end violence against women, but it’s only part of the puzzle
In 1614, a mother of eight put on a play about her cheating neighbour. The scandalous story changes what we know about women in theatre
In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it
Indigenous women are most affected by domestic violence but have struggled to be heard. It’s time we listened
Iranian Baha'i Women Languishes in Jail After Fifth Arrest
‘It connects us to nature’: the Muslim women finding joy in England’s woodlands
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women’s oppression
Let it bee: The women on a mission to save Mexico City’s bees
Long before women police officers came police ‘matrons’: who were they and what did they do?
The long Covid nightmare is far from over, especially for women of color
Meet the all-female patrol guarding Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest
Men and women who hold sexist views are less responsive as parents: new research
Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
‘Menopause market’: Australian women being driven to treat symptoms with unnecessary products, study reveals
Mexico has elected its first female president. Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a country ravaged by violence – and searching for hope
The Most Powerful Man in the U.K. Thinks Trans Women Are Bullying Him
Mother’s little helper: interviews with Australian women show a complex relationship with alcohol
Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too
The Movement to Elect More Women in the UK
The myth that men hunt while women stay at home is entirely wrong
Nobel peace prize: Narges Mohammadi wins on behalf of thousands of Iranian women struggling for human rights
Pockets of opportunity: Seattle startup’s clothing line looks to end inequality in women’s workwear
Protesters, pop stars and pioneers: 38 images that changed the way we see women (for better and for worse)
QANTAS pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go
Queensland woman uses electric car to run her son’s dialysis machine during power cut
Rural Women's Award winner Kate Lamason's Australian-made alternative to imported tuna
Russell Brand: how the comedy industry uses humour to abuse and silence women
Science experiments traditionally only used male mice – here’s why that’s a problem for women’s health
The Sensation Novelist Who Exposed the Plight of Victorian Women
Should women be allowed to wear pants? It was a topic of contention in Australian parliament in 1933
Single older women living in converted tiny homes, cabins at caravan parks amid housing crisis
Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India
Space Opera Novels by Cisgender Women, Non-Binary, and Trans People
Study shows ‘catastrophic’ 10-year low for female representation in film
The Taliban are outlawing women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan
Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid
Tasmania Police are still mistaking family violence victims for abusers. For too many women, correcting the record is impossible
Taylor Swift deepfakes: new technologies have long been weaponised against women. The solution involves us all
Technology is changing the lives of female lawyers, in ways that are bad as well as good
They Don’t Fear The Gays, They Fear Being Treated How They Treat Women
This Team of Indigenous Women Sculpts Stories in Snow
Ticket to freedom: free bus rides for women spark joy for millions in Karnataka
Trans men enter Miss Italy pageant in droves after trans women are told they can’t compete
Turkey earthquakes one year on: the devastation has exposed deep societal scars and women are bearing the brunt
Two-thirds of women report bias or discrimination in Australian healthcare in national survey
Ukrainian woman, 98, walks six miles alone to escape Russian-held territory
UN Expert Slams Taliban Crimes Against Afghan Women, Girls
Urban planning has long ignored women’s experiences. Here are 5 ways we can make our cities safer
Vale ‘sister suffragette’: how Glynis Johns became a pop-culture icon in the story of votes for women
Victoria to halve gender pay gap in public service – and name 70% of new streets after women
Wanting to ‘move on’ is natural – but women’s pandemic experiences can’t be lost to ‘lockdown amnesia’
‘We’re all trained to be good obedient children, but what do you want?’ Delving into the inner lives of women in neoliberal China
Western Sydney’s childcare ‘desert’ locks women out of the workforce. Universal childcare could be a game-changer
What’s the secret to attracting more women into politics? Give them more resources
Why I’m not done fighting – for animal rights, and for women
Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are about more than voting rights
Why it will take more than money to make Australian women consider having children 'for the country'
Winning the right to abortion: the revolution of Latin American women
Woman Admits 'Regret' Over Not Buying Puffin Sweater Years Ago. Days Later, It Shows Up at Her Front Door
The woman who built up Edinburgh's army of street stitchers
Women are 14 times more likely to die in a climate disaster than men. It’s just one way climate change is gendered
The Women Bus Drivers Overcoming Stereotypes in Bogotá
Women have been excluded from men’s spaces for centuries. That’s why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters
Women in rich countries are having fewer kids, or none at all. What’s going on?
‘You are deceased’: Services Australia bungle results in woman losing bank accounts and pension
Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland’s election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy’s decline
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