Shanghai Tops China in Gender Equality Index
Moreover, 73.5 percent of people polled attributed gender discrimination to traditional gender perceptions and bias, 11.6 percent to China's policies and laws, 9.7 percent to the public's superficial recognition of gender equality and 2.6 percent to …
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San Francisco Mayor Lee leads corporate 'gender equality' challenge
San Francisco's mayor and its department on the status of women have created a "gender equity challenge" for Bay Area companies. Mayor Ed Lee and San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu are scheduled to talk more about the challenge, which will run until …
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Activist Grace Akallo says stay steadfast and committed to bring peace through …
In 2010, across the globe, some 28 million of the 61 million children who were of primary school age but who were out of school lived in conflict zones. These children are vulnerable to recruitment into armed groups, sexual abuse, trafficking and child …
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