Tag: gender
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Mansour bin Zayed launches National Platform for Gender Balance with participation of local governments – UAE
[ad_1] His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, launched the “National Platform for Gender Balance.” This innovative platform serves as a unifying force, providing essential data on gender balance at both federal and local government levels. The platform’s unveiling took place on Tuesday,…
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Women, nonbinary people in Iceland strike for 24 hours to fight gender pay gap : NPR
[ad_1] People across Iceland gather during the women’s strike in Reykjavik, Iceland, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Arni Torfason/AP hide caption toggle caption Arni Torfason/AP People across Iceland gather during the women’s strike…
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Tens of thousands of women strike in name of gender equality – Channel 4 News
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of women in Iceland refused to go to work today, including the country’s female prime minister, in the name of gender equality. Known as the “Women’s Day Off”, the 24-hour strike saw shops shuttered, and hospitals operating on skeleton staff, as women protested against wage discrimination and gender-based violence in the…
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Economist studying workplace gender gap wins Nobel prize
[ad_1] The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing the understanding of the gender gap in the labour market. Goldin is only the third woman to win the prize, which was announced by Hans Ellegren, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm.…
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This student is stuck in the middle of Canada’s gender policy debate
[ad_1] Ollie Mead-Ramayya (far left), with his brother Owen (centre) and mom, Teresa This past May, New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative government sparked a national furor when it announced changes to a previously obscure piece of provincial education legislation. Adopted in 2020, Policy 713 required school personnel to use students’ preferred names and pronouns and to…
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Hong Kong’s Gender Quest: TWF’s #BreakZeroSum 2023
[ad_1] Gender Equality is a Win-win. The Women’s Foundation (TWF) launched the #BreakZeroSum video campaign aimed to create a society where everyone can grow together by escaping the zero sum “you win: I Iose” mentality. Gender equality and Hong Kong’s competitiveness and development are closely related. The advantages are evident and well-established: happier households, better…
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Washington University Stops Offering Gender Medications to Minors
[ad_1] Background In June, Gov. Mike Parson, Republican of Missouri, signed into law the ban on gender-affirming care for new patients under 18, part of a wave of more than 20 laws across the country severely restricting such care. Under the new law, existing patients of Washington University’s youth gender clinic were still allowed to…
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Long walk to Transgender Rights and Gender Equality
[ad_1] By: Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant Although governments have committed to achieve gender equality by 2030 as part of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said recently that it will take another 300 years to achieve it fully. More worrying is that attitudes in some countries, particularly South Korea,…
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Why Nick Viall Lied to Some of His Friends on Baby’s Gender
[ad_1] “I wonder if they have a big mouth,” said Viall. Nick Viall revealed how he figured out which friends he can trust amid his fiancee Natalie Joy’s pregnancy. On the most recent episode of The Viall Files podcast, the reality star shared that he tested his friends by telling some of them the wrong…
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NBC: People Trying to Identify as Another Race Are Crazy, But Gender is Totally Different
[ad_1] NBC News ran a report over the weekend which focused on people who think they can change their race simply by watching online videos. The individuals in question practice what is called “race change to another,” or RCTA. In reality, they are suffering from Delusional Disorder, or DD. And while the outlet sugar-coated things…