Gender in the Media – February 2015
Wikis > Gender in the Media – February 2015
- Gender pay gap in Australia rises slightly to 18.8%, ABS data show (The Guardian 26.02.2015)
- IMF Chief: Closing The Gender Gap Makes Economic Sense (Huffington Post 23.02.15)
- Bill aims to close the gender wage gap (23.02.15)
- A vote to criminalise gender-selective abortion will be a disaster for women (The Guardian 23.02.15)
- Turkish Men Are Wearing Miniskirts to Fight for Women’s Rights (Time 23.02.15)
- In China’s Modern Economy, a Retro Push Against Women (The NY Times 20.02.2015)
- Women Dare to Defy the Harsh Rules of Widowhood (PassBlue 19.02.2015)
- Sexist Laws Still Thrive Worldwide (IPS News 18.02.2015)
- Pregnant and desperate in Evangelical Brazil (Foreign Policy 18.02.15)
- Double-layered veils and despair … women describe life under Isis (The Guardian 17.02.2015)
- After years of silence, Turkey’s women are going into battle against oppression (The Guardian 17.02.15)
- Turkish women relate sexual harassment stories via social media (Hurriyet Daily News 17.02.15)
- Maimed by Conflict, Forgotten by Peace: Life Through the Eyes of the War-Disabled (IPS news 16.02.2015)
- Afghan officials’ tributes to Afghan female politician (BBC 16.02.15)
- Tunisia’s Unstable Majority Government (12.02.2015)
- 1.4 million women suffered domestic abuse last year, ONS figures show (The Guardian 12.02.15)
- Mass rape in Darfur: Sudanese army blamed for multiple attacks on women (The Independent 12.02.15)
- Women firefighters extinguish stereotypes in Rajasthan (Reuters 12.02.15)
- Nearly half of British women killed by men die at the hands of partners (The Telegraph 12.02.15)
- Indonesia lawmakers drop plan for schoolgirl virginity tests after uproar (Thomson Reuters Foundation 11.02.2015)
- Saudi historian: Western women drive because rape is ‘no big deal’ to them (The Telegraph 11.02.15)
- Turkey: PM pledges dowry of gold to young women to have children (International Business Times 10.02.2015)
- Women Are the Best Weapon in the War Against Terrorism (Foreign Policy 10.02.2015)
- Gay Ugandans hope new magazine will rewrite wrongs by tackling homophobia (The Guardian 09.02.2015)
- Child, Bride, Mother (The NY Times 08.02.2015)
- Istanbul hospitals refuse abortions as government’s attitude hardens (The Guardian 04.02.2015)
- The cost of inequality in women’s work: Subsidising the economy at the tune of trillions (Rightingfinance 04.02.2015)
- Lebanon debates introducing civil marriage (Al-Araby 04.02.2015)
- European Court of Human Rights Upholds France’s Ban on the Full-Face Veil (asil.org 03.02.2015)
- Congolese Women: What Happened to the Promise to Protect? (Refugees International 03.02.2015)
- To Stop Violence, Start at Home (The NY Times 03.02.2015)
- Inside Syria’s Jails (The NY Times 03.02.2015)
- Dalit Women Face Multiplied Discrimination Dalit Women Face Multiplied Discrimination (IPS NEws 03.02.2015)
- UK wages: survey finds 17% of women are main earner (The Guardian 02.02.2015)