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Fellgate Metro station Fellgate Metro station serves the Fellgate area of Jarrow, in South Tyneside, England. It is on the Green line of the Tyne and Wear Metro, and opened in 2002 as part of the extension of the system to Sunderland.
Felling Felling (known as The Felling to locals) is the name given to an area of eastern Gateshead, UK. Its name derives from the area where trees were felled to the east of town to expand and is often referred to locally as 'the Felling'.
Fellow A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is (at least in theory) part of an elite group of learned people who work together as peers in the pursuit of knowledge.
Fellow (medicine) In the North American system of medical education, a period of medical training following on from residency is generally called a fellowship. This refers to a period of several years during which the physician takes training in a subspecialty, such as cardiology or hematology/oncology.
Fellow of the AAAS Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is an honor accorded to distinguished scientists and a category of membership in the AAAS. Fellows are elected annually by the AAAS Council for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, often listed as "FACS", is a post-nominal title used to indicate that the surgeon's education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation, and have been found to be consistent with the high standards established and demanded by said College. In order to apply for membership, a surgeon typically must be certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society The Royal Canadian Geographical Society was founded in 1929 with a mandate "to make Canada better known to Canadians and to the world". This mandate is fulfilled mainly through publication of the Society’s magazines, Canadian Geographic in English and géographica in French, and through the Society’s education, lectures, research grants and expeditions programs.
Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand The title of Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand, FRNSNZ, is bestowed upon members as the highest honour that can be conferred by the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand. It is awarded for loyal and long service to the Royal Numismatic Society.
Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society – an honour accorded to distinguished scientists and a category of membership of the Royal Society whose full name is the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.
Fellow traveller A fellow traveller is a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of a particular organization, but does not belong to that organization. The phrase must be understood as referring to people who "walk part of the way" with an organization, without committing themselves to it.
Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland are the "great and good" people elected by the Council of the Society to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science literature and the arts in relation to Asia". The Society was established in London in 1823 and received its Royal Charter from King George IV the following year.
Fellowship for Intentional Community The Fellowship for Intentional Community nurtures connections and cooperation among communitarians and their friends. It provide publications, referrals, support services, and sharing opportunities for a wide range of intentional communities, cohousing groups, ecovillages, community networks, support organizations, and people seeking a home in community.
Fellowship hall A fellowship hall is a large room in a church building where certain activities in the church building are done, such as certain dinners ,breakfasts, meetings,or workshops etc. It gets its name from the fact that the people there at the church building are giving fellowship.
Fellowship Church Fellowship Church (FC) is a Christian megachurch and multi-site church with its main campus located in Grapevine, Texas, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. FC is purportedly one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in the United States, with an estimated attendance exceeding 20,000.
Fellowship of Congregational Churches The Fellowship of Congregational Churches is a conservative congregational denomination in Australia. It was formed by the forty congregations of the Congregational Union of Australia who chose not to join the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977.
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada is an outgrowth of the fundamentalist/modernist controversy in the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, and a descendant of the Union of Regular Baptist Churches formed by a group of mainly fundamentalists in 1928 as a result of the controversy. The Fellowship was formed in 1953 by the merger the Union of Regular Baptist Churches of Ontario and Quebec (founded 1927) and the Fellowship of Independent Baptist Churches (founded 1933).
Fellowship of Evangelical Students Fellowship of Evangelical Students, commonly referred to as "'FES", is an interdenominational, evangelical Christian ministry which encourages evangelism among students and graduates. It manages various youth ministries, including high school, college and university ministries in Hong Kong and graduate ministry.
Fellowship of Fortuna [‘Fellowship of Fortuna’ is a body of teachings, a philosophy, and a contemporary way of living. The basic principles of this movement are ground in the assumption that chance] or luck is the one and only trait that all people of our diverse world hold in common.
Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches The Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches (FFBC) is a fellowship of independent autonomous fundamentalist churches established in 1939. It is considered only a fellowship of like-minded churches, rather than a denomination.
Fellowship of Humanity v. County of Alameda Fellowship of Humanity v. County of Alameda was a 1957 California Courts of Appeal case in which an organization of humanists sought a tax exemption on the ground that they used their property "solely and exclusively for religious worship.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a not-for-profit Christian organization that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. Its national headquarters is across Interstate 70 from the Truman Sports Complex and is visible from inside Kauffman Stadium.
Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools The Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools (FOCUS) is a national, non-denominational Christian fellowship based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Though its members live throughout the United States, FOCUS primarily serves independent schools on the east coast.
Fellowship of Reconciliation The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR or FOR) is the name used by a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries. They are linked together by affiliation to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR).
Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or "Academy Fellowship", was the first award of its kind in the United States. Given out since 1946, it is awarded for "distinguished poetic achievement.
Fellowship of the Bellows The Fellowships of the Bellows were loosely organised international groups formed during World War II to collect funds for the purchase of aircraft for the Royal Air Force. Lord Beaverbrook, owner of the Daily Express and Minister of Aircraft Production in Winston Churchill's war cabinet, and soon to be Minister of Supply, said at the end of 1940:
Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine The Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine (FCEM) is the exit examination taken by specialists in Emergency Medicine (formerly Accident and Emergency Medicine) in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The examination was previously known as the Fellowship of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine (FFAEM).
Fellowship of the Ring (characters) The Fellowship of the Ring, or Company of the Ring, as described in the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, which bears the same name, is a union of 9 representatives from each of the free peoples in Middle-earth, the number chosen to match the 9 Ringwraiths. The Fellowship is entrusted with the task of assisting and protecting Frodo Baggins as he bears the One Ring to the land of Mordor where he can destroy it by throwing it into Mount Doom.
Fellowship of the Rosy Cross The Order of the Rosy Cross, or Rosicrucians, is a worldwide esoteric society and fraternity. Both names are often used to refer to one division of Rosicrucians, now based in San Jose, called the Ancient Mystic Order of Rosae Crucis (AMORC), whose emblem is a cross with a single rose in the center.
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) is a professional qualification for practising as a surgeon in the British Isles. It is bestowed by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (chartered 1784), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (chartered 1505), and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow though strictly the unqualified initials refer to the London College.
Fells Point, Baltimore Fells Point is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, home to a variety of shops, restaurants, coffee bars, music stores, and over 120 pubs. Located on the harbor and famous for its maritime past, it now boasts the greatest concentration of pubs/bars in the city.
Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival The Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival is a city fundraiser held annually in Fellsmere, Florida. The first festival, proposed by Fran Adams and other local residents, was planned in 1990 in order to increase the funds of Fellsmere's recreation department.
Felmersham Felmersham is a village and civil parish in the Bedford district of Bedfordshire, England, on the River Great Ouse, about 7 miles north west of Bedford. As a civil parish, it includes the hamlet of Radwell, and is sometimes known as Felmersham and Radwell, and has a population of about 800, and is circumscribed by the Great Ouse on the north, east and south.
Felo de se Felo de se, Latin for "felon of himself," is an archaic legal term meaning suicide. In early English common law, an adult who committed suicide was literally a felon, and the crime was punishable by forfeiture of property to the king and what was considered a shameful burial.
Felo RamĂ­rez Rafael (Felo) RamĂ­rez (born approx 1921) is the Cuban-American Spanish language radio voice of the Florida Marlins. Ramirez is also a boxing expert, having broadcast fights for Latin American radio and television audiences since 1948 (along with other Spanish language broadcasters such as Buck Canel and Ivonne Class).
Felony The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious crimes, whereas misdemeanors are considered to be less serious offenses. It is principally used in criminal law in the United States legal system.
Felony disenfranchisement Felony disenfranchisement is the term used to describe the practice of prohibiting persons from voting based on the fact that they have been convicted of a felony. It therefore restricts universal suffrage LOSING THE VOTE -
Felony murder The felony murder is a rule current in some common law countries that broadens the crime of murder in two ways. First, when a victim dies accidentally or without specific intent in the course of an applicable felony, it increases what might have been manslaughter (or even a simple tort) to murder.
Felony murder and the death penalty The Eighth Amendment does not prohibit imposing the death penalty for felony murder. The Supreme Court has created a two-part test to determine when the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for felony murder.
Felony petty theft Felony petty theft is the colloquial term for a statute in the California Penal Code (Section 666) that makes it possible for a person who commits the crime of petty theft to be charged with a felony rather than a misdemeanor if the accused had previously been convicted of a theft-related crime at any time in the past. The technical name for the charge is petty theft with a prior.
Fels Institute of Government The Fels Institute of Government is a public policy school founded in 1937 at the University of Pennsylvania. Its primary benefactor was Philadelphia philanthropist Samuel Fels of the Fels Naptha Soap Company and the Institute is housed in the Fels Mansion on the west of the Penn campus.
Felsennest At the start of the Western European campaign of 1940, the Felssenest (Rocky Eyrie) was the codename for Hitler's field headquarters near Muenstereifel. It was much more cramped than Hitler's other field bunkers, having only four rooms.
Felsic Felsic is a term used in geology to refer to silicate minerals, magmas, and rocks which are enriched in the lighter elements such as silica, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium. The term combines the words "feldspar" and "silica.
