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Today we’re marking International Woman’s Day with a check-in on the state of gender equality around the world in 2017. The news is admittedly not great.
Argentina’s Virginia García Beaudoux is surprised to discover that even in northern Europe, the most egalitarian region in the world, female politicians face familiar struggles such as media bias, gender stereotypes and entrenched male power.
Meanwhile, a new child marriage law is taking Bangladesh in the wrong direction, report M Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj, while Lina Abirafeh writes that women in the Arab region face the world’s biggest gender gap.
If that's not enough, check out all the coverage of International Women's Day 2017 from across The Conversation network.
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Women in political leadership face many of the same problems, no matter where they live.
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Virginia García Beaudoux, University of Buenos Aires
Even in egalitarian Europe, female politicians must battle gender stereotypes, biased media coverage, and entrenched power.
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Politics + Society
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Lina Abirafeh, Lebanese American University
Unless we’re addressing inequalities everywhere, we will achieve equality nowhere.
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M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya; Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent
Bangladesh is a global poster child when it comes to improving women’s status in the developing and the Muslim worlds. But a recent amendment to the country's marriage law threatens its progress.
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Environment + Energy
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Holly Nel, Rhodes University
Microfibres and microplastics are a massive problem for marine life. Once ingested, they
severely affect marine animals ability to eat. There's also concerns about their toxicity.
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