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Development bodies boost gender mainstreaming effort

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INT

Development institutions are adapting their responses to tackle this challenge.

China will not prioritise women’s online safety

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CHINA

This is only the most recent example of a long litany of occurrences where the interests and concerns of girls and women have taken second seat to the interests of corporate…

Democratic backsliding creates new risks

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INT

At the vanguard of the latter is China, where under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, Beijing has intensified repression on the mainland and diluted political freedoms in…

EU gender strategy will struggle to close rising gaps

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EU

Her Commission is making a concerted push to advance gender equality. To that end, it has brought forward an integral element of its 2020 Gender Equality Strategy (GES): a draft…

Estonia will secularise faster than the other Baltics

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BALTIC STATES

Lithuania is the most religious: the predominant Roman Catholic Church’s socio-political influence has been increasing regarding the still-sensitive issues of LGBT+ and women’s…

Sex bias in medicine has high costs

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INTERNATIONAL

Yet women continue to be under-represented in clinical trials: a joint 2018 review of clinical trials in 2015 by the University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin (by S…

Pandemic deepens long-term risks to US women workers

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UNITED STATES

Women, especially those from minorities, are more likely to have dropped out of the labour force or moved to part-time or precarious employment. Jobs recovery has also been slower…

Fidesz’s hold on power in Hungary will be unchallenged

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HUNGARY

Fidesz’s electoral support.

Online violence against women will grow in Iraq

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IRAQ

Gendered online intimidation and violence in Iraq is often politically motivated, aimed at silencing dissenting voices and encouraging women to retreat from public life. State…

Women's rights will help boost Rabat's image

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MOROCCO

In a March 4 speech, former Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, currently secretary-general of the Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party (PJD), threatened a…