Feminist analysis, commentary, and research
Explore feminist perspectives through in-depth analysis and commentary.
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A UN Women-commissioned 2026 study examines online violence against women human-rights defenders, activists and journalists, including AI-enabled abuse, offline harm and self-censorship.
Julie Posetti, Kaylee Williams, Lea Hellmueller, Pauline Renaud, Nabeelah Shabbir & Nermine Aboulez / 9 minsMaxime Houinato compares Senegal’s parity lists with Benin’s reserved seats to ask when representation becomes power. Unexplained figures in the brief conflict with IPU chamber-level data.
Maxime Houinato / 14 minsWriting from her situated experience as a queer, polyamorous, pansexual African woman, Sihle Tshangela Mazibu reads self-discovery, desire, freedom, and healing in The Sex Lives of African Women.
Sihle Tshangela Mazibu / 8 minsBeginning with her interview relationship with Janet, Serena Owusua Dankwa examines how women’s intimacies in Ghana, bodily contact, and researcher positionality shape knowledge.
Serena Owusua Dankwa / 8 minsDrawing on fieldwork and historical material from Zambézia, Mozambique, Carmeliza Rosário asks how kinship, language, and social roles unsettle universal models of gender as individual identity.
Carmeliza Rosário / 8 minsTitilope F. Ajayi moves from Nairobi 1985 through everyday organizing, Bring Back Our Girls and digital action to reflect on African feminist practice, memory and generational debate.
Titilope F. Ajayi / 8 minsINEGI values unpaid household work in Mexico, distinguishing participation, hours and emotional care while raising questions about recognition and rights.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)SSMSI’s French report documents gender disparities while distinguishing victim entries, distinct people and violence that never reaches police records.
Béryl Matinet; Maxine VoinsonWHO’s overview opens a reading path through endometriosis, pain recognition, unequal access and health beyond fertility.
World Health Organization (WHO)UN Women discusses the Gender Snapshot 2025 through poverty, care, technology and public investment.
UN Women / 11 minsINEGI’s reference-week survey connects paid work, unpaid work and care, requiring careful distinctions between participation, duration and simultaneous activities.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) / 3 minsStats SA’s Q2 2025 figures distinguish unemployment, participation and informal employment, showing how qualifications and homemaking enter unequal work situations.
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)