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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‘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
Lipstick Under My Burkha’s “lady-orientated” message got it banned in misogynous India Read More »
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
Vrouwen bevoorrecht? Nee, ze zijn juist bezig met een inhaalslag Read More »
I welcome this new French law, that demands models to provide a doctor’s certificate showing their body mass index is healthy. A previous law, suggesting a minimum BMI, was rejected. I suppose that could have been perceived as dictating what marketable beauty is. But who can be against preventing that anorexia, a serious and often deadly
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Empowering yourself to be healthy and happy and have no regrets on your deathbed can be great fun, as Jane McGonical explains in this truly inspiring TEDtalk. What a woman!!!
Parents, stop worrying. Games are good. For all of us! Read More »
Countless studies have shown women to be great leaders who improve company performance. Organizations across a multitude of industries that have embraced the business case for increased gender diversity are spending millions of dollars on programs to help women advance. Yet we have not yet reached gender parity in the C-suite. Why? A new study
A little more than a third of American companies are now women-owned. That’s an improvement. However, together they still only generate 11% of the combined revenues of businesses and women are less likely to have employees than in the past. Funding seems to be one of the main obstacles. But because women deliver stellar returns,
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Multi-award winning journalist Sue LloydRoberts sadly died last year at the age of 64, before she could finish her last book. She was a brave investigative journalist, and a pioneer in putting women’s rights on the agenda, thus fighting back in her own way in this terrible war. Her book contains 12 examples of horrific
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This documentary explores the correlation between sugar intake and heart disease in young adults. But sugar causes much more disease than that. More to follow, but start understanding by clicking below. Source: The science of sugar | Health | Al Jazeera
The science of sugar. In short: it’s poison. Read More »
The leaders of the largest political groups in the European Parliament, the heads of their umbrella parties and the three EU presidents — of the Commission, Council and Parliament — are all men. Women still make up less than one-third of the College of Commissioners and just one-seventh of the Council. Meanwhile, only six of
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The invention of ‘the’ pill enormously accelerated women’s liberation. I am grateful to the pharmaceutical industry for that. Unfortunately for many women it has a number of unpleasant side effects. The pill elevates estrogen levels (normally produced by the ovaries and the adrenal glands) that make the body believe it’s already pregnant. The lining of
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Should putting family over work be seen as ‘dropping out’? And what about ‘halo dad syndrome’? Hillary Clinton’s former policy chief believes a lot needs to change. Here’s her take on women, work, men and family. Source: Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter review – the latest episode in the ‘Can women have it all?’ soap
In ‘Unfinished Business’ Anne-Marie Slaughter explores: Can women have it all? Read More »
