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Women worldwide speak as one

The gender gap in political attitudes has widened dramatically since 2014, and it has done so on a global scale. This is clearly a result of the fourth wave of feminism, which has spread across the world.

Despite facing destruction, humiliation, and the loss of loved ones, Palestinian mothers and daughters demonstrate extraordinary courage as they struggle to create normalcy from the ruins of their former lives.

Gender inequality impacts everything from income disparity between men and women, to violence and harassment at work, the quality of jobs that will be available in a just transition to a green economy and occupational hazards faced by women workers.

Militant Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Catches On (1960), The 20th Century’s Largest One-Day Demonstration (1930), ‘Bloody Sunday’ (1965), March 8, International Women’s Day

A 180° turn remaps world politics

Building a Doomsday Machine (1950), A Rogue Agency? (1975), Origins of International Women’s Day (1909), Gradual Emancipation Is Better than None (1780), Kicking Jim Crow off the Bus (1955), Robeson’s Best (1940), Happy Birthday, Vivaldi! (1725)

Brave new world order?

On the electoral front, surges and splits

Women rock the world