The 11 countries of Southeast Asia include over 550 million people. Despite great linguistic and cultural diversity, the region is characterized by the relatively favorable position of women in ...
Overall the LA Times’ list was dominated by women from the Western Hemisphere, particularly North America and especially the United States. Among the notable non-Asian nationals making the list ...
UK women have been celebrating 100 years of the vote, looking back at the lives of those first suffragettes. But who were the black and Asian women who called for votes for women? The 1866 ...
In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month this March, Asia Society Philippines partnered with Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation for a special series, Eyes on the Women of ...
Many of the books that we hold in The Women’s Library, which relate to South Asia, are part of the Myra Sadd Brown Memorial Library. This library was founded in 1938 in memory of Myra, who was a ...
It was unusual for first-generation Asian women to learn to drive after arriving in England in the 1960s and 70s, but some were determined to ignore convention and get behind the wheel.
Gender gaps in entrepreneurship are linked to lower levels of inputs in women-led enterprises, which are shaped by gender norms ... This report explores gender differences in entrepreneurship for ...
Although the 19th Amendment declared that the right to vote cannot be denied on the basis of sex, it did not guarantee voting access to all women. Citizenship laws, poll taxes, threats, and violence ...