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Backlash against women’s rights threatening progress, says UN chief
By Adla Massoud On March 8, 2024 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that a “backlash” against women’s rights was threatening progress around the world. “The global crises we face…
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It’s International Women’s Day: How women’s rights fared in the past year
By Victoria Bisset, Adela Suliman, and Naomi Schanen On March 8, 2024 LONDON — It’s International Women’s Day. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres has urged faster action to achieve gender…
Read MoreOrganised backlash unravels progress in women’s rights: research
By AFP On March 8, 2024 Conservative counter-campaigns are unravelling global advances in women’s rights, the latest “backlash” in a series dating to the 1980s, activists and experts warned ahead…
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Lightfoot and Martinez call for women to have reproductive health privacy in court records
By A.D. Quig On March 12, 2024 CHICAGO — With one week to go until the March 19 primary, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez brought out former Mayor…
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When Companies Invest In Women, Everybody Wins
By Priya Krishnan On March 12, 2024 According the International Women’s Day website, the goal of the 2024 #InspireInclusion campaign is to “collectively forge a more inclusive world for women.” They…
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Stamping out police sexism: Sign up to our expert International Women’s Day panel event
By Lauren MacDougall On February 21, 2024 To mark International Women’s Day, The Independent is bringing together a panel of experts to discuss how police forces in the UK are tackling violence…
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Another executive at Japan’s top oil firm is fired for sexual harassment as #MeToo awareness grows
By the Associated Press On February 22, 2024 TOKYO — The head of a renewable energy subsidiary of Japan’s top oil company, Eneos Holdings, has been fired for sexual harassment,…
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LinkedIn Under Fire For Ageist Ads: Fails To Take Timely Action And Uphold DEI Policy
By Sheila Callaham Mar 8, 2024,08:03am EST LinkedIn members have been pushing back for months against the company’s release of two ageist ads that stereotype older people as unaware and…
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3 Ways the Pandemic Left its Mark on law in the Workplace
BY DAN EATON MARCH 11, 2024 4:30 AM PT On March 19, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all Californians except those working in “federal critical infrastructure sectors” to stay home due to…
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