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We invited two commentators to tackle a defining question of our time – what is a woman? Campaigner Maya Forstater provides her answer

Women have been fighting for their rights going back to our colonial days. What stands, though, is when women were given the right to vote by the Ninetieth Amendment in 1920.

In this week’s column for British Vogue, Bella Mackie reflects on the fact that Roe v Wade is likely to be repealed in the US, and what that means for abortion access in America and beyond.

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes...

Women can’t seem to get a break. They not only have to pay more than men for things like life insurance and haircuts, they earn less, too. It seems so unfair.  But is it? Women pay more for life insurance because of an actuarial fact: they live longer than men. Is there perhaps an equally reasonable explanation for the fact that, compared to men, women make only 80 cents on the dollar? Why, yes, there is. The 20-cent “wage gap” compares the earnings of all men who work at least 35 hours p...

It is possible to identify available damage types in employment discrimination cases and to spell out how the amount will be determined. In this article, it is assumed employee defeated employer’s summary judgment motion, won trial before a jury, judge, arbitrator.

With the exception of sexual harassment in the workplace, gender pay gap remains one of the most debtable topics when it comes to men and women at work.

You bet! As we all know, a growing number of states have legalized marijuana use to varying degrees. In some states, medical marijuana is permitted…