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Empowering Women
Maria

The Gendered Crisis: Women’s Unpaid Work and Cheap Labour as a Non-traditional Security Threat

It was my summer semester break, and I was visiting my home in Pakistan. I relished the delicious food my mother made every day when I noticed that she got sick from the hot one day, and even then, she continued working in the kitchen. Summers in Pakistan are blazing hot, with severe electricity shortages, and the temperature often exceeds 40°C (104°F). Middle-class families cannot afford the luxury of having an air-conditioner in their kitchens, thus making the kitchen the hottest room. While the less privileged people can hardly afford the perk of having an air-conditioner in their homes, one can imagine the dire conditions in which women work. My mother’s condition made me wonder why a woman working at home does not enjoy the same benefits as any office worker.

Maria December 23, 2024
Empowering Women
Maria

Why Climate Crisis is Patriarchal? Towards a Feminist Climate Justice

The climate crisis affects everyone, but it does not affect everyone equally. Women, who already make up the majority of the world’s poor, are at the forefront of facing disproportionate impacts of the climate crisis. UN figures note that 80% of the people displaced by climate change are women (Halton, 2018). There remain several intersecting factors that exacerbate the consequences of the climate crisis for women: they make up the majority of people living in poverty, they are burdened with the responsibility of looking after their families and their lives are often rendered unimportant as compared to males. The feminist circles and movements have, therefore, placed patriarchy as one of the root causes of the climate crisis, and this puts climate justice as a global feminist issue.

Maria November 11, 2024
Diversity and Integration
Sara Hossni

Bridging Divides: How WCRA is Empowering Vulnerable Women and Children across Egypt and Beyond

The movement of people from the rural south to the more industrialized north has long characterized migration in Egypt. This internal migration pattern, driven by economic hardship, has disproportionately affected women and children, especially those from Upper Egypt. The Women’s and Children’s Rights Association in Assiut (WCRA) has emerged as a vital support system for these vulnerable groups, providing technical and legal assistance to help them navigate the social, economic, and environmental challenges they face in internal migration. 

Sara Hossni November 4, 2024
Empowering Women
Karoliina K

At the airport

And then suddenly, I am here talking to Caroline, Karolina and Carol. It is 3.20 am. And she is crying. Out of nowhere, she is crying. Her fragile hardness and conversation of council politics broke into tears that against her will conquered her pale cheek. Tears are born out of the unborn. The pain of childlessness, and the loneliness of loss in a human’s life. In the lives of two beings, together, alone, alone together. She seems to cry on behalf of all the big hurts of humans all over the world, in a myriad of ways. The hurt of human pain in war. Crying in the dark hours of the night during endless conversations makes nothing better. Drink and pain weave a dark shroud over us. We grieve together alone, alone together. As she cried I grieved myself in her.

Karoliina K October 28, 2024
Empowering Women
Lucija Borak

My Voice, My Choice: A Citizens’ Initiative for Safe and Accessible Abortion in the EU

Your signature can be the difference for over 20 million women across the European Union who still face barriers to accessing safe abortion care. In Poland, women are dying in hospitals because abortion is banned. In Malta, women risk up to three years in prison for seeking an abortion outside of a few narrow legal exceptions. In Hungary, women are forced to listen to the heartbeat of a fetus and stand before a committee just to exercise their right to choose. Across Europe, women are suffering unnecessarily, because they are denied their most basic rights.

Lucija Borak October 21, 2024
Diversity and Integration
Alesia Ivankova

Fighting Sexual Violence Stigma in Estonia

A European Union-wide survey conducted among over 40,000 Estonian women in 2014 revealed that 13% of women over the age of 15 have experienced sexual violence (Wright, 2020) at least once in their lives. That’s one in every eight women in Estonia. Let that sink in. In the last decade, the number of reported sexual crimes has continued to rise, reaching a total of 731 cases in 2023, according to the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) (Nael, 2024). The problem is growing, yet we’re still not talking about it. Are we afraid? What are we waiting for? It’s time to BE LOUD.

