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Gender-Equality Update, Jan. 11, 2019

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Posted as stories come in. The Global Gender Gap Report 2018 World Economic Forum httpss://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-gender-gap-report-2018 World’s Worst-Scoring Country For Gender Equality Gets Leadership Post in UN Women’s Agency Patrick Goodenough, CNSnews.com, January 10, 2019 httpss://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/worlds-worst-scoring-country-gender-equality-gets-leadership-post-un Barbara Kay: Here’s what happens when the gender-gap index is adjusted for bias National Post, Jan. 8, 2019 httpss://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-heres-what-happens-when-the-gender-gap-index-is-adjusted-for-bias The […]

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On to Gender Equality – Jan. 2, 2019

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Rather than posting on gender equality daily, which proved beyond my capability earlier, I’ll be posting as news stories break. Two Indian women become first to enter temple after centuries-old ban overturned Joshua Berlinger, Sugam Pokharel and Manveena Suri, CNN, Jan. 2, 2019 httpss://tinyurl.com/yculdro2 Women take pledge to fight gender discrimination as they form part […]

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Women’s Rights News from Sweden and Canada — What We Can Do: Forgive Our Selves

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Below are two posts calling out to everyone to commit to ending gender based violence. In Sweden, with a new law passed, lack of consent for sex is enough to constitute a crime. According to the latest newsletter from Battered Women’s Support Services, more women in Canada are stepping forward to report violence, but not […]

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This is Why Iceland Ranks First for Gender Equality

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For Icelanders, it is a source of pride to be the frontrunner in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index for the ninth year in a row. Ranking at the top is a confirmation of the successes achieved in recent decades and inspires us to continue to work towards complete equality of status, influence […]

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Feminine Perspectives

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Three videos highlighting the need for cultural change, for us to de-stigmatize hush-hush topics. The courage to let go the old ways within our own self creates the New without. A Swedish feminine hygiene brand’s bold, unapologetic ode to vaginas everywhere. There is only one perfect vulva. Yours!     Libesse’s “Blood Normal” campaign […]

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A Door To Everything Society

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httpss://voiceoffreedom.ca/a-door-to-everything-society/ A Door To Everything Society is a group of women that came together just over two years ago, concerned about the addiction issues young people face with drugs and alcohol nowadays. On the board of the Society, in the picture above from left to right, are Jayne De’Ath, me (Kathleen Willis), Linda Marshall, and Kim […]

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Here’s What It Looks Like When Thousands of Women March Against Violence

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httpss://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/women-march-against-violence By Jackie Marchildon, Global Citizen, November 26, 2018 People around the world marched Sunday on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to mark the start of 16 days of activism set by the United Nations, the New York Times reported. Women and their allies have marched many times before the UN-designated […]

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France Outlaws Catcalling Women in Public After Paris Café Assault

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From mid-summer but I only saw it now! France Outlaws Catcalling Women in Public After Paris Café Assault Jana Sepehr and Joanna Prisco, Global Citizen, Aug. 2, 2018 httpss://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/france-outlaws-catcalling-street-harassment-women/ The vote came after a woman was attacked outside a Paris café. Why Global Citizens Should Care Gender-based violence disproportionately impacts women, children, and gender non-conforming […]

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Ethiopia ‘Sets the Standard’ With Election of First Female President and a Gender-Balanced Cabinet

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Ethiopia ‘Sets the Standard’ With Election of First Female President and a Gender-Balanced Cabinet By Elias Meserset / AP Oct. 26, 2018 https://time.com/5435586/ethiopia-first-female-president-sahle-work-zewde/ (ADDIS ABABA) — Ethiopian lawmakers unanimously elected the country’s first female president on Thursday, days after approving one of the world’s few “gender-balanced” Cabinets as the country’s dramatic reforms continue. As seasoned […]

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Inequality Across Gender Diversity

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Unfortunately I’m unable to import the graphics accompanying this article. Please go to the site for the graphs that support the text. Inequality Across Gender Diversity Inequality.org, n.d. httpss://inequality.org/gender-inequality/ The global trend towards extreme wealth and income concentration has dramatically strengthened the economic and political power of those individuals — overwhelmingly male — at the […]

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The New Saudi Arabia is a Lot Like the Old Saudi Arabia when It comes to Women

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The New Saudi Arabia Is A Lot Like The Old Saudi Arabia When It Comes To Women A dispute with Canada over jailed women activists pits Saudi feminists and allies around the world against the planet’s most misogynistic government. Akbar Shahid Ahmed, HuffPost US httpss://tinyurl.com/y72bboaa When Hala Al-Dosari told her father in 2013 that she […]

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The Compassion Road: Gender Equality Begins Within

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httpss://voiceoffreedom.ca/the-compassion-road-gender-equality-begins-within/ Sanat Kumara told the New You group in 2014 that they were transcending time and space reality and added: “I want you to know this in the very core of your brilliant tri-flame, which none of you are working enough with, by the way.” (1) Let’s look in a little more depth at that […]

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Global Business Certification for Gender Equality

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Global Business Certification for Gender Equality Monday, 9 July 2018 Press Release: IFC First Company in the Pacific obtains Global Business Certification for Gender Equality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, July 9, 2018 — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has helped Papua New Guinea’s largest catering and camp management company, NCS, become […]