Gender Equality News
- SOCIETY IN BRIEF 1/9 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:27AMTran Vinh, a resident of the central province of Quang Tri, unearthed the remains of soldiers yesterday while farming. He immediately reported the findings to the authorities of Cam Thanh town in Cam Lo District.
- Surgery to repair torn shoulder muscles in the elderly can reduce pain and improve function Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:17AMRepairing torn shoulder muscles in elderly patients is often discouraged because of fears of complications. But a new study conducted at Rush University Medical Center has shown that minimally invasive, or arthroscopic, surgery can significantly improve pain and function.
- Douglas LaBier: The Elusive Soul Mate: From Fantasy to Reality Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:03AMI think there's a way to grow and develop the soul mate experience with your partner. But it does require a strong, perhaps unexplainable connection to begin with.
- Groups Call for More Women in Politics Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:35AMAttention South Carolina government: Women wanted. That was the message Aug. 26 at the State House in Columbia, where more than a dozen members of the South Carolina League of Women Voters carried banners and held signs as they walked from the State House steps to a news conference in the lobby.
- Lack of research hobbles anti-poverty programs Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:34AMThe government needs to place more importance in the role of research to successfully implement programs and projects that would alleviate poverty.
- South Africa: Civil Society Launches 'Right to Know' Campaign Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:08AMA petition launched by the Right2Know Campaign, a civil society-organized lobby, to defend the free flow of information and a free media:
- Defining the Obama Doctrine, Its Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:05AMAbstract: President Barack Obama has said that America would reach out to other countries as “an equal partner” rather than as the “exceptional” nation that many before him had embraced; that “any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail”; and that “[o]ur problems must be dealt with through partnership” and “progress must be shared.”
- Treasury attacked over equality impact of budget Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:50AMHM Treasury has missed the deadline for responding to papers filed by a gender equality pressure group seeking a judicial review of the coalition’s first budget, it emerged last week. The Fawcett Society is claiming that the Treasury failed to fulfil its gender equality duty when it announced the measures contained in the budget. This duty, introduced in 2007, applies to all public bodies and ...
- Is politics a man's world? Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:12AMSYDNEY - FEMINISTS rejoiced when Julia Gillard became Australia's first female leader, but her failure to win national polls has raised questions about whether the country is ready to have a woman in charge. Australians delivered a hung parliament in August 21 polls, with neither centre-left Labor Prime Minister Gillard nor her conservative opponent Tony Abbott galvanising enough support to form ...
- Is Australian politics a man's, man's world? Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:16AMSYDNEY, Sept 1, 2010 (AFP) - - Feminists rejoiced when Julia Gillard became Australia's first female leader, but her failure to win national polls has raised questions about whether the country is ready to have a woman in charge.
- Nicol family thanks community for support Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:21PMWe would like to thank everyone in our community and the surrounding towns of New Hampshire and Massachusetts for their support to our family over the past weeks.
- Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards: Add Values to Rights to Achieve Marriage Equality Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:07PMChristians have a responsibility to speak out in our own communities and congregations and remind one another every day what's most important in marriage: the sacred covenant between two people that mirrors our relationship with God.
- Should a parent seek therapy for a child who crosses the gender divide? Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:05PMDoes your 4-year-old son dress up in his big sister's tiaras and princess costumes? Does your 3-year-old daughter swap Barbies for Tonka Trucks?
- Why workplace sexual harassment may never be the same again Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:58PMDavid Jones aside, the make-up of the new government will determine exactly how sexual harassment is dealt with in our workplaces. Luke Williams reports.
- Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:47PMLast week, Memphis City Council Woman Janis Fullilove withdrew an anti-discrimination ordinance from consideration by the council. The ordinance would have prevented the city from discriminating against workers based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
- For Chavez, the Venezuelan Opposition is Desperate Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:36PMPresident Hugo Chavez declared that the opposition was waiting for chaos to reverse the trend of a resounding defeat for them in parliamentary elections on September 26th.
