Gender (in)equality

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Fatherhood lowers chances of finding job

That working women get punished for being mothers is not new. However, when researchers of the Universities of Gent and Leuven, Belgium, sent out 960 job applications with different profiles, they found that children are bad news for working fathers too. Male candidates with children were invited 18% less often for job interviews. According to Professor Stijn […]

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Empowering Women Is the Best Way to Solve Climate Change 

It’s time to stop putting our heads in the sand. Global warming is happening fast, and it puts many of us -if not all- in danger. Many solutions are being discussed, and many have a hefty price tag. Educating girls seems the cheapest option, and a very effective one too, is the conclusion of Paul

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Women entrepreneurs outwit male predators and sexism with fake man. Go for it, Witchsies! 

Sad but true, Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer faced a lot of sexism and condescension when they launched their e-commerce marketplace for weird art. Everything changed when they introduced an imaginary co-founder named Keith Mann. The founders of Witchy clearly have guts and a good sense of humor -they must, with a site like that-

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Strategic networking is harder for women. Here are some guidelines from a pro 

Networking is essential to help your business flourish, but women tend to limit their exposure to new people and new ideas. Hermiana Ibarra, professor of Organisational Behavior at London Business School, analyses why, in this piece below. Source: Why strategic networking is harder for women | Herminia Ibarra

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Discrimination when pregnant no longer tolerated in the Netherlands

  In the two weeks since it’s possible, 550 Dutch women have reported being discriminated against at work because they’re pregnant. Companies who, for example, don’t extend a contract, will be punished. That’s good. But a radical change of mindset is required, that stops seeing children as the sole responsibility of women; that also stops

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Lipstick Under My Burkha’s “lady-orientated” message got it banned in misogynous India

‘Brand India’ got another smudge when the film Lipstick under my Burkha was banned because it was too ‘lady orientated’ -whatever that means. I find it hard to believe that the land that many people associate with spirituality has such an appalling attitude towards women. Ironically Alankrita Shivastava is drawing attention to that very fact

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Vrouwen bevoorrecht? Nee, ze zijn juist bezig met een inhaalslag 

Het mannelijk lichaam is altijd de norm geweest. Maar nu wordt die eenzijdige focus hersteld. Van die inhaalslag schrikt Martin van Creveld, meent Simone van Saarloos, die zijn boek ‘De bevoorrechte sexe’ genadeloos afmaakt in onderstaande recensie. Source: Vrouwen bevoorrecht? Nee, ze zijn juist bezig met een inhaalslag – NRC

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