With expanding vibrations and the increased frequency upon Gaia, are we being more kind to each other and coming to balance?
Below are 3 posts illustrating where we are and possibilities.
Only Six Countries Have Equal Rights
for Men and Women, World Bank Finds
Click on picture to see video: CNN reached out to the 30 biggest companies in America to see if they have taken any action or reviewed company policies in the wake of the #MeToo movement. CNN’s Clare Sebastian looks at whether the movement has made a difference in the workplace.
By Rob Picheta and Kieron Mirchandani, CNN, March 2, 2019
httpss://www.cnn.com/2019/03/02/europe/world-bank-gender-equality-report-intl/
London (CNN)The world is moving towards legal gender equality — but it’s moving very, very slowly.
Only six countries currently give women and men equal rights, a major report from the World Bank has found.
That’s an increase — from zero — compared to a decade ago, when the organization started measuring countries by how effectively they guarantee legal and economic equality between the genders.
But the rate of progress means that, by CNN calculations, women won’t achieve full equality in the areas studied by the World Bank until 2073.
Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, Luxembourg and Sweden scored full marks of 100 in the bank’s “Women, Business and the Law 2019” report.
Of those nations, France saw the biggest improvement over the past decade for implementing a domestic violence law, providing criminal penalties for workplace sexual harassment and introducing paid parental leave.
But countries in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa averaged a score of 47.37, meaning the typical nation in those regions gives women under half the legal rights of men in the areas measured by the group.
The study aimed to “develop a better understanding of how women’s employment and entrepreneurship are affected by legal discrimination,” highlighting “how women must navigate discriminatory laws and regulations at every point in their careers, limiting their equality of opportunity.” It did not measure social and cultural factors, or how effectively laws were enforced.
The criteria analyzed were: going places, starting a job, getting paid, getting married, having children, running a business, managing assets and getting a pension. Those were broken down into questions such as: “Can a woman travel outside her home in the same way as a man?” and “Is there legislation specifically address domestic violence?”
Overall, the global average came in at 74.71 — an increase of more than four and a half points compared to a decade ago. But the score indicates that in the average nation, women receive just three-quarters of the legal rights that men do.
How #MeToo is Changing
Behaviour in the Workplace
Blake, the fellow interviewed in this video, says the good news is, “People are becoming more aware,” and gives this advice about appropriate conversation:
“If you wouldn’t say it to your mother or your daughter, don’t say it to a female co-worker.”
New Westminster School Board to Provide
Free Pads and Tampons for Students
Most schools have dispensers for menstrual products, but charge for the items.
HuffPost, February 27, 2019
httpss://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/02/27/bc-school-board-free-pads-tampons_a_23679504/
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A British Columbia school board believes it is one of the first in the country to provide free feminine hygiene products in washrooms.
Members of the New Westminster school board debated and unanimously passed a motion Tuesday night.
Starting in September, tampons and pads will be available in women’s and universal washrooms in elementary, middle and high schools in New Westminster.
Douglas College Prof. Selina Tribe proposed the motion, calling it an issue of equality because access to tampons and pads “is as essential as toilet paper for a normal bodily function that affects half the population.”
She says most schools have dispensers for menstrual products, but charge for the items.
The cost of installing the free dispensers is estimated at $10,000, while district staff say stocking them will cost about $7000 annually.
Tribe expects the overall cost will amount to less than $1 per student by the second year of the program.
Expected to call for province-wide roll out
New Westminster School Board chairman Mark Gifford says the issue received little attention until it was brought to trustees.
“I think that’s a little bit of a reflection of some of the stigma that can be around having conversations about periods and menstruation and it was a common sense step for the board to take,” he says.
The school board is expected to call for a province-wide roll out, but Education Minister Rob Fleming first wants to see how the program develops in New Westminster.
“I’m sure that they’re getting some inquiries from other districts right now, about how they managed to create that program and how they’re administering it,” says Fleming.
Tribe believes free and readily available pads and tampons could dramatically improve the school experience for some students.
“We know that girls, if they can’t manage their periods properly, they will remove themselves from activities, from extracurricular or athletic activities, also social activities, and in the worst case, they will actually miss school if they cannot manage their period,” she says.