- DTC revenue shortfall can be made up only with GST Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:18PMNEW DELHI: Even as the government sought to explain the postponement of the implementation of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill by a year, the fact remains that revenue shortfall can perhaps be made up only on simultaneous introduction of the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST), which is still in a tangle with the States.
- Token gender equality step in army Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:13PMNew Delhi, Aug. 30: Major Leena Gaurav, a law officer with the army, is on course to become the first woman in the army to be granted a permanent commission outside the medical corps.
- Letdown for ladies in tax equality Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:08PMNew Delhi, Aug. 30 : Income tax has buried gender bias but women are unlikely to celebrate.
- New movie tackles ‘eve teasing’ in workplace Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:51PMBollywood is tackling the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace, which campaigners say is increasingly becoming an issue as traditional gender roles change in modern urban India.
- Women set to bear 72% of British austerity cuts, report shows Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:44PMLONDON - As Britain prepares for the deepest budget cuts in generations to tackle a crippling mound of public debt, the government is facing a pressing legal question: Is its austerity plan sexist? British Empire - Women - History - United States - Sales tax
- Tax code only from 2012 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:53AMLevies up for women taxpayers, investors in Ulips and SEZ developers.
- Top in Category › Japanese women stand low on corporate ladder 25 years after law change Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:37AMTwenty five years have passed since the Equal Employment Opportunity Law for Men and Women was enacted to fight gender inequality at the workplace. By…
- Sixth Class of Fletcher Fellows Announced Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:49AMNEW YORK, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Fletcher Asset Management, Inc., announced the selection of the 2010-2011 class of Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellows. A charitable initiative created in 2004, the Fletcher Fellowship program commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education ...
- Fuss and bother of motherhood Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:38AMAm I, by the simple act of writing a column about motherhood, reinforcing gender stereotypes?
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rebukes Senate Posturing For The Cameras During Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:07AMWhat's Your Reaction? COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says television has profoundly changed confirmation hearings but declined to say whether she'd oppose televising arguments.
- Ginsburg speaks about TV, the court Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:10PMCOLORADO SPRINGS - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said television has profoundly changed confirmation hearings but declined to say Friday whether she'd oppose televising arguments.
- STEVEN & COKIE ROBERTS: Strong hands and hearts Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:24PMSteve's 91-year-old mother recently spent time in a hospital near our home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. The nurses who cared for her included Leah from Kenya and Jo-Anne from South Africa.
- Gay Pride Day draws hundreds to walk, march, donate funds Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 10:08PMBy CARL RYAN BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Gay Pride Day Saturday was a three-part affair organized by three groups that don't necessarily see eye to eye, but it drew hundreds downtown to walk for AIDS awareness, march for gay rights, and enjoy themselves at a community carnival in the Erie Street Market. Sandra Schroeder turned out for the march with her gay son, Matthew Schroeder. "I want ...
- Film draws supporters of non-discrimination ordinance Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 8:11PMThe community room at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute was standing-room-only last Friday night for the screening of a new documentary film.
- Katy Guest: Lap dancing is seedy – but it's hard to say why Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 4:16PMOne of the reassuring things about being an educated, liberal, thirtysomething feminist is that there aren't many things that one isn't really sure about. My opinions on most things are pretty certain. Fox-hunting: bad. Boris Johnson: disgusting. Homophobia: stupid. Gender equality: a lovely idea. So it's rather disconcerting when I find myself on the fence.
- Residents petition for Elizabeth Wong to stay Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:07AMPETALING JAYA (Feb 22, 2009) : Elizabeth Wong’s good track record, her uncompromising stand on environmental conservation, her competence and genuine efforts to help people should count for something, say residents groups in Bukit Lanjan who launched a campaign in support of the assemblywoman who offered to resign after partially nude pictures of her were distributed over the Internet.
- South Korea fears an Internet gaming overload Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:04AMOne Saturday this month, roughly 10,000 South Koreans interrupted their usual weekend activity of playing Internet games for ...
