Turkish equality campaigners condemn sharp fall in female MPs
Unofficial results from 1 November polls show only 77 female MPs were elected, compared with 97 in previous vote in June...
View ArticleEllen Pao Won't Stop Talking About Sexism In Tech. And Neither Should You.
They called her “the most hated person on the Internet” and named her one of the pariahs of Silicon Valley. She lost her sex discrimination lawsuit against a prominent Bay Area venture capital firm...
View ArticleHealth sense: Pelvic organ displacement on the rise
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common condition experienced particularly by older women, and with a growing aging population, the number of cases will likely increase. It is estimated that 50 percent...
View ArticleKim Kardashian’s ‘High Risk’ Pregnancy Has Her Anxious And Concerned
Kim Kardashian is already mom to North West, 2, and due to give birth to her second child, a boy, on Christmas Day via C-section. The mother-to-be has been open about her fertility troubles and...
View ArticleEqual Pay Day: The powerful women (and a few men) speaking out against sexism...
Barely a week goes by without a high profile name voicing their anger at how sexist and ageist Hollywood is. Despite it being 2015, women in their thirties are deemed too old to play the love interest...
View ArticleSorry, Kate Winslet It May Be ‘Vulgar’ But We Do Need To Talk About Salary
Celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence have been speaking up about the shameful gap between what women and men make in Hollywood. But all that money talk is making fellow celebrity and British actor Kate...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Sexism in the Black Church
Last week, the Baptist Press announced that "leading pastors" from the nation's two largest black and white Baptist denominations, the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and the Southern Baptist...
View Article6 Things This Trans Woman Wants You To Know
Carmen Carrera has a few things she wants you to know about trans women. In a new video for Bustle, the transgender model and actress broke down a few important facts everyone should know about trans...
View ArticleRow after University of York cancels International Men’s Day event
Outcry from students and staff forces university to pull event, but campaigners hit back saying move sends out message that ‘men’s rights are not important’...
View ArticleAnne Harris: Why there are too few women in theatre and politics
To Have and to Have Not would have taken its place in the canon of B movies were it not for one of the most explicit and iconic movie lines ever. Lauren Bacall, in total control of herself, her...
View ArticleJulia Gillard says business must overcome 'unconscious bias' against women
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged people to "call out sexism" when they see it during a lecture in which she warned corporate Australia that community tolerance for male-dominated boards...
View ArticleSilicon Valley is still not a meritocracy, but it's making progress, says...
Ellen Pao may have ended her high-profile legal showdown, but she's not abdicating her new role as the face of the tech industry's gender inequity problem any time soon. Writing for Lenny Letter — an...
View ArticleFemale Cosmonauts to Russian Press: Yes, We Can Survive Without Makeup in Space
Out of the hundreds of men who have explored the cosmos, Russia has only sent four women into space in more than 50 years of interstellar travel. Now, in a move toward gender equality—on and off...
View ArticleUS hospital to give women a uterus - and then take it away
Cleveland: Within the next few months, surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic expect to become the first in the United States to transplant a uterus into a woman who lacks one, so she can become pregnant and...
View ArticleFighting school sexism: feminist theory hits classrooms
Sixteen-year-old feminist Stella Bridie was sick of being called "bossy" and "bitchy" at school. She sees herself as ambitious and assertive. She's unafraid of asking teachers tough questions, and...
View ArticleChrissy Teigen Is Experiencing The Nonsense Pregnant Women Put Up With Everyday
BY DANA NORRIS Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen recently announced her pregnancy on Instagram, posting a�picture of her burgeoning baby bump. The caption read: "Somebody is early to the party"...
View ArticleFianna Fáil member takes legal action over gender quotas
A Fianna Fáil activist has initiated legal action challenging the State’s new electoral laws on gender quotas after being excluded from a selection convention that allowed only a female candidate to be...
View ArticleJihadi John Reportedly Killed In Air Strike
TOP STORIES 'JIHADI JOHN' REPORTEDLY KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE "U.S. officials reportedly told ABC News that Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State militant known as 'Jihadi John,' was believed to be killed as...
View ArticleEllen Pao Speaks Out About Sexism Via Lena Dunham's Lenny Newsletter
Ellen K. Pao made headlines for the gender discrimination suit she brought against her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and for the outrage she provoked as interim CEO of Reddit....
View ArticleEqual Rights for Women - The Hollywood Treatment
On TV and in film, an estimated one-third of fictional characters are female, despite the fact that women make up half the world's population. Beyond the numbers is the quality of roles. Women's...
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