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Dr. Joyce Banda served as the first female president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014 and founded the People’s Party in 2011. Prior to serving as president, Dr. Banda was the first female vice president of Malawi. She is the founder of the Joyce Banda F...

BPR Interviews: Dr. Joyce Banda

Dr. Joyce Banda served as the first female president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014 and founded the People’s Party in 2011. Prior to serving as president, Dr. Banda was the first female vice president of Malawi. She is the founder of the Joyce Banda F...

What happens when a country without legal abortion tells women not to get pregnant? This was the question many asked when government officials in El Salvador recently told women to avoid getting pregnant until 2018 as a precaution against the Zika vi...

Zika and the Abortion Rights Debate

What happens when a country without legal abortion tells women not to get pregnant? This was the question many asked when government officials in El Salvador recently told women to avoid getting pregnant until 2018 as a precaution against the Zika vi...

In December of 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the New Year would bring an end to restrictions on women in the US military serving in combat positions. This move has opened as many as 220,000 jobs previously off limits to female sol...

Military Fertility in the Era of Egg-Freezing

In December of 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the New Year would bring an end to restrictions on women in the US military serving in combat positions. This move has opened as many as 220,000 jobs previously off limits to female sol...

Supreme Court Justices, of all the prominent federal officials, have long been shielded from the celebrity that can accompany successful political careers. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, however, is inverting this paradigm; recent years have seen her d...

Why Feminists Love The Notorious RBG

Supreme Court Justices, of all the prominent federal officials, have long been shielded from the celebrity that can accompany successful political careers. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, however, is inverting this paradigm; recent years have seen her d...

South Carolina’s women are being killed. In the past 10 years, more than 300 women have died at the hands of men — that’s one woman every 12 days. South Carolina posted a murder rate for women that was more than double the national rate, and...

Combatting Domestic Abuse in South Carolina

South Carolina’s women are being killed. In the past 10 years, more than 300 women have died at the hands of men — that’s one woman every 12 days. South Carolina posted a murder rate for women that was more than double the national rate, and...

This August, before becoming leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn faced backlash in the wake of his proposed plan to prevent sexual harassment and assault on London’s public transportation network. The problem was neither his suggestion to add...

Gendered Train Cars: A Policy With Mixed Results

This August, before becoming leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn faced backlash in the wake of his proposed plan to prevent sexual harassment and assault on London’s public transportation network. The problem was neither his suggestion to add...

In 2008, some 85 million people in the Arab world tuned in to watch the final episode of the breakthrough Turkish television show Gümüş. During a recent survey carried out in 16 Middle Eastern countries, three out of four people said that they had...

Turkish Soap Operas: A Voice for the Voiceless

In 2008, some 85 million people in the Arab world tuned in to watch the final episode of the breakthrough Turkish television show Gümüş. During a recent survey carried out in 16 Middle Eastern countries, three out of four people said that they had...

On October 3, Saturday Night Live’s forty-first season premiered with a cold opener mocking Donald and Melania Trump. The skit portrayed Donald as arrogant and irreverent and Melania as clueless, and it routinely made references to Trump’s sexis...

First Ladies and Lads of the 2016 Presidential Election

On October 3, Saturday Night Live’s forty-first season premiered with a cold opener mocking Donald and Melania Trump. The skit portrayed Donald as arrogant and irreverent and Melania as clueless, and it routinely made references to Trump’s sexis...

The United States has a long history of publicizing so-called “macho” men. Over the years, the prototypical macho American man has seen numerous incarnations – from cowboys to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator. Often, these characters ha...

Macho (Wo)men in Politics

The United States has a long history of publicizing so-called “macho” men. Over the years, the prototypical macho American man has seen numerous incarnations – from cowboys to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator. Often, these characters ha...