Tag: Sex and Gender

PEER KI GALI, Jammu and Kashmir—It was a breezy, sunny noon at Peer Ki Gali, a mountain pass in the Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas, connecting the Poonch and ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Japan’s first female prime minister, U.S. efforts to bolster the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, and new proposals to end the Russia-Ukraine war. ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, it was clear that the U.S. approach to women’s rights and gender equality around the world would shift. ...

In a leadership vote on Saturday, Sanae Takaichi is tipped to become Japan’s first female prime minister. Takaichi offers a powerful demonstration of progress and gender visibility on the global ...

Progress toward gender equality is far from straightforward. There is a growing tide of concern regarding youth masculinity, with an increasing number of young men exhibiting less progressive views on ...

In the days before the surprise U.S. attack on Iran, Politico reported that one man in the Defense Department was having an outsized say on Washington’s Iran strategy: Erik Kurilla, ...

Jana was in the business of making women feel sexy. She ran a successful beauty salon in Slovakia, but suddenly, COVID-19 struck. Forced to close her salon’s doors, Jana found ...

In October 2024, the United Nations’ top gender equality body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, published a report urging Japan to amend its imperial succession law. ...

Western commentators frequently speak of Chinese identity in sweeping generalizations. They encompass cultural norms (that Chinese people all speak Mandarin, revere their elders, or celebrate the Lunar New Year); philosophy ...