In a world where women’s rights are under threat from every direction, it’s never been more important to understand how the patriarchy operates. Here, in an extract from her new book, Man Up: The New ...

Five new books about women’s sadness, anger, and rage have been published recently: L. West’s Shrill, J. Valenti’s Sex Object (“Who would I be if I didn’t live in a world that hated women?”), S.

The word “patriarchy” today is often thrown around as if both its meaning and implications are obvious. In fact, the word has multiple meanings, and depending on which meaning we choose, the ...

A few months ago, I had the privilege of participating in two interactive dialogue sessions of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on behalf of the Philippine government – the first ...

THE big ideas: What is Power? Power is anarchy. It dismantles patriarchal social structures and allows us to rebuild them with equity at their foundation. By Mona Eltahawy Contributing Opinion Writer ...