All posts tagged "women’s issues"

  • Couldequalpaythreatenwomen&#;smarriageprospects?
    Could equal pay threaten women’s marriage prospects?

    By Lisa Anderson There are many arguments – some sensible and many spurious – tossed out against the Paycheck Fairness Act, which Republicans recently blocked for the third time in the U.S. Senate. They include: It would...

    • Posted May 2, 2014
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    the shriver report on gender equality now available

    One out of three women in the United States is a late paycheck or a doctor’s bill away from being destroyed financially. Poverty is not just poor children living in inner cities or of families living in remote areas....

    • Posted January 14, 2014
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    millions of girls still at risk: female genital mutilation

    Overwhelming opposition to female genital mutilation/cutting, yet millions of girls still at risk: UNICEF WASHINGTON, D.C.,  – A majority of people in most countries where female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is concentrated oppose the harmful practice, according to...

    • Posted December 23, 2013
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    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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    oh, canada: pay inequity from sea to sea

    By Jennifer Heard. Why would a woman need pay equity when she can just marry a rich man? This sexist joke sparks anger because it suggests that: 1.) a woman, if beautiful and smart enough, will find...

    • Posted July 23, 2013
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