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The Implicit Meanings Behind Gender-Based Violence (And Why They Matter)
By: A.C. The observation that gender-based violence is experienced differently by different groups of women served as foundational...

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Jan 20, 20242 min read
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Unmasking the Shadow Pandemic: COVID-19 Lockdowns and the Surge in Gender-Based Violence
By: Salsabil Salek The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our world, leaving no aspect of society untouched. Beyond the visible impacts on...

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Jan 8, 20242 min read
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16 Days Against Gender-Based Violence/International Human Rights Day: The Forgotten Voices within the Awareness of Gender-Based Violence
By Chloe Panaligan Gender-based violence is a phenomenon that is widely defined as, “an umbrella term for harmful acts of abuse...

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Jan 8, 20242 min read
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Capitalism and COVID-19: The effects on Gender-Based Violence
By: Tammy Brisibe 2020 was a year no one will forget. From murder hornets to UFO sightings to the rise of a deadly virus, the world was...

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Jan 8, 20242 min read
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Neoliberal Feminism is Not Feminism: Its Harmful Effects on the Lives of Black Women
By: Chloe Panaligan When people think of feminism and the fight for equality, many think of the fight for equal opportunities and...

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Mar 14, 20233 min read
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The Women of the Panthers: Spotlighting Three Powerful Women in the Black Panther Party
By Tia DeRuiter With the advent of Black History Month comes an amplification of influential Black voices that have often been...

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Feb 28, 20235 min read
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The Weapon of Education- is there hope for Afghanistan’s women?
By Roya Aboosaidi Access to education used as a weapon to obtain power seems to be something innate in the governing of states throughout...

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Apr 14, 20222 min read
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Becoming The Girl That I Want To Be Instead of That Girl
By Aditi Malhotra In the covertly toxic footsteps of millennial girlboss feminism, Gen Z seems to have reincarnated a similar culture in...

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Apr 14, 20223 min read
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The Underrepresentation of Women in Politics
By Roya Aboosaidi The underrepresentation of women in politics has been an imminent problem that affects more than just their political...

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Mar 29, 20223 min read
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The Matthew Matilda Effect: The Systematic Disregard of Women in Science Through Time
By Aditi Malhotra The history and development of science, like the rest of history we study, seems to be a concatenation of almost...

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Mar 29, 20223 min read
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The Heroes of Non-Governmental Healthcare: How Women Have Been Leaders in the Field
By Jessica Horton For a brief period of time between the ages of 10 and 12, I wanted to be a nurse or a doctor working with Médecins Sans...

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Mar 29, 20224 min read
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How Nursing is Viewed as a Feminine Career and How That Harms Nurses
By Simran Grewal The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on nursing that has uncovered the atrocities they face in the workforce to the...

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Mar 29, 20223 min read
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The Undervaluation of Female-Dominated Occupations in Healthcare
By Tia DeRuiter Over the last century, women have come to play increasingly large roles in the fields of healthcare and care work. From...

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Mar 29, 20222 min read
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Of 'ice princesses' and systemic abuse: Age-related disposability in women's figure skating
By Eliane Ramos “Ice Princess” was my first introduction to figure skating. I remember being entranced by the skaters’ elegance, their...

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Mar 29, 20223 min read
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Institutionalized Racism and Healthcare in the United States
By Roya Aboosaidi As an effect of institutionalized racism in the United States and many other developed nations, racial minorities have...

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Mar 1, 20222 min read
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Toronto Women Making History: A Look at Inspirational Black Women from Today
By Jess Horton Toronto’s history is filled with black women who have been foundational to the city’s cultural, political, social, and...

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Mar 1, 20225 min read
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Misogynoir in the North American Healthcare System
By Kaamilah Moola Ingrained in the American healthcare system is racial inequality that marginally impacts African American people. These...

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Mar 1, 20222 min read
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Black History Month Reading List 2022
As part of our Black History Month social media initiatives, we at FERA have compiled a reading list, just in time for February reading...

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Feb 20, 20221 min read
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The Effects of Gender-Based Violence on Mental Health
Written by Kaamilah Moola It is no secret that gender-based violence negatively impacts the mental health of victims that experience such...

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Dec 9, 20212 min read
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From 16 to 365 — The importance of activism against GBV year round
Written by Eden Wein Every year from International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25th to World Human...

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Dec 8, 20212 min read
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An Overview of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
Written by Tia De Ruiter In September of 2021, following the disappearance of 21 year old Gabby Petitio, a massive influx of media...

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Dec 7, 20214 min read
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Reframing Events of Gender-Based Violence: Giving Women Back their Identities
Written by Jess Horton Remembering the Past. The École Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, was an anti-feminist...

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Dec 6, 20213 min read
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The Shadow Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Rise of Gender-Based Violence
Written by Akhila Sandhu The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of people all over the world, affecting the ways in which we learn,...

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Dec 5, 20213 min read
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The Importance of Believing Survivors of GBV
Written by Aditi Malhotra As someone who spent the first 18 years of their life in a culture dominated by males that programmed everyone...

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Dec 5, 20213 min read
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