Gross domestic product is what is often used as a default indicator of a nation’s success.  This is a reliable and standard measure of a certain type of proxy for a limited type of health.  But what are the real implications for children in using this proxy?  Lately, economists are working on developing something better. [...]

The quote is from the work of Karen Barad.  She started out as a feminist theorist and is currently a PhD in particle physics.  Her book “Meeting the Universe Halfway” is, in part, a discussion on how to teach physics (and by extension other sciences) from a feminist perspective.  It is wildy exciting and hopeful.  For [...]

According to the NYT,this is the indicator used by Kathleen Sebelius to justify restricting access to Plan B, or emergency contraception to females of all ages.  Women who have unprotected intercourse have about one chance in 20 of becoming pregnant. Those who take Plan B within three days cut that risk to about one in 40. [...]

Medical complications from pregnancy are the leading cause of death among girls ages 15 to 19 worldwide. Compared with women ages 20 to 24, girls ages 10 to 14 are five times more likely to die from childbirth, and girls 15 to 19 are up to twice as likely, worldwide. (United Nations Children’s Fund, Equality, [...]

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In several of the projects we have been involved in, specifically the ones looking to decrease poverty in specific areas or to increase health standards in low income areas, we have discovered a surprising(-ish) result.  That is the trend that interventions that involve the girls and/or women in the area are the most effective, work [...]

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In the Globe and Mail newspaper, Margaret Wente raised some questions concerning various measures of the “gender gap” in Canada. Ms. Wente seems to accuse various labour reports and feminist activists of promoting their agenda with “a heaping cup of statistical abuse.” It is usually fascinating to watch people in extreme ideological and political positions [...]