Category: Youth Articles
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Gender Inequality in The Workplace
It was common knowledge before to think that a woman has no place in an office because she lacked the education needed, but now almost every female has access to education and can provide for themselves. A woman is now more than capable of doing a man’s job, but they are still not given the chance to show everyone what they are capable of.
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Gender and Conflict in Syria
Although many cases from different countries such as Iraq, Palestine, and Bosnia demonstrate the impact of armed conflicts on women, less is documented and known in terms of the effect of the Syrian civil war on women and children who got displaced because of the conflict.
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Sexual Violence: A Campaign Against the Bosniaks
During the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, Serb forces captured and imprisoned between 25,000 and 40,000 women in rape camps, permitting their release only after confirming the impossibility of safe abortion upon pregnancy. The rapes and enforced impregnations that occurred in these camps were a way to assert, control, and define, the criteria of membership in one group (from the perspective of the Serbs), as well as destabilize the criteria of membership in another group (from the perspective of the Bosniaks). At this point, I find it necessary to question how and why a biological marker of identity–a person’s (more specifically, a woman’s) ethnic background–has been attributed such (socially constructed) significance.
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The Feminist Movement and Neoliberalism in Lebanon: A New Route to Explore
This paper will seek to extract different perspectives of neoliberalism that I, as an author, agree with, and match them with applications in the Arab World’s context. I had originally intended on exploring how specific policies unique to the neoliberal agenda, particularly the Lebanese neoliberal context, affect and, more specifically, hinder the feminist movement’s advancements.
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Gender in Pre-Conflict, Conflict and Post-Conflict Dilemma
This paper introduces the concept of gender in relation to gendered security problems in a continuing cycle of pre-conflict, conflict, and post-conflict settings. Feminist research has established that power dynamics often result in women’s security problems being distinct from those of men in conflict and post-conflict situations. This differential impact, coupled with the short-term/long-term impact of gender-determined conflict, puts women at risk, while at the same time providing them with little room to resolve safety issues.
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Female Labor Participation in Jordan
Nicolas Nassar Female participation in the labor force has been a compelling issue throughout history. It is also a very dynamic topic in all countries independent of that development level. It’s because the place of women in work-life can be considered a brand-new subject compared to that of men in all societies. Female labor force […]
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Torn Between Patriarchy and Imperialism; Palestinian Women
Palestinian women continue to struggle for their rights, which have been restricted by two main interconnected forces: The Israeli occupation and patriarchal dominance within the Palestinian community. As a result, Palestinian women face two major limitations to their rights: those emerging from within their own community, and those imposed as a result of colonization, conflict, and civil unrest.
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Feminism and Army: Different Points of Views
The divergence in perspectives between the army and feminism is a reason for conflicts in misunderstanding each other. Reconciliation between any different points of view starts with adequate understanding in order to reach good solutions. To solve any problem that may arise between them, you need to understand the mentality of feminism and the army and bear in mind that women need to leave victimhood now and forever.
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The Woman of the House
I had a fairly decent childhood growing up with my parents and three sisters. I would say that we were a very fortunate middle-class family heading in the right direction; life was good, and everything was working out well. My father, a businessman, traveled to Italy frequently to close on deals for his clothing shop, but little did I know that one of these flights would be a permanent one and I’d never get to see my dad again. My dad’s departure, for legal and business troubles, meant that my mother would have to take matters into her own hands and become the “man of the house.”
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The October 17, 2019, Female Revolution
Several campaigns were held to abolish laws retaining the rights of marital rape, underage marriage, and the right of dropping rape charges if a perpetrator marries their victim. These acts of activism were made possible with the help of several NGOs in Lebanon, university students, and clubs. On October 17, 2019, Lebanese revolution was no different. Individuals of marginalized communities and activists took advantage of the revolution to voice their concerns and demands and take control of the conversation while reclaiming their agency. By taking a stance, they showed the Lebanese government and citizens that the revolution is also about them, that “the revolution is female.”