In honour of International Women’s Day coming up on 8th March, I thought I’d share l my top songs that should be on all your girl power playlists. Hopefully this amalgamation of sorts will remind you that you should always unapologetically, proudly, and loudly be yourselves and that women rule. So here you go queens!!!! I present to you…
What is labelled as the ‘patriarchy’ in international relations, is the idea that women’s absence in key political positions allows men’s concerns to take precedence and disproportionately influence how society operates. Under the patriarchy, the attribute of ‘masculinity’ has been traditionally associated with dominance and aggression. Arguably, the principle of state sovereignty, highly present in current political structures, is expressed through features that are typically ascribed to men. Features such as strength and power. Therefore, under the premise that ‘femininity’ is likened to being aligned with kindness and empathy, is it fair to predict that if more women were in positions of power, the nature of the global relations would shift?
As some of you might have heard in assembly last week, we have been discussing 41 Questions surrounding technology (we’d love for you to have a look – feel free to contact us about your thoughts!), particularly whether technology can empower us. We think that technology can always be used for good in the right hands; as with everything, if we have good intentions these resources can be valuable for us all. But, in the same way, technology can also harm us if misused.
The term ‘sex worker’ was coined by Carole Leigh in the late 1970’s. Before this, sex workers, who have historically been overwhelmingly women, were referred to as prostitutes, which means ‘to put to an unworthy use’ or ‘to expose to public shame.’ Although the term ‘sex worker’ is relatively new, it has since, through activist work, been adopted as the official term to describe the act of sexual service for money and is used by leading organisations – such as the Joint United Nations programme on HIV/Aids, and the World Health Organisation.
Have a flick through this week’s top stories, curated by Isabella Purves
