Marching the streets of Mexico City on International Women's Day 2022 a woman said “We fight today so we don’t die tomorrow.” Living in constant fear is the life of a woman in Mexico. Walking to your job, getting into a relationship, waiting to get picked up from school, riding the bus, or any standard … Continue reading Women’s Insecurity in the Femicide Nation
In the year 2023, a person can rape their spouse and face no legal repercussions. The notion that anyone especially someone’s spouse could rape them and not be held legally responsible to most people would be unbelievable. The reality of it is that marital rape is still legal in many nations especially African nations which … Continue reading Link Between Marital Rape Laws and Security in Nigeria and South Africa
On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) shocked the world by issuing arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. Both Putin and Lvova-Belova were accused of war crimes for unlawfully deporting and transferring children from occupied Ukraine to Russia (McAllister and Krcmaric, 2023). While currently … Continue reading ICC Issues Warrant for Putin’s Arrest: What it Reveals About International Accountability for Wartime Sexual Violence
There have been some excellent and innovative attempts in the past and the present to capture a relatively holistic overview of the situation of US women. The original Shriver Report of 2009 (with follow-ups in 2010 and 2014) is perhaps the earliest attempt at a more comprehensive look at US women. Even so, each Shriver … Continue reading An Overview of Existing Reports on the Status of Women in the United States
The attached PDF is the first of a new kind of assessment produced by the Coders of The WomanStats Project. Because of the format, the assessment is available only in PDF form. This assessment was produced for review by the Bush School of Government and Public Service. It was prepared by Vivian Cassina for The … Continue reading Prevalence and Legality of Consanguineous (Cousin) Marriage: Country Level Implications in Pakistan
Rwanda has the highest percentage of female parliamentary participation in the world. Yet, many women leaders still find their competency questioned and their political influence limited. Photo: UN Women In today’s world, where women are still severely underrepresented in politics, electing and appointing more women to high-ranking government positions is often presented as a direct … Continue reading “Is Political Representation Enough to Improve Women’s Rights? The Rwanda Paradox Proves Otherwise”
During the summer of 2022, I interned for the Division of Project Management in the 2nd District of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The first thing that struck me on my first day at Caltrans: of the ten project managers (each of whom is required to be a registered Professional Engineer in the state … Continue reading Where Are All the Female Engineers?
Prostitution is the sexual exploitation of women and girls perpetrated by men. While some try to spin the narrative using term such as ‘sex work,’ the reality is that prostitution is rape with money (NMN, 2019). Societal misconceptions have shaped how we conceptualize prostitution as well as policy responses. Understanding the reality of prostitution reframes … Continue reading Prostitution and Commodifying Women
Romani women, who are part of a group that is already extremely disadvantaged in Europe, experience even more discrimination than their male counterparts. Roma people are historically and currently ostracized from the broader societies across Europe. The Roma arrived in Europe in the middle ages and were called the “untouchables” mainly due to their nomadic … Continue reading The Experiences of Romani Women and Girls
The struggle of Muslim women in Europe is a lengthy one that can be traced back to 2003. This was the year that Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled that, constitutionally, teachers can wear the burka, but stated that regional governments would be the ones to ultimately decide. Shortly after this declaration, half of Germany’s states … Continue reading Controversial Cloth: The Struggle of Muslim Women in Europe
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