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BYU Global Women’s Studies presents research on political polarization of sexual assault

September 26, 2024 01:31 PM
BYU students and faculty learned about the political polarization of sexual assault at the first Global Women’s Studies Colloquium of Fall Semester 2024 on Friday, Sept. 13.
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Equal Pay Day draws attention to the gender wage gap

March 17, 2022 12:00 AM
For the first time in history, Equal Pay Day was on March 15, 2022 — the earliest into the year it has ever been.
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English department remembers late professor

April 20, 2021 12:00 AM
The BYU English Department recently renamed its Women in Academia panel in honor of a professor who passed away earlier this year.
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Global Women's Studies Colloquium focuses on gender disparities in the workplace

January 22, 2021 12:00 AM
BYU professors Jessica Preece and Olga Stoddard discussed how gender plays a role in the workplace and group dynamics at the Global Women's Studies Colloquium on Thursday, Jan. 21.
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BYU classes on race and gender offered Winter 2021

December 18, 2020 12:00 AM
There is more demand than supply for classes on race, gender and diversity at Brigham Young University, according to professor of sociology Jacob Rugh.
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BYU conference discusses changing the way people talk about sex

February 08, 2020 12:00 AM
BYU students and faculty participated in a 'Promoting Healthy Relationships' conference that encouraged changes in how people discuss sex and sexual assault.
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Guest lecturer visits Global Women's Studies class, speaks on violence against indigenous communities

November 13, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU professors sometimes invite visitors to lecture during their class to discuss issues they might otherwise feel underqualified to talk about. Moroni Benally, coordinator for public policy and advocacy at Restoring Ancestral Winds Incorporated, was one of these visitors to the Introduction to Global Women's Studies class on the first floor of the Kennedy Center. Advocating the rights of indigenous communities, he shared stories and numbers he described as 'sobering statistics.”
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Feminism more widespread in Provo after midterms, #MeToo, first female mayor

November 28, 2018 12:00 AM
Thousands of people attend a women's march on the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The demonstrators in Salt Lake City hiked a steep hill in heavy snow and wind Monday afternoon before pouring into the capitol, packing its three main floors, hallways and staircases amid speeches and chants from activists and a few Democratic lawmakers. (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Women’s Studies to become Kennedy Center program, seek approval for major

January 22, 2018 12:00 AM
Editor's note: A proposal for a women's studies major is in the works as of April 18, 2018and will be submitted to the University Curriculum Council in September 2018 for approval. There a currently 104 students enrolled in the women's studies minor.
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5 women’s studies classes to take before graduation

December 13, 2017 12:00 AM
The BYU global women’s studies minor requires 16 credit hours focused on gender studies. But women’s studies has application in nearly every major and career field.
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