- Abra lawmaker prioritizes health, coops Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:34AMTHE priority of Abra Representatives Ma. Jocelyn Valera-Bernos in the 15th Congress will be the improvement of health facilities and development of cooperatives in her province. read more
- Lori Sokol: Marriage Name Change: Still a Feminist Issue? Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:22AMThere's a whole new debate about whether taking a spouse's name is, in fact, a feminist issue, when that spouse is, in fact, of the same gender.
- 'Sesame Street,' with a Nigerian twist Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 12:06AMA new program, 'Sesame Square' features two muppets who talk about being HIV-positive and the importance of mosquito nets to curb malaria. And of course yams, the national staple. It looks a lot like "Sesame Street," only that's no Cookie Monster.
- Arundel Digest Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:27PMMan gets robbed helping motorists GLEN BURNIE - A good Samaritan was assaulted and robbed in Glen Burnie this week while assisting what he thought were two stranded motorists, county police said.The man was walking in the 7200 block of May Wagner Lane at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday when two men approached an...
- Press Releases Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:37PMThe House committee assignments are nearing completion as the House of Representatives confirmed the nomination of several chairpersons and members of the different committees.
- Ginsburg talks about television and the high court Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:26PMSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said television has profoundly changed confirmation hearings but declined to say Friday whether she'd oppose televising arguments.
- Bollywood takes on sexual harassment in new film Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:11PMMUMBAI (AFP) - Bollywood is tackling the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace, which campaigners say is increasingly becoming an issue as traditional gender roles change in modern urban India.
- Ginsburg talks about television and Supreme Court Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:11PMSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says television has profoundly changed confirmation hearings, but declined to say whether she'd oppose them.
- Dubai Cares helps feed schoolchildren Dubai Cares reaches out to millions of schoolchildren Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:58PMDubai Millions of schoolchildren in 24 countries have already benefited from nutrition and educational campaigns being run by Dubai Cares.
- Phyllis Bennis: Is Mosque Hysteria Being Ginned Up to Bolster Support for the Disastrous Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:22PMAt its core, the controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan is not about religion. It's about war. For some years now...
- Nebraska Abort Law Gone; U.S. Skips Repro Rights Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:20PM(WOMENSENEWS)-- Cheers With the Nebraska attorney general issuing a consent decree, the U.S. District Court declared unconstitutional a recently passed law that imposed new burdens on abortion providers, Planned Parenthood said Aug. 24. read more
- Bollywood takes on sexual harassment in new film Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:41PMBy Shail Kumar Singh FOCUS MUMBAI: Bollywood is tackling the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace, which campaigners say is increasingly becoming an issue as traditional gender roles change in modern urban India. "Hello Darling", which was released yesterday, is inspired by the 1980 Hollywood comedy "Nine To Five" in which Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton seek to get even with ...
- Asma Uddin: Islam and Human Rights: Why It's Up to the Muslim Community to Prove Itself Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:52PMA burden of proof has been placed on the Muslim community to prove that its religious tenets stand up to the scrutiny of international human rights standards.
- 19. Innovation is the new black Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:12PMIT'S the word du jour, it's a fashion statement, it's a mantra: “innovation, innovation, innovation”. One might be forgiven for imagining that by saying it often enough, heaps of lovely, creative ideas would gush unstoppab...
- Lambda Legal, GLMA, NHeLP on Hospital Visitation Guidelines for LGBT Patients: "A Good Start, But Important ... Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:12PMLambda Legal, the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association and the National Health Law Program today filed 26 pages of comments on proposed guidelines to eliminate discrimination in visitation against the families of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients published in June by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- Linda Tarr-Whelan: Women Call for Obama to Act on Women's Leadership Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:22PMHaving a few females at the top is wonderful, but until we have at least 30 percent of senior women in leadership, we will be ignoring a strong dynamic that is working well elsewhere.
- Women's hockey on NHL's radar Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:22AMThey've lived next door for decades, yet rarely exchange more than a quick hello.
