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Montreal Thrift Store Guide for the Conscious Consumer
Written by: Tara Mehr When it comes to the fashion industry, over-consumption of clothing is an urgent problem that actively contributes...
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Time Magazine’s Women of the Year: Masih Alinejad
Written by: Tara Mehr “I’ve got too much hair, too much voice and I’m too much of a women for them” (Moorhead). These are the words of...
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How to be alone - but not lonely
By: Georgia Witten To be alone can be a personal choice or of sour circumstance, but no matter the mode of transportation, both drop off...
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Parall(elles): A History of Women in Design
Written By: Elle Eyestone A new exhibit is showing in the Montreal Museum of Fine Art called “Parall(elles): A History of Women in...
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Your Go-To List for Women-Centered Movies, Books, and More
Written by: Elle Eyestone The She's the First team believes that women-centered media is an important tool that can be used to showcase...
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Aidah Nakku: At the Intersection of Climate and Gender Justice
Written by Regina Gonzalez April 18, 2022 After briefly speaking with Ugandan activist Aidah Nakku at an event last month, I was...
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COVID-19’s Reversal of Strides Made in Girls’ Education
Written by Sophie Day April 10, 2022 Through decades of work in developing and lower-income nations, the gendered education gap has...
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Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Girls and Women
Written by Yifei Yu March 21, 2022 Sex trafficking is a form of human trafficking that involves sex exploitation of those being...
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How Online Banking can Reduce the Gender Gap
Written by Regina Gonzalez March 14, 2022 As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a shift to a more digital economy. This...
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What is Benevolent Sexism and How it Harms Women
Written by Duaa Memon March 4th, 2022 In late 2016, a 2005 recording of Donald Trump making crude and vulgar comments about women...
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Culturally Sensitive Approaches to End Female Genital Cutting/Excision
Written by Emily Cranston February 7, 2022 Female genital cutting/excision (FGC/E), non-medical procedures that alter female genital...
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Why Women Are Avoiding Politics
Written by Samantha Fulton February 2, 2022 I remember when I was in the 8th grade and Hillary Clinton was running for president. I was...
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Gender Inequality - from the perspective of the 2021 Sustainable Development Goals Report
Written by Emily Cranston January 20, 2022 As we head into the new year, still grappling with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Dadaab Failed its Girls’ Education Long Enough
Written by Jeanne Lalonger-Laurent December 20, 2021 “Education is like oxygen for us” asserts Shadia, a refugee girl living in the...
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Accessing maternal healthcare as a female Venezuelan migrant: experiences in Brazil and Colombia
Written by Regina Gonzalez November 26, 2021 The Venezuelan refugee crisis is “one of the largest in modern history” yet it is severely...
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Why do girls avoid STEM? The internalization of a gendered perspective of STEM in high school
Written by Jeanne Lalonger-Laurent November 7, 2021 “Guys! Aren’t you embarrassed girls are doing better than you in my class?” was...
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The Vice President and a Journalist: Filipinas in the Fight for Democracy
Written by Regina Gonzalez October 31, 2021 On paper, the Philippines is one of the top Asian countries in closing the gender divide...
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Could students benefit from the greater inclusion of feminist pedagogy?
Written by Emily Cranston October 19, 2021 “Feminist Pedagogy” – until recently, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what this term...
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Interview with Laurel Golio – Empowering Others Through Photography
Written by Noa Fragneau April 2, 2021 Laurel Golio is a Brooklyn-based queer woman, visual anthropologist, and photographer who shoots...
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COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence in Canada
Written by Yuqi Yao March 20, 2021 The spread of COVID-19 around the world has contributed to the rise in gender-based violence (GBV) in...
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