If you’re a Budapest local, NEM! may already be familiar to you from the stickers and menstrual product donation boxes in the toilets of your favourite bars and community spaces, but the movement’s campaigns extend to the online sphere and the streets of Budapest too. ...
Shock ripples throughout the world, as the Supreme Court overrules the historic Roe v Wade ruling in a serious blow to women’s reproductive rights in the USA. But what was Roe v Wade, and what are the effects of this overruling?...
Last week, the Spanish government approved the draft law proposal that would, for the first time in Europe, grant women the right to menstrual leave for incapacitating period pain....
Lucie describes how receiving and answering work emails on Saturdays disrupts our work-life balance and gives tips on how to break out from the pressures of endless productivity. ...
By exploring the power and professional and societal benefits of multipotentiality, this author highlights how and why creating a life, or career, that incorporates your many interests and skills is no bad endeavor.
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Have you ever wondered why boys are louder in a classroom? And why do girls, in general, have lower self-confidence? Here are (some of) the reasons. And #spoileralert, yes, gender plays a role on this one too.
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In the so called post-truth era of today, empirical research and expert opinion lost its validity, as we all - basing our opinions and knowledge on the non-selective and non-scientific data we can find on the internet, and on the religious or political ideologies we happen to follow - believe we know what’s right, true and good. ...
This International Women’s Day, instead of taking part in the almost-compulsory, commercial activity of gifting flowers and celebrating “progress” embodied by a few incredible individuals, let’s take some time to review what the past year looked like for average women - and you might recognise some similarities with your own experience, too. ...
The Black Lives Matter movement shook the Western world in 2020, but how does it translate to Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan? Aizada talks us through the popular narratives and implications of the BLM movement in the country. ...
Poland is the latest example of democracy moving backward instead of forward. On the 27h of January the Polish government announced the introduction of a near total ban on abortions. The ruling established that abortion is now legal in Poland only in cases of rape, incest or danger for the mother’s life…. But the Polish people did not intend to sit back and watch in silence. They went back to the streets like they did months before, shouting slogans such as “My body, my choice” and “You will never walk alone”. ...
Lili Rutai talked to social workers, teachers, doctors and women who were affected in period poverty. Her goal was to reveal why period poverty is a problem, how it affects women in different parts of the country and what could be done....
In 2021 the UK abolished the so-called tampon tax: what does this mean for women, and what is the significance of this policy? Is it a genuine step towards equality, or just saving face? Join Lazy Bori as she deep dives into the economics and politics of the tampon tax....
The patriarchy is, once again, ruining your life. And this time: it’s your sex life. Looking at advertising, social media, even each other, Becky unpacks why we feel the need to preen our nakedness – and why we need to work to let it go....
Our founders had a chat with the hosts of the Vénusz Projekt podcast, one of the loudest voices in the Hungarian feminist sphere to talk about feminism, the podcast, their social responsibility and the Hungarian feminist community. ...
What’s it like to live in Hungary as a Black woman? To be complimented on your ‘nice’ accent, when you are Hungarian? To be in school and hear another girl say she doesn’t want to hold your hand, fearing that you would ‘dirty’ hers? Judit Deen discusses her experience and gives some recommendations regarding what to watch if you want to get an insight into the experience of living as a Black person anywhere in the world. ...
It is now the 18th of May, and it’s been more than two months since I started doing my fair share of civic duty: staying at home, social distancing. With the s...
Being at CEU, you get used to the constant feeling of being all over the place. As an MA student, life feels incredibly unstructured yet fast-paced at the same...