Roadmap to Women’s Economic Empowerment
The United Nations hosts an event on women’s economic empowerment.
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Tag: Gender
No To Unsolicited ‘Compliments’
Imposing unsolicited ‘compliments’ on women and then being angry when she does not respond with enthusiasm is an example of everyday sexism.
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Why Women’s Leadership is a Business Asset
Social science studies find that male bosses are more likely to judge the competence of women managers using a skewed view on gender. In practice, this means organisations are missing out on a proactive approach to leadership.
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“I believe that science needs the perspectives, ideas, and creativity that can only result from diversification” Continue reading Black Women Mentors in Science
How to Promote Gender Equality in Your Workplace
A forthcoming international survey of 240,000 workers by Barbara Annis shows that women feel professional exclusion in their workplaces, while men remain unaware that there’s a problem. Men resort to expressing old fashioned chivalry like opening doors and offering to pay for lunch, thinking this makes women feel more comfortable and appreciated. In fact, it is the way that men exclude women from promotional opportunities, meetings, and mentorship that is a problem for women.
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NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages vs Norrie
The New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that people do not have to be officially registered as male or female, after Sydney activist ‘Norrie’ (below) contested this law. The judges panel ruled “as a matter of construction … the word sex does not bear a binary meaning of ‘male’ or ‘female.’” This means that transgender, intersex and other queer-identified Australians are no longer forced to fit themselves into a narrow gender binary.
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Victim Blaming
A question from a reader:
Continue reading “Victim Blaming”Hi there, would you happen to know where I can find a good definition of victim blaming, be it online or a book.
‘Man Up’
Beautiful spoken word poem by Guante: 10 Responses to the Phrase “Man Up”: I want to be strong in a way that isn’t about physical dominance. Continue reading ‘Man Up’
Labour force gender wage gap
Here’s an infographic on the global wage gap between men and women.
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