Women everywhere are finding their voice and empowering each other to do the same. By focusing on themselves and not relying on others to feel entitled, females across the globe are gaining their independence. This is evident through female entrepreneurs founding billion-dollar companies and single mothers raising families on their …
Read More »Driving a life
Last month, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman announced that the nation’s women will be legally allowed to drive without the presence of a male. A royal decree on live national television reported that it will be enacted in June 2018. Women across Saudi Arabia have been working to resolve this issue …
Read More »The dehumanization of minorities
During the Holocaust, the Nazis referred to Jews as Untermenschen, meaning “subhuman.” Most people fail to realize that by saying this, they were not implying that Jews were less than them, they were literally saying that Jewish people were created as a lesser race. Using this philosophy made it seem …
Read More »Public outraged after California Governor Jerry Brown vetoes the bill to eliminate tampon tax
For years, several nations have been involved in heated debate regarding the taxation of tampons and other female sanitation products. The issue was brought to the public’s attention once again on Tuesday, Sept. 13 after California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the Assembly Bill 1561, which attempted to terminate the luxury …
Read More »The path to gender equality: dismantling the stereotypical family household
The television drones on in the background, as a woman tidies up the home and begins cooking. She shouts, “Dinner is ready!” and a subsequent pitter-patter of feet enter the dining room. Her children storm into their seats, and shortly afterwards a man dressed head-to-toe in a suit enters the …
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