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All posts tagged "Thomson Reuters Foundation"
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After ‘Me Too’, ‘scary’ personal conversations about sexual assault
Millions of women around the world use the hashtag #MeToo to share their own stories of abuse on social media By Melissa Fares and John Whitesides | Thomson Reuters Foundation Oct 30 (Reuters) – After reading a...
- Posted October 30, 2017
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Into the gym: first Saudi female head of sports should get women exercising
By Heba Kanso | Thomson Reuters Foundation “It’s going to be changing stereotypes” BEIRUT, Oct 20 – Saudi Arabia’s appointment of its first female head of sports should attract more women into gyms and on to sports pitches...
- Posted October 21, 2017
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Raise sons to be feminists like daughters, says Canada’s Trudeau
By Ellen Wulfhorst | Thomson Reuters Foundation “All of us benefit when women and girls have the same opportunities as men and boys – and it’s on all of us to make that a reality” NEW YORK, Oct...
- Posted October 12, 2017
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Women in developed countries more educated than men, but still earn less – OECD
By Lin Taylor | Thomson Reuters Foundation If there was an equal number of female and male entrepreneurs, global GDP could rise by 2 percent, equivalent to about $1.5 trillion LONDON, Oct 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –...
- Posted October 4, 2017
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Tens of thousands march for abortion rights in Ireland
By the Thomson Reuters Foundation Thousands march to demand the loosening of some of the strictest abortion laws in the world ahead of a 2018 referendum on the issue DUBLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands...
- Posted September 30, 2017
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Saudi trains first women air traffic controllers
By the Thomson Reuters Foundation The conservative Islamic kingdom plans to increase the number of women in the overall workforce to 28 percent from 23 percent RIYADH, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will train women to...
- Posted September 19, 2017
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Street art illustrates the lives of inspiring black women in London
By Adela Suliman and Claudio Accheri | Thomson Reuters Foundation “It’s really important to demonstrate real positive role models” LONDON, Sept 7 – In a bright yellow cloth shirt, arms outstretched and adorned with bangles, the image...
- Posted September 8, 2017
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Sexual assault video of woman on Casablanca bus sparks outrage, arrests
By Zoe Tabary | Thomson Reuters Foundation A national survey in Morocco found that nearly two-thirds of women had experienced physical, psychological, sexual or economic abuse LONDON, Aug 22 – A video of a young woman being...
- Posted August 23, 2017
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Indian mill girl sprints to new life as policewoman
By Anuradha Nagaraj | Thomson Reuters Foundation “I want to do something more than just being a mill girl” RAJAPALAYAM, India, Aug 4 – Before the break of dawn, Muthulakshmi Mariappan slips out of her home and starts running....
- Posted August 6, 2017
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Without women, local government in England is ‘not fit for the future’
By Adela Suliman | Thomson Reuters Foundation Only one in three local councillors is female and almost a third of female councillors experiencing sexist comments LONDON, July 13 – Despite having a female prime minister, local government in...
- Posted July 13, 2017