Feminist Movement & Equal Rights
The fight for women's equality and the feminist movement have a long history with numerous players and participants. The freedoms and rights so many women take for granted today were hard-fought by women not so long ago.
A book review of the novel "Daughters of the North" by Sarah Hall. A young woman, living under the oppressive rule of the Authority in a police state version of a Great Britain devastated by massive flooding, plots her escape and dreams of finding the legendary community of Carhullen, hidden in the mountains and inhabited solely by women.
How different is feminism in India from feminism in the West? Author and Indian feminist Sarojini Sahoo explains how Eastern feminism has an additional hurdle to overcome - tigher restrictions on female sexuality - and why women are the victims of cultural practices such as bride burning and dowry killings.
When it comes to leadership, does gender matter? Is there a difference between women and men? If so, what are the qualities that the most effective women leaders possess?
An illustrated guide to women's rights issues as seen from a civil liberties perspective.
A concept familiar in women's studies programs but not commonly used by mainstream media, the three waves of feminism separate and define three active periods in the history of the women's movement. All three share a common goal: to achieve social, legal, and economic equality between women and men, but the methods of the respective waves vary significantly.
