Showing posts with label Discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Discrimination. Show all posts
Friday, July 17, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Monday, October 13, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
Monday, August 04, 2014
Sunday, August 03, 2014
Saturday, August 02, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists
A doctor will stand trial for the first time in Egypt on charges of female genital mutilation after the death of a 13-year-old girl last year. The girl's father, who took her to the clinic, is also being tried in the landmark prosecution.
It was June 2013, and Suhair al Bataa was burdened by punishing heat, and a feeling of foreboding.
Friends say the youngster was frightened. They recall that when she went to repair her shoes, she said it would be for the last time. She told one of her sisters to look after the other.
See full Article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27322088
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The female 'confidence gap' is a sham
Women's lack of confidence could be just a keen understanding of just how little society values them
Despite an ongoing, glaring lack of equality for women in culture and in policy, Katty Kay and Claire Shipman's new book, The Confidence Code, argues that what's truly holding women back is their own self-doubt. In fact, Kay and Shipman dismiss the importance of institutional barriers upfront, writing in the introduction that, while there's truth behind concerns about sexism, the "more profound" issue is women's "lack of self-belief". Think Lean In meets The Secret.
Yet, in just the past year, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a woman can be fired if her boss finds her attractive, a New York court decided that unpaid interns can't sue for sexual harassment, and the Paycheck Fairness Act was defeated by Republicans who claimed women actually prefer lower-paying jobs.
See full Article: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/23/female-confidence-gap-katty-kay-claire-shipman
Friday, March 21, 2014
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action document adopted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance on 8 September 2001, underlines the key role that political leaders and political parties can and ought to play in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
At the World Conference and subsequent Review Conference, States also recognized that promoting greater respect and trust among different groups within society must be a shared but differentiated responsibility of government institutions, political leaders, grassroots organizations and citizens.
See full Press Release: https://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/
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