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Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

To improve online information about violence and abuse, one group turned to Wikipedia
A project spearheaded by the Ortner Center updated 50 Wikipedia entries about domestic violence and assault.

A project spearheaded by the Ortner Center updated more than 50 Wikipedia entries on subjects ranging from “sexual assault in the military” to “female genital mutilation” with the latest research from faculty affiliated with the Center. The group will continue to update the entries periodically to incorporate new papers.

To improve online information about violence and abuse, one group turned to Wikipedia

Three undergrads and a recent alum, working with the Ortner Center’s Susan B. Sorenson, added the latest scientific research to more than 50 entries.

Michele W. Berger

Arab Youth Survey 2018: Overwhelming Majority of Young Saudis Support More Women's Rights

Arab Youth Survey 2018: Overwhelming Majority of Young Saudis Support More Women's Rights

Tala Al Jabri, an M.B.A. student at the Wharton School, addressed the state of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. In a New York talk, Al Jabri discussed the “number one” issue of guardianship, which prevented her from leaving her country without her father’s approval.

Messy Women May Actually Liberate Us All

Messy Women May Actually Liberate Us All

Kathleen M. Brown of the School of Arts and Sciences discussed the evolution of sexist respectability politics in the U.S. Brown traced the history of socially-appropriate behavior for women from the early suffrage movement to the present day, where men in power can no longer “count on a woman’s shame and stigma to cover their tracks.”