Men in UK and US seen growing less comfortable with women leaders
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Less than 50 per cent of American men would be “very comfortable” with a female head of government, according to a survey published this week that found men in Britain and the US growing less comfortable with women in positions of power. The Reykjavik Index for Leadership, launched in 2018 […]
Just five major companies offer a year’s paid, equal parental leave
London Thomson Reuters Foundation Just five major companies allow all mothers and fathers to share a full year of paid parental leave, a workplace equality organisation said this week, as rights groups said closing the gap would combat discrimination towards women. Aviva, British Land, Diageo, Hewlett Packard and Spotify were hailed as trailblazers in data […]
Humanitarian aid failing women, reports finds, prompting calls for new “feminist” approach
Dakar, Senegal Thomson Reuters Foundation About 0.1 per cent of humanitarian funding goes to addressing violence against women and girls worldwide, charities said on Monday, prompting calls for a new “feminist” approach to foreign aid. Less than $US2 was allocated to each woman or girl at risk of rape or abuse in conflict zones from […]
Tough at the top: girls believe female leaders suffer widespread harassment
London/Vancouver, Canada Thomson Reuters Foundation Girls worldwide hope to become leaders, but they expect to face sexism and harassment when they get there, a global child rights organisation said in a report released on Tuesday. More than nine in 10 girls and young women said female bosses could expect unwanted physical contact and to be […]
US men avoid spending time with female colleagues in the wake of #MeToo
London Thomson Reuters Foundation Women’s careers are being held back as men in the United States avoid spending time with female colleagues in the wake of the #MeToo movement, women’s rights group LeanIn.org said on Friday. Nearly two thirds of male managers reported they would be uncomfortable taking part in a common one-on-one work activity […]
Right-wing politics, social media fuel anti-woman violence – EU commissioner
New York CityThomson Reuters Foundation Attempts to end violence against women and girls in the European Union are being stymied by a mix of right-wing politics and social media that inflames sexism and stereotypes, a top women’s rights official said last week. Scant progress has been made in reducing gender-based violence despite legislation, education campaigns, […]
Google, Apple face calls to pull Saudi app allowing men to monitor wives
Thomson Reuters Foundation A Saudi Arabian government app that allows men in the country to monitor and control their female relatives’ travel at the click of a button should be removed from Google and Apple’s online stores, a US politician and activists said on Wednesday. Human rights campaigners argued the tech giants are enabling abuses […]
In Kenya, Pentecostal Christian moms tell husbands that girls are as good as boys
Bungoma, Kenya RNS As she prepared lunch for her children outside her house in Mukhuma village in western Kenya, Joyce Nafula thought of her former husband and began to cry. The two were married for 20 years and had six daughters. Girls play at school in western Kenya on 3rd August. Male offspring are desired […]
Only one per cent of British Christians believe God is female, survey finds
Only one per cent of British Christians believe God is a woman, according to the findings of a YouGov poll. The poll, which comes in the wake of the release of a new Ariana Grande song God is a Woman, found that the largest proportion of British Christians – 41 per cent – don’t think […]
Genesis and women
Many assume Genesis is uncomplimentary of women. But it is not so; Genesis has a very high view of women. Equals – Adam and Eve. PICTURE: From a stained glass windown in Saint-Julien Cathedral, Le Mans, France (Selbymay – licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0/image cropped) The first mention of females is to declare that they are made in […]