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Dozens of nations discriminate against women in citizenship laws – study
Author: Ellen Wulfhorst from trust.org In a 2014 file photo, Palestinians standing behind the gate of Rafah crossing hold their passports as they try to cross into Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa More...
- Posted January 29, 2016
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U.N. brain trust to tackle unleashing women’s economic power
From trust.org Academics, economists and top members of business and labor have been tapped by the United Nations to find ways to unleash women’s economic potential and promote female leadership in a first-of-its-kind initiative, U.N. Secretary-General Ban...
- Posted January 23, 2016
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Wage gap could drive women’s depression, anxiety, study finds
Author: Sebastien Malo from trust.org In this 2013 file photo, an office worker with a shopping bag is reflected on the roof of a building in central Sydney, Australia. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz The U.S. wage gap could be...
- Posted January 11, 2016
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New app alerts women to stop saying “sorry” at work
Author: Ellen Wulfhorst from trust.org Saying sorry might sound like good manners but a new app is helping women to stop apologizing so often that they undermine their authority, particularly in the workplace. “Just Not Sorry” highlights...
- Posted January 7, 2016
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First woman is elected to Saudi local council
Reported by The Thomson Reuters Foundation RIYADH, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that Salima bint Hazab al-Otaibi had become the first woman elected to public office in the conservative Islamic kingdom after winning...
- Posted December 27, 2015
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Poorest women use anti-poverty programmes to boost land ownership-report
Author: Thomson Reuters Foundation from trust.org Supporting the poorest women by helping them set up small businesses, and giving them livestock and training boosts not only their income but also their prospects of renting or owning land,...
- Posted December 12, 2015
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Facebook makes paid time off for baby leave a global benefit
From trust.org Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside...
- Posted December 6, 2015
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Saris, Apologies and Sacrifice: The story of South Asian Women
Written by Nina Ganguli As an adolescent girl, my father would regularly tell me that Indian women don’t do this and don’t do that, they don’t smoke, they don’t argue, they don’t drink their alcohol out of...
- Posted November 24, 2015
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From hairdresser to hero, Syrian woman forges a new path for women
Author: Belinda Goldsmith from trust.org LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a girl growing up in Syria, Om Khaled had little say in her own destiny, married at 14 to a man chosen by her father and...
- Posted November 20, 2015
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INTERVIEW-How to get women to the top? Set quotas, says UK campaigner Cherie Blair
Author: Belinda Goldsmith from trust.org LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a young, ambitious British lawyer, Cherie Blair was firmly against imposing quotas to help advance women’s careers but 30 years later she is happy to admit...
- Posted November 11, 2015