Women's Studies with Renee Schlueter

New York Times newsletter on women, gender and society.

This page provides links to NY Times articles on Women's Rights.

News articles on women and human rights.

By taking on taboos, a hit show called “Mistress of a Married Man” has set off a debate about contemporary womanhood in Senegal, which is largely Muslim. (8/22/2019)

(3/14/2020) Women in the conservative kingdom are finding they have to negotiate with their relatives newly granted permissions to work, drive and travel.

Saudi Arabia announced that it would allow adult women to obtain passports, travel and work without securing the permission of a male relative, significantly weakening the kingdom’s “guardianship” system. 8/2/2019

The few ticket holders expressed joy at finally being able to share in the passion for the national soccer team. (October 10, 2019)

Aid workers worry that the Afghan government’s attempt to control financing for shelters would make them vulnerable in a culture still brutal for women.
NY Times, March 17, 2018

The number of Afghan women seeking divorce is rising, but many are then met with harassment and difficulties in their daily lives.
NY Times, April 17, 2017

Months after the president vowed to keep justice officials from ordering the examinations, found to be invalid, the tests are still traumatizing women. (January 6, 2017)

8/10/2018

New York Times newsletter on women, gender and society.

This page provides links to NY Times articles on Women's Rights.

The death of the runner Mollie Tibbetts has ignited a national conversation about the harassment and fears women face every time they go for a run. 8/28/2018

Women who have their first child before 25 or after 35 eventually close the salary divide with their husbands. It’s the years in between that are most problematic, research shows. 4/9/18 NY Times

Barriers for women include not only sexual harassment, but also persistent disparities in pay and promotion, as well as structural impediments — in child care, scheduling and other workplace policies. 4/22/2017

"Is there a “women’s movement” in 2017? What is it? Who is it? " (March 31, 2017)

March 23, 2018

4/28/2017

1/2/2018

Eleven female lawmakers, journalists and scholars weigh in. 3/8/2019

Variety of free reports on the gender dimensions of human development and human rights issues.

The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006 by the World Economic Forum. The Global Gender Gap Index is an index designed to measure gender equality

Includes links to reports, every 5 years, from 1990-2020.

The National Online Resource Center library is home to thousands of materials on violence against women and related issues.

This website serves as a platform for the dissemination of developments in the field of gender statistics and promotes the inclusion of gender statistics into all fields of statistical activities at both the national and international levels.

New UN Women report that examines how the transformations in families impact women’s rights, and reveals most countries can afford family-friendly policies

The organization believes in liberty for all. That means liberty from female genital mutilation, honor violence and forced marriages (particularly in Muslim countries).

RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977.

The project is a place to record stories of sexism faced on a daily basis, by ordinary women, in ordinary places. To show that sexism exists in abundance in the UK workplace and that it is very far from being a problem we no longer need to discuss.

The blog of the National Organization for Women (NOW).