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Jennifer Lopez Named As Un Foundation Global Advocate For Girls And Women

Today, the United Nations Foundation announced Jennifer Lopez as the first-ever Global Advocate for Girls and Women at the UN Foundation. In this new ro...

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Gender

Gender Affects Awarding Of Research Funding

Women are still underrepresented in top academic positions. One of the possible explanations for this is the increasing importance of obtaining research funding. Women are ...

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Gender

Gender Inequality In The Workplace Is Men’s Work Too

If you are a man in the workplace in 2015, you are probably disturbed by what you read about the second-class status of women in many businesses, and even more troubled by ...

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Gender

UN Rights Chief: No Country Has Achieved Gender Equality

The High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] on Tuesday stated [press release] that no country has achieved full equality between men and women and urged the 4...

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Gender

Why Incentive Pay Makes The Gender Gap Worse?

The persistence of a gender gap in wages is shaping the debate over women’s equality in the workplace and underscores the challenge facing policymakers as they consid...

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Gender

Why Discriminating Against Women Keeps Countries Poorer

In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. More than 150 countries have at least one law that is discriminat...

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Hollywood

Hollywood Should Rewrite Male Roles For Women, Feels Clooney

Los Angeles: Superstar George Clooney thinks many male characters can be re-written for women if people “just start thinking.” Clooney, 54, spoke...

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Health

Why It's Crucial To Engage Men In Maternal Health

Later this month, the world’s 193 nations will formally endorse an ambitious set of sustainable development goals (SDG) aimed primarily at ending global poverty, symb...

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Gender

How To Tackle Gender Imbalances In Higher Education

A recent report on female graduates far outpacing men said a leading education expert is calling for the lack of men at university to be considered an equity issue.

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Festivals

Censored Women's Film Festival coming to D.C.

A collection of previously censored films made by women will be shown in Washington, D.C., in November. The films — part of the Censored Women’s Film Festival &...

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