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All posts tagged "Thomson Reuters Foundation"
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Syrian teenager who swam at Rio Olympics honoured for aiding women and girls’ rights
“I want to change perceptions of refugees. It is not a choice to flee your home, and refugees can achieve anything” By Pietro Lombardi from trust.org (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Syrian teenager who saved fellow refugees...
- Posted October 16, 2016
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One million poor women in Britain have suffered violence and abuse
Women in poverty are much more likely to face almost every kind of abuse and violence compared to other women, say experts By Pietro Lombardi from trust.org (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One million women living in poverty...
- Posted October 11, 2016
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Women a minority among top earners, researchers say
Last year, on average women earned about half as much as men did, according to the World Economic Forum By Pietro Lombardi LONDON, Sept 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women account for a fraction of the richest...
- Posted October 4, 2016
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Obama tells Clinton fundraiser U.S. still grapples with powerful women
“There’s a reason why we haven’t had a woman president. We as a society still grapple with what it means to see powerful women.” By Jeff Mason from trust.org NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) – U.S. society...
- Posted September 23, 2016
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Women as pushy as men in asking for pay rise, but less successful: research
“Having seen these findings, I think we have to accept that there is some element of pure discrimination against women” By Pietro Lombardi LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women ask for a pay rise as often as...
- Posted September 12, 2016
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California lawmakers pass rape bill inspired by Stanford case
The measure was introduced in response to the sentence given to 20-year-old Brock Turner, which was widely condemned as too lenient By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail...
- Posted September 5, 2016
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INTERVIEW – France has ‘misunderstood’ the burkini, Australian designer says
“The burkini was designed for freedom, flexibility and confidence. It was designed to integrate into society” By Lin Taylor The French authorities have misunderstood why the burkini was created and should not turn it into a symbol...
- Posted August 29, 2016
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“Enough sexism, it’s 2016!” Italy’s parliament speaker exasperated after cartoon
From trust.org Laura Boldrini hits out after newspaper publishes drawing of female minister with caption that plays on Italian word for “thighs” “Men, enough sexism, it’s 2016,” the president of Italy’s lower house of parliament wrote on...
- Posted August 21, 2016
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Female golfers hope to score a birdie for gender equality at Rio Olympics
By Umberto Bacchi from trust.org “It is annoying that the men are getting so much attention when we are not” Golf’s return to the Olympics after more than a century gives women golfers the opportunity to show...
- Posted August 6, 2016
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Britain’s Duchess of York gets university role linked to charity for women in India
Sarah Ferguson, Britain’s Duchess of York, arrives at a benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York in this 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson By Nesserine Fellah from trust.org LONDON, July 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)...
- Posted July 24, 2016