SYDNEY – Australia will scrap exemptions for judges and politicians from sexual harassment laws, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as his government struggles to contain a backlash over allegations of mistreatment of female lawmakers and staff. Under broad changes aimed at empowering … Continue Reading about Australia to scrap harassment exemption for judges and politicians
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Reclaiming Technology and Innovation to Support Feminist Organizing Globally: Global Fund for Women’s Work with the United Nation’s Generation Equality Forum
By Sal
Global Fund for Women is proud to be playing a leadership role in the United Nation’s Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition on Technology and Innovation. The United Nations is organizing Generation Equality in 2021 as a global rallying point to catalyze new and better investments and commitments toward … Continue Reading about Reclaiming Technology and Innovation to Support Feminist Organizing Globally: Global Fund for Women’s Work with the United Nation’s Generation Equality Forum
Ad saying gender equality is ‘outdated’ sparks outrage in Japan
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TOKYO – An online advertisement featuring a woman saying the debate over gender equality is outdated has sparked furore in Japan for being sexist, a month after an outcry over sexist comments by the former Olympics organizing chief saw him step down. In the advertisement, which was released on Monday to … Continue Reading about Ad saying gender equality is ‘outdated’ sparks outrage in Japan
GLASS CEILING

Glass Ceiling: A Metaphor
"A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic (ie women) from rising beyond a certain … Continue Reading about Glass Ceiling: A Metaphor

10 Women Who Broke Through the Glass Ceiling
A great compilation to remind of some well-known and lesser-known females who have broken through the glass … Continue Reading about 10 Women Who Broke Through the Glass Ceiling
WOMEN + BUSINESS

Gender Economic Inequality – The Facts
https://blog.oup.com/2015/05/ten-facts-gender-inequality/ … Continue Reading about Gender Economic Inequality – The Facts

Milennials and Gender Politics
https://blog.oup.com/2018/02/millennial-generation-gender-structure/ … Continue Reading about Milennials and Gender Politics

He? She? It? – What’s in a Pronoun?
Have we advanced at all in recent years? https://blog.oup.com/2010/08/gender-neutral-pronoun/ … Continue Reading about He? She? It? – What’s in a Pronoun?