# gender equality

While the gender gap may be narrowing in some areas, other trends are deeply troubling.

In 2016 victims of sexual violence still have to live through their trauma in a culture of slut-shaming and victim-blaming.

The controversy over police presence at the St. John's Pride parade has revealed more about the politics of solidarity than some of us wanted to…

An independent appointments commission, as it's currently proposed, will do more to mask existing problems than actually solve them.

See which articles and topics Independent readers cast an eye over most in 2015.

Why is the prospect of unqualified females more terrifying than the status quo?

Gender parity in cabinet would be a start.

Students' Union praises move, says province's only university is setting an example for other public buildings and spaces in Newfoundland and Labrador.

As unprecedented numbers marched in St. John's annual Pride parade Sunday, participants past and present reflect on LGBTQ struggles, achievements and the road ahead. (With…

Legislative changes are coming that will allow some people in the province to correct erroneously certified gender markers on their birth certificates and other government-issued…

St. John’s residents demand an end to sexual violence, slut-shaming, victim-blaming, and rape culture. Photos by Jenne Nolan.

"People feel that they can't safely disclose to anyone the violence that they have experienced and repress it, try to live with it, internalize it,…