Despite the significant advances that women have made in terms of reversing the gender gap in education, labor market attachment, and representation in professional spheres, gender gaps in the labor market remain remarkably persistent
While the usual account places sexual liberation to 1960s West, I will argue for an earlier and systemic sexual liberation that took place in the 1950s in one of the countries of the Cold War East.
It is often suggested that Islam needs a reformation, especially in the face of extremism and the lack of social and political liberalisation in Muslim societies.
This study aims to examine how middle-class Muslim women are dealing with the contradictory gender expectations arising from their economic and domestic roles.
Associate Professor Sara E. Davies, Griffith University
16 September 2019 - 2:00pm
Reproductive health is a threat to the security of women around the world. This seminar offers three arguments as to why reproductive health should be recognised as an international security threat.
Dr Natalia Kanem, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA
12 September 2019 - 6:00pm
Dr Natalia Kanem will discuss the remarkable gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights since 1969, and point to the remaining economic, social, institutional and other barriers that prevent women, girls and young people from making their own decisions and fulfilling their potential.