Felsite Felsite is a very fine grained to cryptocrystalline igneous rock that may or may not contain larger crystals, called phenocrysts, that are typical of many porphyritic igneous rocks. The mass of the rock consists of a fine-grained matrix of felsic materials, particularly quartz, sodium and potassium feldspar, and may be termed a quartz felsite or quartz porphyry if the quartz phenocrysts are present.
Felsted Records UK Felsted Records began as a subsidiary of the UK Decca Records in July 1954 with music mainly aimed at jazz and dance band markets and initially leased material from the French Blue Star, Riviera and Classique labels.
Felsted School Felsted School is a public school in the village of Felsted in Essex, England. It was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (also known as Riche) who, as Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, had become rich with the spoils of the adjoining abbey and priory of Little Leez after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Felt (band) Felt were a 1980s British alternative rock band, named after the way Tom Verlaine enunciated the word "felt" in the Television song "Venus", and led by Lawrence Hayward (known simply as Lawrence, his full name never listed in any record credits). Lawrence and drummer Gary Ainge were the only constant members (though Ainge is not featured on the band's first release, recorded by Lawrence solo).
Felt (bicycles) Felt is an American bicycle manufacturer, specializing in high end racing bicycles at a low price point. To date, Felt have focused on producing aluminum frames, with their flagship time trial B2 being one of the most widely copied frame designs.
Feltham (UK Parliament constituency) Feltham is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament, using the first past the post electoral system from the United Kingdom general election, 1955 until the constituency was abolished in 1974.
Feltham Novices' Chase The Feltham Novices' Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above novices run over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres) at Kempton Park Racecourse during the King George VI Chase meeting on Boxing Day. There are eighteen fences to be jumped in the race.
Feltham railway station Feltham railway station is a railway station situated in Feltham, in the London Borough of Hounslow. It serves a multitude of different destinations, such as Reading, Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station and Weybridge in the westbound direction, and London Waterloo in the eastbound destination.
Felton Messina Felton Messina started practicing Karatedo in 1966, while studying in the University of Puerto Rico, city of Mayagüez, supervised by his first master, the puerto rican Edwin Hernández. He started practicing with Hernández the style called Okinawa Kenpo Karatedo.
Felton Perry Felton Perry (born on September 11, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an African-American actor. He is best known for his role as Inspector Early Smith in the 1973 movie Magnum Force, which is the second film in the Dirty Harry series.
Felton Snow Felton Snow (October 23 1905 – July 1974) was a Negro League professional baseball player who played for the Nashville Elite Giants that later became the Columbus Elite Giants, the Washington Elite Giants, and the Baltimore Elite Giants. Mr.
Feltonville, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Feltonville/"South Olney" is a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, on the border with the Northeast Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although it is west of Tacony Creek, it is sometimes said to be in Northeast Philadelphia instead of North Philly.
Felucca A felucca (Arabic: فلوكة) is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean including Malta, and particularly along the Nile in Egypt. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails.
Feluda Feluda (Bengali: ফেলুদা) is a fictional character starring in a series of short stories created by the famous Indian film director and writer Satyajit Ray. He plays the part of private detective in Calcutta, India.
Fem2fem Fem2Fem was a 1990s techno group who released two albums. With actress Lezlie Deane of Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as a member, Fem2Fem were the first and (so-far only) openly lesbian pop group to chart.
Female Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces ova (egg cells). The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon is produced by the male.
Female body shape Female body shape has a bearing on a wide range of human activities, and there are and have been widely different ideals of it in different cultures over history. The female figure is usually narrower at the waist than at the chest and hips, and usually has one of four basic shapes — rectangle, pear, apple or hourglass.
Female disciples of Jesus Some people unfamiliar with the New Testament claim that the case for female disciples of Jesus is controversial. However, as explained below, "disciple" means "one who follows a person's moral teachings".
Female economic activity Female economic activity is a common measure of gender equality in an economy. It is one of the numbers used by the UNDP in the calculation of the Human Development Index, but the numbers themselves are gathered by the International Labour Organization.
Female Friendly Society Female Friendly Societies were a common form of Friendly Society in England during the nineteenth century. The societies were more common in areas of the country where larger proportions of the female population were in employment.
Female genital cutting Female Genital Cutting (FGC) refers to the excision or tissue removal of any part of the female genitalia for cultural, religious or other non-medical reasons. The term FGC does not refer to gender reassignment surgery or the genital modification of intersexuals, which are usually done for personal, rather than cultural, reasons.
Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez The phenomenon of the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, called in Spanish the feminicidios ("femicides") or las muertas de Juárez ("The dead women of Juárez"), involves the violent death of hundreds of women in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, a border city across the Rio Grande from the US city of El Paso, Texas. Most of the cases remain unsolved to the Organization of American States]'s [[Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:
Female hysteria Female hysteria was an incorrectly diagnosed medical condition in Western medicine that is not currently acknowledged by the medical community. It was a popular diagnosis in the Victorian era for a wide array of symptoms including faintness, nervousness, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in abdomen, muscle spasm, shortness of breath, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, and a "tendency to cause trouble".
Female Changeling The Female Changeling (also known as the Founder Leader in spin-off texts), played by Salome Jens, is a fictional character in the Star Trek series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. As a shapeshifting Founder, she is shown assuming several different forms: she appears gelatinous in several episodes, including "The Search, Part I", and impersonates Kira Nerys in "Heart of Stone".
Female Chauvinist Pigs Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture is a 2005 book by Ariel Levy which critiques modern feminist culture in America. Levy argues that America's sexed-up culture not only objectifies women, it encourages women to objectify themselves.
Female infanticide Female infanticide, the prevalent form of sex-selective infanticide is the systematic killing of girls at or soon after birth. It normally occurs when a society values male children to the point that producing a female is considered dishonourable or shameful.
Female Nobel Prize laureates Female Nobel Prize laureates accounted for thirty four out of a total of 723 prizes awarded as of 2005. Marie Curie is not only the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, but also one of four persons to have been awarded the Nobel Prize twice.
Female perversion Female perversion is a controversial term used to describe cases where women deviate from the behavioral norms of their gender and commit violence, either against oneself or against others (Welldon, 1991, 1992)Welldon, E.V.
Female reproductive system (human) The human female reproductive system contains two main parts: the vagina and uterus, which act as the receptacle for the male's sperm, and the ovaries, which produce the female's ova. All of these parts are always internal; the vagina meets the outside at the vulva, which also includes the labia, clitoris and urethra.
Female roles in the World Wars There is little doubt that women's work in the two World Wars of the twentieth century was an important factor in the course of both wars. This involvement changed the social status and working lives of women in many countries from that point onwards.
Female sexual arousal disorder Female sexual arousal disorder is the condition of decreased, insufficient, or absent lubrication in females during sex, even despite normal sexual arousal. It is sometimes used in reference to, and sometimes differentiated from, hypoactive sexual desire disorder, which is the condition of decreased interest in sexual intercourse, sexual activity, and sexual contact in females.
Female Sabotage Soon after Charles Darwin published his theory of Natural Selection, he was faced with a puzzle. If natural selection is "survival of the fittest," then why do some males have traits that detract from their survival?
Female tank The "Female" tank was a category of tank prevalent in World War I, which featured multiple machine guns instead of the heavier armament seen on the much more common "male" tanks. As such, female tanks were normally cast in an anti-infantry role.
Female Transformers Though rare, Transformers with the outward appearances, mannerisms and voices of the female gender do exist in the original cartoon universe - but not in the US Marvel comic book series, where it was specifically stated (although later retracted) that Transformers do not have genders.
Female urination device A female urination device or female urination aid is a small funnel which enables a woman to urinate while standing upright. This has a number of advantages, such as allowing her to remain clothed, avoiding contact with public toilets and speeding up the process.
Femi Abodunrin Femi Abodunrinis a speaker, motivator and internet millionaire based in Lagos, Nigeria. His company empowers people in his native Nigeria through the Netdom network to start their own businesses through hard work, a break from convention and the use of the Internet.
Femi Pedro Olufemi Pedro (born 29 January 1955 in Lagos) has been the Deputy Governor of Lagos State since 2003. Prior to his election into office alongside Bola Tinubu, he was the Chief Executive Officer of First Atlantic Bank, now First Inland Bank.
Femi Taylor Femi Taylor is best known for playing Jabba the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Oola in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. She reprised the same part fourteen years later, filming new scenes for the Special Edition.
Feminine hygiene Feminine hygiene is a general term used to describe products used by women during menstruation, vaginal discharge, and other bodily functions related to the vulva. Sanitary Towels (also known as maxi-pads or napkins), pantiliners, tampons, and feminine wipes are the major categories of feminine hygiene products.
Feminine Intuition "Feminine Intuition" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969. It was included in the collections The Complete Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
Feminine psychology Feminine psychology is a term sometimes used to describe and categorize issues concerning the gender related psychology of female human identity, as well as the issues that females confront during their lives. One stream emphasises gender differences and has a scientific and empirical approach, while the other, more therapeutic in orientation, is more closely aligned to the psychoanalytic tradition.
