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Freedom From Gender

September 11, 2019 · Mina Tolu ·

Freedom from gendered norms will bring us closer to building welcoming and inclusive societies. No borders, no genders, no nations, no profits.

Tagged With: gender roles, LGBTIQ

[LISTEN] Who’s Afraid of Feminism? | with Mario Vella

July 22, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

Raisa Galea talks to Mario Vella, the frontman of cult band Brikkuni, about his alleged aversion to feminism, #metoo movement and gender equality.

Tagged With: feminism, gender equality, gender roles

[LISTEN] On Regretting Motherhood

June 21, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

The perfect, romanticised version of motherhood—the ‘motherhood myth’—needs to be dismantled. Women who are childless by choice are controversial, but women who regret motherhood…? This is the ultimate taboo.

Tagged With: feminism, gender equality, gender roles, motherhood

Care Economy: the Future of Work and Gender Equality

June 10, 2019 · Abigail Muscat ·

Appreciating care work is one of the best ways of achieving social equality between men and women.

Tagged With: economy, gender equality, gender roles

On Regretting Motherhood

January 12, 2019 · Liza Caruana-Finkel ·

The perfect, romanticised version of motherhood—the ‘motherhood myth’—needs to be dismantled. Women who are childless by choice are controversial, but women who regret motherhood…? This is the ultimate taboo.

Tagged With: feminism, gender roles, motherhood

Abortion and Relatedness: Breaking the Silence

November 20, 2018 · Rachael Scicluna ·

Why is abortion a taboo? It invokes a sequence of deep-rooted associations which link the concept of embryo to the sense of family and relatedness. Thus, in a kin society like Malta, breaking the connection between the embryo and the woman’s body could be perceived akin to dismantling other ties that hold the family and […]

Tagged With: abortion, gender roles, reproduction rights

The ‘Other’ Side of the Kitchen Politics Enter the Kitchen

May 22, 2018 · Rachael Scicluna ·

The image of domestic kitchen serves as an electoral asset and reinforces heterosexual gender roles at once.

Tagged With: feminism, gender roles, politics

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