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Gender justice in 21st century

Heoma Gladys Worlu (Port Harcourt): Female Genital Mutilation and Widowhood Practice: Strategy for Social Control. Faraha Nawaz (Flinders): Global Gender Justice in 21st Century: Lessons and the Way Forward. Marissa Dean and Karen Laidler (Hong Kong): A New Girl in Town: Exploring Girlhood Identities Through Facebook. Nicole Shephard reviews The Becoming of Bodies: Girls, Images, Experience by Rebecca Coleman. Miriam David's reflections on her career as a scholar and feminist inspired her to interview a range of female academics about their paths to the getting of wisdom — and the pivotal role feminism has played in their lives. Stephanie Coontz on why gender equality stalled. Feminism fizzles: Where is Betty Friedan when we need her? The “bitch” was onto something: Andi Zeisler on a re-reading of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique (and more).