A stench of alcohol is finding its way into my nostrils. Unavoidably, I have to hold back the nausea overcoming me immediately. It’s not the smell of alcohol just consumed, it’s the leftovers of sleepless drunken nights, telling tales about rummages around the city and the desperation of looking for something, anything. And yet, here […]
I’m leaving Krakow on a last minute ride. Neither trains, nor buses are available. Refugees swarming the train station. Escaping a war that feels so far away and yet so close. Somehow feeling guilty for being here. Visiting. Helpless, because there is nothing I can do right now. A very talkative Polish man and his […]
With the accusations against Harvey Weinstein starting in October 2017 the #metoo-movement shed more light on topics of violence, harassment and abuse against and of women. However, the use of the #metoo Hashtag was started much earlier by activist Tarana Burke coming forward as a survivor of sexual assault. After the allegations became public, the […]
Which woman doesn’t know the various symptoms of being on your period? From food cravings to tender breasts over feeling frail and sick, having painful cramps to being unable to move, every woman experiences the various symptoms differently before or during her period differently. A study which was published in the Journal of Pain Research […]
Pop culture, particularly movies and music, often suggests that being in competition with one another is the natural state of being a woman. Think of movies such as ‘Bride Wars’, ‘Something Borrowed’ or ‘The Wedding Date’ – just to name a few. However, believe it or not, women don’t need to be rivals, getting the […]
There is something intriguing about a woman voicing her opinion, making people stop and listen to what she has to say. I suppose that I have always been attracted to strong women, their stories and their courage to pursue something greater than themselves. To define the precise time that I have become interested in feminism, […]
I’m sure if I say that every woman has been ‘catcalled’ at least once in their life, I’m coming very close to reality. A study on street harassment conducted by iHollaback (anti-harassment organisation) and Cornell University found out that more than 81.5% of European women have been harassed before the age of 17. Out of […]
One would think that we would be not just one, but two or three steps closer to end gender inequality by the year 2020, but the Gender Social Norms Index proves us wrong. The index measures how social beliefs affect politics, work and education in terms of gender in 75 countries – and the numbers […]
Being a female leader seems to have become a lot easier nowadays. However, there is still not enough women in leadership positions. Though the women that actually made it into some kind of leadership positions face very unique struggles along with the regular hassles of being a leader. As a female leader in the position […]
In 2017, Scotland started an experiment to end “period poverty” and handed out free sanitary products to women living in poverty for a period of six months. What started out as an experiment has now been re-evaluated and turned into an approved bill by the Scottish parliament. While the experiment in 2017 only included 1000 […]