All posts tagged "gender inequity"

  • orange to end violence
    Wear Orange for the Elimination of Violence against Women

    From UN Women. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. According to a 2013 WHO global study, 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual...

    • Posted November 26, 2013
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  • saudi
    support saudi women in the fight to drive

    October 26th marked a big day in Saudi Arabia for women. Across the country, women were going against their nation’s de facto ban on women driving—by getting behind the steering wheel. As the UN Special Rapporteur on...

    • Posted October 28, 2013
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  • u.n. women focusing on violence prevention with children

    from UNWomen.org. Violence against women and girls is rooted in gender-based discrimination and social norms and gender stereotypes that perpetuate such violence. Given the devastating effect violence has on women, efforts have mainly focused on responses and...

    • Posted October 17, 2013
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  • frosh
    the frosh rape chant that shook a country

    By Jennifer Heard.   Most Canadians reacted with shock and outrage when students screamed an offensive rape chant as part of the hijinks of university frosh week on campuses on both coasts of the country. Some of...

    • Posted September 18, 2013
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  • Indian woman i
    sound the red siren: violence against women in india

    From Unicef, New Delhi, India.   UNICEF India has launched the new initiative Time to Sound the Red Siren, which tackles violence against children and places a special focus on sexual violence against girls. NEW DELHI, India,...

    • Posted September 3, 2013
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  • learning from the courage of malala
    learning from the courage of malala

    By Jennifer Heard.   “We cannot succeed if half of us are held back.” Those are the words of Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani girl shot in the head by a Taliban terrorist in October 2012 because...

    • Posted August 26, 2013
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  • familyshoes
    parental benefits: strengthening a nation

    By Jennifer Heard.   Cultural icons may have changed – we’ve moved from June Cleaver to Buffy the Vampire Slayer – but our cultural conditioning about the gender-based division of labour has evolved much more slowly. Until...

    • Posted August 12, 2013
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  • Women at the Helm Film Launched at Maritime Women Conference VIDEO
    film, “women at the helm” promotes seafaring women

    A new International Maritime Organization (IMO) film promoting the role of women in the maritime sector has been launched during a conference on the Development of a Global Stategy for Women Seafarers. Shipping has historically been a...

    • Posted July 30, 2013
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  • lingerie football — really? women and gender inequity in sport

    By Jennifer Heard. When you ask Canadian women about gender equity in sports, they will immediately start talking about such outstanding female stars as Christine Sinclair, Hailey Wickenheiser, Rosie MacLennan, or Jennifer Heil. Yet, in the overall...

    • Posted July 29, 2013
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  • geena davis desmejorada
    u.n. women partnering with geena davis

    Study will analyse gender stereotypes and representation of women and girls in global family films (1 July, 2013) UN Women is partnering with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media on a global study to analyze the...

    • Posted July 4, 2013
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