women
Automation, teen pregnancies affect women’s lifelong earning potential
World
June 13, 2019
Automation, teen pregnancies affect women’s lifelong earning potential
Delegates at the recently concluded Women Deliver Conference, the world’s largest gathering for gender equality, concluded that teen pregnancies and automation…
Equal pay in football? Norway still far from the goal
Society
June 11, 2019
Equal pay in football? Norway still far from the goal
Guro puts in 60 to 70-hour weeks, half her time spent on football and the other half at her job,…
Thousands of killed or missing Indigenous women and girls are victims of a ‘Canadian genocide,’ report says
World
June 4, 2019
Thousands of killed or missing Indigenous women and girls are victims of a ‘Canadian genocide,’ report says
(CNN)–The thousands of Indigenous women and girls who have been killed or have vanished in Canada in the past decades…
Time to start studying females too, urges scientist
World
May 31, 2019
Time to start studying females too, urges scientist
US neurobiologist Rebecca Shansky recalled her first experiences studying mice in the lab two decades ago: the “default” was to…
Female life expectancy rate in Egypt increases to 74.7 years: CAPMAS
Health & Fitness
May 28, 2019
Female life expectancy rate in Egypt increases to 74.7 years: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Monday that the female life expectancy rate in Egypt…
Haitians march against rape after students sexually assaulted
Society
May 27, 2019
Haitians march against rape after students sexually assaulted
More than 1,000 Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday to denounce sexual violence in the…
Support for abortion rights grows as some US states curb access: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Society
May 26, 2019
Support for abortion rights grows as some US states curb access: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans have become more supportive of abortion rights over the past year, even as a wave…
Widows of Iraq’s war pick up the threads of fragmented lives
Middle East
May 18, 2019
Widows of Iraq’s war pick up the threads of fragmented lives
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – In a workshop in a bombed-out factory in Mosul, Najlaa Abdelrahman joins scores of other women…
G7 ministers pledge to make gender equality ‘global cause’
Society
May 11, 2019
G7 ministers pledge to make gender equality ‘global cause’
France’s Minister for Gender Equality Marlene Schiappa and her G7 counterparts on Friday signed a joint declaration to make the…
New mixed relay ‘just what athletics needs’: GB star
World
May 8, 2019
New mixed relay ‘just what athletics needs’: GB star
The new mixed 4x400m relay is just what athletics needs to inject more fun and excitement into competition, according to…