Shaghayegh Norouzi: Actress from Iran Breaks Silence on Sexual Violence and Starts Me Too Movement- Exclusive Interview.

Shaghayegh Norouzi: Actress from Iran Breaks Silence on Sexual Violence and Starts Me Too Movement- Exclusive Interview.

In the 10 years in which Shaghayegh Norouzi (Shiraz, 1984) worked as an actress in Iran and suffered sexual violence, which she describes as systematic, by directors and other men on the crew. Her filming partners told her to “learn how to direct,” she said. “How do you handle abuse?” he asks angrily. In 2019, … Read more

New Research Challenges Assumption of No Inbuilt Differences Between Male and Female Brains

New Research Challenges Assumption of No Inbuilt Differences Between Male and Female Brains

Groundbreaking Research Challenges Assumptions About Male and Female Brains Implications of Stanford University Study Rattle Middle-Class Feminist Assumptions For decades, the notion that there are no inherent differences between male and female brains has been a cornerstone of middle-class feminism, fiercely defended against any skepticism. However, a recent study by neurobiologists at Stanford University has … Read more

New Research Reveals Growing Political Divide between Young Men and Women in Generation Z

New Research Reveals Growing Political Divide between Young Men and Women in Generation Z

New research has found that the demographic is increasingly divided on political issues, with young men becoming more conservative and young women becoming more progressive. Something unexpected is happening between men and women in Generation Z. Over the last decade, numerous studies measuring public opinion have found that notoriously progressive young people are increasingly divided … Read more

Title: “Controversial Support for Gérard Depardieu Sparks Debate About Separating Art from the Artist”

Title: “Controversial Support for Gérard Depardieu Sparks Debate About Separating Art from the Artist”

“When Gérard Depardieu is attacked like this, what is attacked is art.” The phrase is part of a controversial support forum signed this week by 56 artists, including Carla Bruni and Victoria Abril, in which they denounce a “lynching” against the actor, accused of rape and other sexual assaults by more than a dozen women. … Read more

Simone Biles and Other Celebrities Speak Out Against Inappropriate Pregnancy Rumors and Body Shaming

Simone Biles and Other Celebrities Speak Out Against Inappropriate Pregnancy Rumors and Body Shaming

Simone Biles has been the latest celebrity in using their social networks to clarify that asking a woman if she is pregnant at the moment she uploads a photograph in which an iota of volume is glimpsed in her belly is extremely problematic. No matter how much time passes, it is necessary that these types … Read more

Empowering Girls in STEM: UNESCO Summit for Gender Equality in Education

Empowering Girls in STEM: UNESCO Summit for Gender Equality in Education

“We must change the mind, the system and society”this is the message that Justine Sass, head of Gender and Education at UNESCO, launched last December 14 at the international summit organized by the Ministry of Education, the European Union and the OECD in Madrid to debate about the future of girls in STEM. This acronym … Read more

Why Hollywood Fails with New Heroine Characters and the Rise of Reluctant Heroines

Why Hollywood Fails with New Heroine Characters and the Rise of Reluctant Heroines

Contents Read content on one page Page 1 — We need more reluctant heroines Page 2 — Why does Hollywood fail so badly when it comes to new heroine characters? Page 3 — Classic femininity is apparently to be overcome Now you can take this as a funny clap-back; The only problem is that you … Read more

The first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court dies at the age of 93 – International – Free Times e-newsletter

The first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court dies at the age of 93 – International – Free Times e-newsletter

2023/12/02 14:45 The U.S. Supreme Court announced on the 1st local time that Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice in the history of the Supreme Court, passed away at the age of 93. (File photo, AFP) [Instant News/Comprehensive Report]The U.S. Supreme Court announced on the 1st local time that Sandra Day O’Connor, the first … Read more

#NousToutes 2023 demonstration: Christian processions in Lyon and Paris

#NousToutes 2023 demonstration: Christian processions in Lyon and Paris

The Skirt Committee, Women and a God, Oh My Goddess! or the Protestants of the inclusive branch of the Saint-Guillaume parish, etc. are participating again this year in the #NousToutes Demonstration. For three years now, several feminist and LGBT+ Christian associations have come together to form a procession in Lyon and Paris. Saturday November 25, … Read more

Aodrenn Sourdin: A Young Female Football Referee Breaking Barriers in France

Aodrenn Sourdin: A Young Female Football Referee Breaking Barriers in France

Par Hugo Murtas Published on 12 Nov 23 at 9:02 See my news Follow News Rennes According to figures from the French Football Federation (FFF), 20,000 referees officiate in France, including 19,000 men for only 1,000 women.Among these female referees is Aodrenn Sourdin, 25 ans and originally from Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). A former junior player and … Read more