Gender Equality & Law
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More Men Convinced to Join Gender Equality Call
By: Marivir Montebon
It must be the sign of times. More and more men are becoming gender sensitive. Many have become hands-on daddies, balancing their child-rearing and money-making tasks. more...
Socioinguistics and Gender Performance
By: Michael Davis
Many sociolinguists believe that gender is not innate. Rather, it is a socially conditioned performance based on circumstance, upbringing, and cultural expectation. more...
Women's Franchise in New Zealand
By: Ruth Mortimer
In 1893, the New Zealand Government passed legislation giving women the right to vote and became the first country in the world to do so, a fact not widely appreciated. more...
The Proposed South Dakota Abortion Ban
By: Judith Faucette
South Dakota's proposed Measure Eleven would ban almost all abortions in the state, going beyond what is allowed by Roe v. Wade. Find out what exactly the ban says. more...
Reconsidering the Equal Rights Amendment
By: Brandi Rhoades
The Equal Rights Amendment was an attempt from feminists to legal avenues for pursuing gender inequality. more...
By: Brandi Rhoades
The idea of equal pay rights came into existence in the 1960s, but women still struggle to get quality enforcement of equal pay legislation. more...
Eliminating Female Genital Cutting
By: Alanna Muniz
Since the 1970s, international campaigns and conferences have addressed FGC. A variety of elimination efforts have been proposed, tested, and met with mixed results. more...
Reasons for Female Genital Cutting
By: Alanna Muniz
Western literature often portrays FGC as a static "tradition," yet FGC is a changing practice, existing in a wide-range of political, historical, and social contexts. more...
Defining Female Genital Cutting
By: Alanna Muniz
Female genital cutting (FGC) resides within a highly controversial and complex terrain marked by diverse discourses, practices, experiences, and elimination efforts. more...
Sex Discrimination and Equal Protection
By: Judith Faucette
The US Supreme Court has examined sex discrimination in diverse contexts including military service, education, and criminal law. These are the key cases. more...
Female Genital Mutilation in US Immigration Law
By: Judith Faucette
Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, is a classic case of tension between human rights law and cultural relativism. Find out how American courts treat the issue. more...
Civil Unions Vs Marriage In US
By: Alison Walkley
New Jersey is taking another look at civil union provisions for same-sex US couples after implementing them into law in 2006, forcing a review of other state laws. more...
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