Nearly two-thirds of global workforce in the ‘informal’ economy
Category: Events
2018-05-02
More than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – two billion people – earn their livelihoods in the informal sector, the United Nations labour agency said |
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Newly-resurfaced video of Allison Mack purportedly shows how she tried to lure women into alleged sex cult
Category: Trafficking
2018-04-26
Over Twitter, Mack also invited actress Emma Watson to talk to her about “an amazing women’s movement I think you’d dig.” |
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Self-styled Indian "godman" jailed for life for teen rape
Category: Gender based violence
2018-04-26
An Indian court jailed a self-styled religious preacher for life on Wednesday for raping a teenage girl, the latest sexual abuse case against a so-called "godman" |
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10-Year-Old Georgian Painter Invited to Paris
Thea Morrison
Category: Women and Culture
2018-04-25
10-year-old Tamar Nozadze, a pupil of the Kutaisi Niko Nikoladze school-lyceum, has been invited to an exhibition in Paris |
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Video of woman being attacked by morality police over loose hijab rattles people in Iran and beyond
Category: Gender based violence
2018-04-25
Video of women officers from Iran’s morality police force attacking a young woman for wearing a headscarf that only loosely covered her hair has gone viral in Iran and around the world |
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Viral photo prompts Indonesian government moves toward banning child marriage
Category: Gender in the world
2018-04-24
A photo of two young teenagers trying to register their marriage on the island of Sulawesi has been shared widely online since last week
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'Goddesses' to 'men only': China tech firms pledge to end sexist job ads
Category: Gender in the world
2018-04-24
Chinese tech firms pledged to tackle gender bias in recruitment after a rights group said they routinely favoured male candidates |
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Quotas needed to close Britain's workplace gender gap: charity
Category: Gender in the world
2018-04-24
Britain should implement workplace gender quotas, an equality charity said on Monday, as it published research showing women hold fewer than 45 percent of top jobs in the country |
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Babies now allowed on the US Senate floor following rare move to change rules
Category: Gender in the world
2018-04-20
In a rare move, the Senate on Wednesday night voted to change longstanding rules to allow newborns -- for the first time -- onto the Senate floor during votes |
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