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ON JANUARY 14TH Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defence, will be grilled by senators on his suitability for the job. He will be quizzed on allegations of sexual assault and ...

With US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “proud” cancellation this week of the military’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program, the “war on woke” has found its latest frontier – war itself.

These newly assumed positions have had positive impacts on gender dynamics and women’s position in society. The “cult of berehynia”, the notion of Ukrainian women as the home protectress, has weakened ...