Gender in the Media – July 2015
Wikis > Gender in the Media – July 2015
- Why getting into elite colleges is harder for women (The Washington Post 30.07.2015)
- Nigeria frees 71 people, mostly women, girls, from Boko Haram, hold them at military barracks (US News 30.07.2015)
- Mexican state known for gender-based violence issues emergency alert (The Guardian 29.07.2015)
- Nearly 30% of new board members appointed this past year were women (The Washington Post 28.07.2015)
- Northern Ireland abortion ban endangers women’s lives, says UN (The Guardian 24.07.2015)
- Hillary Clinton, Republicans Play Different 2016 Gender Cards (TIME 23.07.2015)
- Spain raises marrying age from 14 to 16 (BBC 23.07.2015)
- Study confirms that yes, women know best when it comes to their own reproductive health (Quartz 21.08.2015)
- Saudi women find ways into the workplace (Los Angeles Times 20.07.2015)
- 2 women to vie in Taiwan presidential election for 1st time (Wral.com 19.07.2015)
- A Call To Action: What’s Next For FIFA, Women’s World Cup? (Forbes 17.07.2015)
- The Real Barrier for Women Marines (The NY Times 17.07.2015)
- FF Senator calls for gender quota in judicial ranks (Irish Times 17.07.15)
- Ireland passes law allowing trans people to choose their legal gender (The Guardian 16.07.2015)
- Some Indian men are marrying multiple wives to help beat drought (CNN 16.07.2015)
- Big and small companies alike find ways to start closing the gender wage gap (The Guardian 16.07.15)
- UK Gender Inequality Is Chronically Underfunded Despite Rise Of Feminism, ‘Unequal Nation’ Report Finds (The Huffington Post 16.07.15)
- Mobile schools acclimatise to educate girls in rural Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation 15.07.2015)
- The Yazidi women held as sex slaves by IS (BBC 15.07.15)
- David Cameron to force companies to disclose gender pay gaps (The Guardian 14.07.2015)
- UK companies told to publish gender pay audits (Financial Times 14.07.15)
- ADDIS: investing in gender equality vital to economic growth, sustainable development, says Ban (UN News Centre 14.07.15)
- This is what gender inequality in Britain looks like in charts (The Independent 14.07.15)
- Domestic violence in Turkey reaches boiling point (Deutsche Welle 11.07.2015)
- Gender pay gap in Australia: Women earn up to 30 per cent less than men in some industries (Daily Telegraph Sydney 11.07.15)
- Male models: Teaching men in Central America about gender and power (Christian Science monitor 10.07.15)
- SC Verdict Boosts Women’s Rights (The New Indian Express 08.07.15)
- Facebook updates ‘Friends’ icon to reflect gender equality (CNN 08.07.15)
- Burma passes bill limiting women’s right to marry non-Buddhists (Toronto Star 08.07.15)
- Sierra Leone urged to ban FGM after backing women’s rights treaty (Reuters 07.07.15)
- West Bank women look to divorce marital status from IDs (Al-Monitor 06.07.2015)
- Afghanistan: Men throw acid into girls’ faces ‘for going to school’ (CNN 05.07.2015)
- EU commends Uganda on gender equality (newvision.co.ug 03.07.2015)
- Greek crisis: Thriving sex industry shows austerity has violated women’s rights International Business Times (01.07.15)
- Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide Still Face Big Hurdles (Forbes 01.07.2015)
- Tasmania announces gender equality plan to have 50% women on boards (The Guardian 01.07.2015)
- Labour demands equal wage checks to reduce gender pay gap (The Guardian 01.07.2015)