Category: Feminism

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13 Taboos That Are No Longer Relevant in 2020

Taboo. Even the very word can send shivers down your spine. Every society has its own unspoken rules about what taboo and what’s not, though many taboo subjects have traditionally been centered around women. For example, it used to be taboo to talk about abortion, sexual assault, and rape, which

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Lisa Campbell

Grandmother Quits Her Job to Help Refugees

Lisa’s Story Not many Americans were aware of the scale of the refugee disaster in Greece in 2015 until photos of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old refugee child who had been washed up on a beach, appeared on US television. Lisa Campbell knew that there were major problems in Greece, but

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Portrait of an India Rajasthani woman

What Drives the Feminist Movement in India?

What Drives the Feminist Movement in India To understand the importance of feminism in India, one must look at the historical context of the struggle for basic ‘human’ rights that women have had to face. One of the biggest challenges facing the advocacy of women’s rights has been to acknowledge

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