Category: Global
Women-only train carriages? What a ridiculously regressive idea
The 3 REAL reasons why there aren’t more women in the boardroom
'You're a sinner': how a Mormon university shames rape victims
Another example of religion being used to perpetuate the oppression of women.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/30/mormon-rape-victims-shame-brigham-young-university?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+AUS+v1+-+AUS+morning+mail+callout&utm_term=169868&subid=17322137&CMP=ema_632
3 women who radically changed the course of technology
Women get to earn less and pay more: Introducing the 'Sales Gender Gap'
Cardinal George Pell 'wrong' to blame others for sex abuse cover up, inquiry told
All of the problems Universal Basic Income can solve that have nothing to do with unemployment
introducing a dependable source of income via UBI “gets to the very heart of women’s economic vulnerability.” He points to a rape shelter in Vancouver that has voiced support for UBI, in part because it would give women the economic freedom to escape abusive relationships.
http://qz.com/667208/all-of-the-problems-universal-basic-income-can-solve-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-unemployment/
Atheist pastor sparks debate by 'irritating the church into the 21st century'
Tor her, God is instead a metaphor for goodness and a life lived with compassion and justice.
If only we had more clergy like this, we might actually get some progress.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/atheist-pastor-canada-gretta-vosper-united-church-canada?
From Competition to Cooperation
A new world order that doesn’t reduce all human endeavour to a blood sport . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYOPcHRO3tc