Feranaaz Farista and Ameeta Jaga, Ph.D. In our article for Gender & Society titled, Workplace Breastfeeding as Foodwork in Organizational Settings: Advancing Knowledge from Black, Low-Income Women in South Africa, …
by Canton Winer | August 7, 2025 When I asked Manisha to describe her gender identity, she gave a simple response: “meh.” “I don’t have a gender identity,” Manisha explained. …
Societies grow and change all the time, but it can be tough to think about big-picture shifts when you’re living through the practical details of the day to day. Take …
Slavery, in its modern guise, remains a pervasive issue. In South Asian countries, which are predominantly agricultural societies and home to nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, this issue often …
Qiang women weighing and selling green peppers By Rui Jie Peng Amid the global rise in women’s labor force participation and the decline in state childcare support, grandmothers frequently shoulder …
Maternity patients with mental health symptoms receive disparate healthcare when they choose to push back against psychotropic prescriptions. iStockPhoto // Sofiia Petrova In “Psychiatric Gaslighting: The Surveillance of Mental Illness …
In recent weeks, we’ve seen multiple examples of women on the political right straddling two kinds of womanhood: the girlboss and the tradwife. The visibility of these women exposes a hidden …
Imagine being a doctor, an engineer, or a teacher—forced to leave behind not only your profession, but also your country, your family, and your friends. Then imagine crossing multiple borders …
By Christina Bornatici and Isabelle Zinn Conversations around gender equality are intensifying, with conversations across the world on issues such as the gender pay gap, gender discrimination, the fair distribution …
Pseudo-formal loan arrangements can reduce the awkwardness of borrowing money from family. iStockPhoto // Koldunov Why do families sometimes create detailed loan agreements when providing financial help to relatives, even …