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"The rising of the women means the rising of us all"

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In the 1970s, the women’s liberation movement had a badge that proclaimed: women who seek equality with men lack...
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Promise and peril: women and the ‘Arab spring’

Published on: 8 March 2011

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Feminism and the soul of secularism

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Secularism, as a concept, appears to be in danger from both the left and the right. Among feminists, it tends to be...
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Egypt: the two faces of liberation

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Rocking the cradle - and the boat

Published on: 7 March 2011

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Sri Lanka: where are the women in local government?

Published on: 7 March 2011

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The women party activists who applied for nominations to stand in next week's local elections in Sri Lanka found...
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Women’s day makes a lot of cents

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