Is gender equality really possible? Women have burst through glass ceilings and broken countless records this year, but patriarchal attitudes remain entrenched around the world.
Girls and glass ceilings: 2023 in feminism
Touching tribute: A mural to Giulia Cecchettin, murdered days before getting her university degree. Glossary
Pondered - Think about something carefully and reflectively.
Jest - A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.
Lunar - To do with the Moon.
Remunerated - Paid for services rendered or work done.
Nuanced - Having or characterized by subtle and often appealingly complex qualities, aspects, or distinctions.
Stellar - Excellent; great.
Femicide - An intentional killing of a woman with a gender-related motivation.
Pandemic - An outbreak of disease which occurs across a wide geographic area, as opposed to an epidemic, which is confined to a particular region.
Disproportionately - To an extent that is too large or too small in comparison with something else.
Exclusion - The process of excluding or the state of being excluded.
Discrete - Individually separate and distinct.