Feminism
Caroline Criado Perez: ‘No one ever changed the world by being nice’ | Books
The book I am currently readingDeborah Levy’s The Cost of Living. After years of reading almost exclusively men, I’m now addicted to sharp female writers like Levy who write about what it is to be a woman. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of the excitement of recognising how I see the world in a …
Politician scolds female professor for not having child | World news
A South Korean politician has sparked anger after he criticised the female nominee for head of the country’s fairtrade commission for “failing to fulfil her duty to the nation” by not having children. Jeong Kab-yoon, a member of the conservative opposition Liberty Korea party, was widely condemned after suggesting to Joh Sung-wook, an economics professor, …
‘We feel empowered’: Saudi women relish their new freedoms | World news
Saudi women have largely embraced new laws allowing them to travel, divorce, and apply for official documents without the permission of a male guardian, and claimed conservative resistance to the sweeping decrees is doomed to fail. The measures, announced late on Thursday, amount to a partial dismantling of guardianship laws that have long confined women …
