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Tomorrow is International Women’s Day – but it won’t be celebrated equally the world over; as Candace Johnson points out, Latin America in particular marks it more exuberantly than other regions. But she also makes clear that the day’s message applies everywhere: wherever you look in the world, women still have low status relative to men.
One of the most important problems to be solved in the battle for gender justice is access to quality childcare, an especially pressing issue for the millions of women classified as “working poor”. Laura Alfers looks at some solutions that are being tried.
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On International Women’s Day in 2016, a demonstrator carries a cross that reads in Spanish: “For you, for all” to protest violence against women. International Women’s Day is much more widely celebrated in Latin America than it is in Canada and the United States, but injustices for women is a global phenomenon.
(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Candace Johnson, University of Guelph
Women everywhere have low status relative to men. This is a global phenomenon and there are no exceptions, and there is much work to be done in Canada and everywhere. The time is now.
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Arts + Culture
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Roberto Castillo, Lingnan University
China's offensive 'blackface' skit intended to highlight the positive aspects of China-Africa relations, has done the opposite.
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Marc Le Pape, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Writing about Rwanda sometimes gives the impression of crossing a minefield. It is not a question of controversies between researchers but of denunciation and intimidation.
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Business + Economy
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Laura Alfers, Rhodes University
Adequate and quality childcare determines women’s participation in the labour force and the type of work they can take on.
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Environment + Energy
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Veronica Herrera, University of Connecticut
In many Mexican cities, water is treated as a political bargaining chip – a favor that public officials can trade for votes, bribes or power.
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Health + Medicine
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Andrew Githeko, Kenya Medical Research Institute; Ednah Ototo, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kenya has managed to reduce the number of malaria cases in parts of the country. But this, in turn, has led to immunity levels dropping.
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Nicole Iovine, University of Florida
The 1918 flu pandemic has long puzzled those who study disease outbreaks. Why was it so severe? While that question is hard to answer, one thing is certain: Vaccines would have lessened the toll.
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Politics + Society
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Hillary Musarurwa, Durban University of Technology
Youth participation in elections and governance processes in Zimbabwe is low.
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Umer Karim, University of Birmingham
With Iran and India on manoeuvres and the war in Yemen still unfolding, Pakistan's stakes in the Middle East are as high as ever.
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