Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Saudi Arabia arrests 12 supportive of women’s rights, including 2 dual U.S.-Saudi citizens Among those arrested are a pregnant woman, writer Badr al-Ibrahim and son of activist Aziza al-Yousef The Associated Press, Apr 05, 2019 httpss://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-women-rights-arrests-us-1.5086928 Those detained include a pregnant woman and 11 men, among them two U.S.-Saudi nationals: Badr al-Ibrahim, a writer and […]
As elections loom for the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament, women ask candidates to show their support for gender equality. Commit to gender equality: Women’s groups’ open letter to 2019 candidates The letter asked candidates to upload provisions of the Constitution, and show their commitment to gender equality in policy and representation. TNM […]
Why I Turned My Back on Justin Trudeau During Daughters of the Vote This is not the first time DOV delegates have taken a stand. Ishani Nath, Flare, Apr 4, 2019 httpss://www.flare.com/news/daughters-of-the-vote-women-turn-their-backs-on-trudeau/ Kailey Arthurson stands with her back turned while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the Daughters of the Vote delegates. Standing with her back […]
Please join me in welcoming Dawn as our new Transformative News Editor! Some transformations have happened. Some, like the gender pay gap, are waiting to happen. I have to delay my retirement because my male coworkers were paid more Ainsley Harris, Fast Company, April 4, 2019 httpss://www.fastcompany.com/90316173/i-cant-retire-because-of-the-gender-pay-gap After working for the same company for decades, […]
Angelina Jolie: “We are all partners in this life.” By Leah Rodriguez, Global Citizen, April 1, 2019 httpss://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/angelina-jolie-gender-equality-speech-un/ Angelia Jolie is urging the world to support gender equality to promote world peace. The actress and United Nations special envoy delivered a speech at the UN’s annual meeting for foreign and defence ministers, on Friday, according […]
After male classmates rated their appearances, these teen girls sparked a movement to change the ‘boys will be boys’ culture Catherine Thorbeck, ABC News, March 28, 2019 httpss://tinyurl.com/yxdwht2k “This boys will be boys culture isn’t a culture that needs to exist anymore.” When a group of high school girls found out their male classmates were […]
Vatican women editors resign from women’s magazine BBC, March 26, 2019 httpss://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47704995 The all-women board on the Vatican women’s magazine have resigned citing a campaign to discredit them and put them “under the direct control of men”. Founder Lucetta Scaraffia said pressure on staff at Women Church World had intensified after it had published reports […]
By McKinley Corbley, Good News Network, September, 16, 2018 https://tinyurl.com/y88rmu75 Working as a lone woman in the physics department at Cambridge University, she was responsible for one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, but she hasn’t been recognized until now. Jocelyn Bell Burnell spent years being ridiculed in the 60s for being […]
For the first time, mathematics’ most prestigious prize has been awarded to a woman, Karen Uhlenbeck By AJ Willingham, CNN, March 19, 2019 https://tinyurl.com/yy7jo94h (CNN)Karen Uhlenbeck, a mathematician and professor at the University of Texas, has been awarded this year’s Abel Prize, a mathematics prize modeled after the Nobels. It’s the first time the prize […]
On the beauty trap, from 2018. ‘Escape the corset’: South Korean women rebel against strict beauty standards Benjamin Haas, Guardian, Oct. 26, 2018 httpss://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/26/escape-the-corset-south-korean-women-rebel-against-strict-beauty-standards Women destroy makeup as part of backlash against culture of laborious skincare regimes and pressure to look perfect When Cha Ji-won decided to throw out all her makeup and cut her […]
– Kathleen and Steve. Two influential women in the Canadian cabinet have resigned on issues of the rule of law. Their stand cuts across old-style politics and says “Enough!” Judge Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond joins CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen to discuss Jane Philpott’s recent resignation as President of the Treasury Board in support of former […]
Mapped — when women were eligible to vote. By Tim Wenger, Matador Network, March 7, 2018 httpss://matadornetwork.com/read/year-women-became-eligible-vote-country/ Suffrage happened in 1920 in the United States, 3 years behind Russia and Canada, but 91 years ahead of Saudi Arabia, as noted by the map below depicting the year women became eligible to vote in each country. […]
I’d like to leave memes behind for the moment and look more deeply at the worldview we call “patriarchy.” Patriarchy is one of a number of perspectives that arise from egocentrism – the view that “I” am what’s most important in any one situation. Ethnocentrism, temperocentrism, and anthropocentrism are examples of its extensions into ethnic […]
I was about to write this to an editor, when I realized I was speaking more widely. “We need more and more writers given the task that lies ahead – and more and more of them, women. “It’ll have to be ‘training on the job.’ Everyone is invited to do whatever they can to help. […]
httpss://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme International Women’s Day 2019 campaign theme: #BalanceforBetter The future is exciting. Let’s build a gender-balanced world. Everyone has a part to play – all the time, everywhere. From grassroots activism to worldwide action, we are entering an exciting period of history where the world expects balance. We notice its absence and celebrate its presence. […]