Alesia Ivankova October 14, 2024
Empowering Women
Hasara Thennakoon

Women Helping Women: A Legacy of Empowerment and Growth

In a world often divided by boundaries and biases, there is a quiet revolution led by women, for
women—a movement rooted in the understanding that when women help each other rise, they
don’t just lift individuals but entire generations. Studies show that when women are empowered
through education and resources, their impact extends beyond themselves, positively influencing
families and communities. For instance, research indicates that women who earn higher incomes
are more likely to invest in their children’s education and health, improving outcomes for future
generations (World Bank, 2012). This sentiment underscores the ripple effect of investing in
women, as they are the architects of their futures and society’s collective progress.

Hasara Thennakoon September 2, 2024

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The Gendered Crisis: Women’s Unpaid Work and Cheap Labour as a Non-traditional Security Threat

It was my summer semester break, and I was visiting my home in Pakistan. I relished the delicious food my mother made every day when I noticed that she got sick from the hot one day, and even then, she continued working in the kitchen. Summers in Pakistan are blazing hot, with severe electricity shortages, and the temperature often exceeds 40°C (104°F). Middle-class families cannot afford the luxury of having an air-conditioner in their kitchens, thus making the kitchen the hottest room. While the less privileged people can hardly afford the perk of having an air-conditioner in their homes, one can imagine the dire conditions in which women work. My mother’s condition made me wonder why a woman working at home does not enjoy the same benefits as any office worker.

Shaping Nightscapes: Lighting Design for Inclusion and Sustainability

Lighting surrounds us, yet one rarely thinks about it—until something changes. Imagine a woman walking home late at night. A streetlight flickers and dies, plunging her path into shadow and leaving her with a sinking sense of vulnerability. Or picture a child gazing at a monument, its lights revealing hidden stories and sparking quiet wonder. Lighting shapes how we feel—fearful or safe, indifferent or inspired—proving it’s so much more than a backdrop to our lives.

Alexa, Why Are You Not Alexandro? Reinforcing Cognitive Biases Through Technology

This essay uses a post-phenomenological approach based on I-technology-world relations to analyse gender biases in technologies. The focus of this work is on feminised personal assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Cortana. These systems, designed to mimic human interaction, often reinforce stereotypes by associating femininity with obedience and care.  This perpetuation of stereotypes poses a dual problem: it reinforces existing biases in human cognition and contributes to their normalisation through daily technological interactions.

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The Gendered Crisis: Women’s Unpaid Work and Cheap Labour as a Non-traditional Security Threat

It was my summer semester break, and I was visiting my home in Pakistan. I relished the delicious food my mother made every day when I noticed that she got sick from the hot one day, and even then, she continued working in the kitchen. Summers in Pakistan are blazing hot, with severe electricity shortages, and the temperature often exceeds 40°C (104°F). Middle-class families cannot afford the luxury of having an air-conditioner in their kitchens, thus making the kitchen the hottest room. While the less privileged people can hardly afford the perk of having an air-conditioner in their homes, one can imagine the dire conditions in which women work. My mother’s condition made me wonder why a woman working at home does not enjoy the same benefits as any office worker.

Shaping Nightscapes: Lighting Design for Inclusion and Sustainability

Lighting surrounds us, yet one rarely thinks about it—until something changes. Imagine a woman walking home late at night. A streetlight flickers and dies, plunging her path into shadow and leaving her with a sinking sense of vulnerability. Or picture a child gazing at a monument, its lights revealing hidden stories and sparking quiet wonder. Lighting shapes how we feel—fearful or safe, indifferent or inspired—proving it’s so much more than a backdrop to our lives.

Alexa, Why Are You Not Alexandro? Reinforcing Cognitive Biases Through Technology

This essay uses a post-phenomenological approach based on I-technology-world relations to analyse gender biases in technologies. The focus of this work is on feminised personal assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Cortana. These systems, designed to mimic human interaction, often reinforce stereotypes by associating femininity with obedience and care.  This perpetuation of stereotypes poses a dual problem: it reinforces existing biases in human cognition and contributes to their normalisation through daily technological interactions.

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