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At an event in São Paulo in 2024, women commemorate the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888.

Novel

How brave women fight back against oppression

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by Sinikka Soriya Dombrowski
The building of the German Parliament (Bundestag). There are fewer women in Parliament than in the previous legislative period.

Governance

Driving force or hindrance? Germany and the SDGs

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by Tobias Hauschild
A traditional jumping dance is part of the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage that is still practised today.

Gender studies

Evolving masculinities

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by Stephen Mutie
The chainsaw that Argentinian President Javier Milei gave tech billionaire Elon Musk as a gift at the Conserva­tive Political Action Conference in February.

Authoritarianism

The chainsaw men

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by Birgit Sauer

Empowerment

How small savings spark big change for women in Kenya

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by Jacob Opara
Scottish comedian Richard Gadd (centre) addresses his own experiences of sexualised violence in his miniseries “Baby Reindeer”.

Masculinity

Sexualised violence against men: the Baby Reindeer effect

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by Sonja Peteranderl
Argentina’s President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump drill into the world: activists in costumes during COP30.

Right-wing populism

“The Sustainable Development Goals are seen as the enemy”

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by Imme Scholz
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

Mental health

Hope and healing for Malawi’s forgotten female sex workers

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by Benson Kunchezera
A “strong man” can also have a loving relationship with his children.

Gender roles

Why incomes rise when men carry the baby too

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by Godfrey Mukalazi
by Monika Hoegen
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