The Chinese Communist Party has long promoted gender equality as a core tenet, but as cases of gender abuse make headlines, Beijing has tried to squelch dissent and control the narrative.
Tag: Women’s Rights
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Marilyn Loden, Who Championed a Feminist Metaphor, Dies at 76
She was asked to speak at a conference in 1978 about barriers faced by women in the workplace. She noted a barrier she called “the glass ceiling.”
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At Shakespeare’s Globe, a Nonbinary Joan of Arc Causes a Stir
Even before the production debuted, it had inflamed a rancorous debate about sex and gender that plays out almost daily in Britain.
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How an Afghan Soccer Player Escaped the Taliban and Began a New Life
How an Afghan soccer player and her teammates fled their homes, outran a murderous regime and forged the uncertain beginnings of a new life.
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Billie Jean King: How Serena Williams Elevated Tennis
When the world champion, who helped professionalize women’s tennis, watches Williams play, she says, she thanks God: “Serena is living our dream.”