Feminisation of the workplace In response to the pressure from feminism and cultural trends highlighting characteristics in workers which have culturally been associated with women, feminisation of the workplace is a label given to the trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these more 'feminine' modes of interaction. The chief characteristic has been summed up as 'emotional intelligence'.
Feminism Feminism is a collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies largely motivated by or concerned with the liberation of women. A large portion of feminists are especially concerned with what they perceive to be the social, political and economic inequality between the sexes which favours the male gender; some have argued that gendered and sexed identities, such as "man" and "woman", are socially constructed.
Feminism in India The history of feminism in India for the most part has been “The History of Doing” with a sparse theoretical writing in feminism. Pre-colonial social structures and women’s role in them reveal feminism was theorized differently in India than west.
Feminism in Poland The historical development of feminism in PolandThe term "Poland" in the 19th century refers to the Polish territories within boundaries from 1771 (from 1795 until 1918 the Polish state did not exist, being partitioned by its neighbours: Russia, Austria, and Prussia) has traditionally been divided into seven successive "waves" dating from the beginning of the 19th century.Łoch, Eugenia (ed.
Feminist analysis Feminist analysis is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. It encompasses work done in a broad variety of disciplines, prominently including the approaches to women's roles and lives and feminist politics in anthropology and sociology, economics, women's and gender studies, Literary criticism, and philosophy (especially Continental philosophy).
Feminist anthropology Feminist anthropology is an approach to studying cultural anthropology that aims to correct for a perceived androcentric bias within anthropology. It came to prominence in the early 1970s, although elements of it can be seen in the works of earlier anthropologists such as Alice Fletcher and Margaret Mead.
Feminist archaeology Feminist archaeology is an approach to studying ancient societies by critiquing what its practitioners perceive as an androcentric bias both in many past civilisations and also in modern archaeological study. They attempt to rectify it by producing new interpretations that promote a greater role for women in the past than that which has been traditionally attributed.
Feminist Art Movement The Feminist Art Movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to bring more visibility to women within art history and art practice. Corresponding with the general developments within feminism, the movement began in the 1960s and flourished throughout the 1970s, but and the effects of it continue to the present.
Feminist economics Feminist economics broadly refers to a developing branch of economics that applies feminist insights and critiques to economics. Research under this heading is often interdisciplinary, critical, or heterodox, and discusses the relationship between feminism and economics on many levels: from applying mainstream economic methods to under-researched "women's" areas, to questioning how mainstream economics values the reproductive sector, to deeply philosophical critiques of economic epistemology and methodology.
Feminist history Feminist history refers to the re-reading and re-interpretation of history from a female perspective. It is not the same as the history of feminism, which outlines the origins and evolution of the feminist movement.
Feminist ideology during the Sandinista Revolution The women in Nicaragua during the Sandinista Revolution saw their way of life drastically change. The new woman was depicted in Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) posters through the revolution; the idealized image of a guerilla Sandinista smiling while nursing an infant and carrying a rifle over her soldier.
Feminist literary criticism Feminist literary criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory, or by the politics of feminism more broadly. Its history has been broad and varied, from classic works of nineteenth-century women authors such as George Eliot and Margaret Fuller to cutting-edge theoretical work in women's studies and gender studies by "third-wave" authors.
Feminist movement The feminist movement (also known as the Women's Movement and Women's Liberation) campaigns on issues such as reproductive rights (including abortion), domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, sexual harassment, and sexual violence. The goals of the movement vary from country to country, e.
Feminist Majority Foundation The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is a feminist non-profit organization dedicated to “women’s equality, reproductive health and non-violence”Mission statement. The name, Feminist Majority, comes from a 1986 Newsweek/Gallup public opinion poll in which 56% of women self-identified as feminists.
Feminist philosophy Feminist philosophy refers to philosophy approached from a feminist perspective. Feminist philosophy involves both attempts to use the methods of philosophy to further the cause of the feminist movements, and attempts to criticise or re-evaluate the ideas of traditional philosophy from within a feminist framework.
Feminist political ecology Feminist political ecology is a synthesis of the perspectives taken by several different feminisms, specifically those of ecofeminism, feminist environmentalism, socialist feminism, feminist poststructuralism and environmentalism. It adds to this mix the political ecological emphasis on differential access to resources based on class and ethnicity.
Feminist Philosophy Graduate Programs Feminist philosophy is an emerging subfield of philosophy. As a field of study, it has recently been added to the specialties identified in the most commonly used source of information on ranking doctoral philosophy programs, the 2004-2006 Philosophical Gourmet Report edited by Brian Leiter (also known as the Leiter Report).

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