Digitale tijdschrift abonnementen. Meer dan 6.000 tijdschriften.

Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution by Yasmin El-Rifae. Verso, 218 pp., $24.95 In the fall of 2012, almost two years into the Egyptian revolution, there began to be more and more reports of sexual attacks on women at demonstrations in Egypt. Since President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in February 2011, the country had been undergoing a chaotic, contentious political transition. An interim military government was dedicated to protecting the interests of the old regime, Islamist parties were pursuing political power, and various prorevolution groups were clamoring for real reforms. Large crowds were still gathering regularly, most often in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. In these crowds, women were encircled by groups of men, stripped, beaten, raped, and dragged from one end of the square to the other. Sometimes hundreds of men were involved;…

Jamie Norwood 29 COFOUNDER, STIX Her reproductive-health brand (with $7 million funding) sells pregnancy, ovulation, UTI tests online to 100,000-plus customers. Post–Roe v. Wade, Stix gives needy women its morning-after pill at no cost. Bunny Ghatrora 28 COFOUNDER, BLUME Puberty problems? Blume creates all-natural pads, tampons, deodorant, face wash and acne treatment for young women’s changing bodies. The company has raised $5 million at a $14 million valuation. Claire Coder 25 FOUNDER, AUNT FLOW Millions of menstruators, breathe easy. Google, Netflix and 500 other companies pay Columbus, Ohio–based Aunt Flow to stock 17,000 bathrooms with free tampon and pad dispensers. Funding: $13 million. Greta Meyer 25 Amanda Calabrese 25 COFOUNDERS, SEQUEL These Stanford-educated engineers are using $5 million in funding to reinvent the tampon with a spiral design that absorbs more evenly. FDA approval is expected this year. Trend Lines THE ALL-AMERICAN GIN-NAISSANCE Bathtub…

Women are shaping the future of leadership and transforming the workplace. Compared to low representation in the 1970s, women now outnumber men in the workforce and hold 41% of managerial roles. “We’ve seen improvements,” says Caitlin Sockbeson, Assistant Professor of Management at the Davis College of Business at Jacksonville University. But when Sockbeson examines trends in upper levels of management, “it’s not looking quite as rosy.” Women remain vastly underrepresented at the highest corporate levels, to say nothing of the disparities in other industries, like the trades. And the percentage of women of color in executive leadership roles is even lower than that of white women. This isn’t bad news solely for women. It’s bad for all of us. Recent research has indicated that women may hold certain advantages over men in…