Culture, Health Lara Gibbs Culture, Health Lara Gibbs

Diet Culture: A Feminist Perspective

Diet culture is promoted through social media, fashion and magazines. Binary notions surrounding dieting often categorise food into ‘good’ and ‘bad’, leaving foods with higher calories labelled as ‘bad’.

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Culture, Economy, Africa, Middle East, Asia Joshua Edwicker Culture, Economy, Africa, Middle East, Asia Joshua Edwicker

Inequality at Home: Household Labour, Education and the Labour Force in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia

In the Global South, expectations of women’s role as ‘home-maker’ start young and can damage girls’ attendance in school and subsequent life opportunities. For adults across the Global South and North, the disproportionate gendered split of household labour is damaging for women’s careers and leisure time.

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LGBTQ+, Culture Marica Flore LGBTQ+, Culture Marica Flore

Empowerment or Objectification? Beauty Pageants in Limbo Between Gender Equality and Patriarchal Culture

From adhering to Eurocentric beauty standards and the objectification of women’s bodies, to the lack of inclusivity towards the LGBTQIA+ community, these competitions magnify elements of patriarchal culture.

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Culture, Environment Shelley Budgeon Culture, Environment Shelley Budgeon

Art as Activism: Ecofeminism and the Climate Crisis

Through a series of arresting images and provocative installations,
this exhibition invited the audience to critically reflect upon the logic of domination that drives both gender oppression and the ongoing degradation of the environment.

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Advocacy & Policy, The Americas Joshua Edwicker Advocacy & Policy, The Americas Joshua Edwicker

OpEd: Javier Milei, Argentina’s Populist President and the Hypocrisy of Neo-Conservatism

Milei symbolises the opposition to a system which has genuinely disenchanted and disadvantaged millions of Argentines. Much like President Trump and Prime Minister Johnson, the mistake of mainstream media is to underestimate the intelligence and cynicism of these populist men. Such a mistake is dangerous for our rights and our democracies.

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