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Feminists (Don't) Wear Pink

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Nowadays, in our culture, certain things are taken for granted.   Women can drive.   Women can work.   Women can vote.   This hasn’t always been so.   In fact, the first time that women voted in an election was merely 100 years ago , precisely on the 14th of December, 1918.   This voting was open to all women who were over the age of 30 and who either owned or had a husband who owned property.  The option to vote was embraced by the female population.   In a report dated 16 th December 1918,   a female correspondent said the following:  The interest of the women voters seemed to be without distinction of class or age. One saw some old grandmother tottering along beside her daughter and granddaughter, as determined and quite as calm as they in facing this new and still almost incredible experience. What most impressed the visitor to many polling-booths was the businesslike way in which most of the women went about their task. It ...
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Don't Be Trashy

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In an attempt to raise awareness about littering, two Maltese women plan to run the circumference of Malta, Gozo and Comino next year.  The news report, that can be accessed here , stated that Trudy Kerr and Deborah Gatt were inspired by Neil Agius, who swam around Malta last year to raise awareness about marine waste.  Everyone is invited to participate in the run, and clean-ups are planned along their route.  Mr Agius started a campaign, that of picking up three pieces of rubbish and posting a picture using the hashtag #waveofchange, and this will be continued by Ms Kerr and Ms Gatt. While applauding these women on their initiative, I’d like to follow in their footsteps and continue raising the issue of waste in Malta.  This is still a problem on the island, with one finding rubbish strewn around wherever they go.  A report by the European Commission also shows that Malta is also at risk of missing the 2020 municipal waste recycling targets.  This w...
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I love you?

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" R ight from the beginning I knew that something was wrong, but my intuition was silenced by the hunger for love I had. Later in our relationship I realized clearly that I was suffering but I wasn’t able to identify the source. It was standing next to me and I was calling it love. Being in the relationship was like being locked in a prison, being tied up and unable to speak" In the United States, more than 10 million people suffer from domestic violence at the hands of a romantic partner each year.  In Malta, 1,378 cases of domestic violence were reported in 2017.   While women are not the only victims, they do cover a larger percentage, with only 23 percent of the victims being male.   Women reported to having endured both emotional and physical violence, sometimes even targeting their children.   In a report featuring victim stories from Australia, women reported feeling threatened and uncomfortable in their own home.   “I could not see a way out”,...
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An Introduction to Gender Matters

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Hello, I'm Micaela, an 18-year-old university student, and I'd like to welcome you to my blog.   I greatly believe in equality, and in the idea that females are just as capable as males.  I hope to create more awareness on some injustices that women face, but also to applaud women on their successes.   Due to this, I've decided to explore the topic of women, and I'll be tackling the ups and downs that women deal with.  Some topics that I plan on discussing are the gender pay gap and domestic violence, as well as some successes that both national and international women accomplish.   Stay tuned for next week, where I'll write about domestic violence awareness.   - Micaela 
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