Japanese women are rebelling against a decades-old Valentine’s Day tradition that obliges them to give chocolates to the men in their lives.
Source: Valentine’s Day: Why Japanese women are rebelling against patriarchal tradition – CNN
Category: Inequity
The Prime Minister has not met with the Office for Women
In Senate Estimates on Monday 18th of February 2019 it was confirmed by the office for women that Scott Morrison has never met with them.
Source: The Prime Minister has not met with the Office for Women
Male VCs fail to get on board so women’s ride-sharing startup Shebah embarks on $3m crowdfunding campaign
Shebah is launching a $3 million crowdfunding campaign to boost its tech and fuel overseas expansion, and to share its success with its supporters.
Research confirms working mums are ‘up to 40% more stressed’
A study of 11 indicators of chronic stress in 6025 women shows that full time working mums are up to 40% more stressed than others.
Source: Research confirms working mums are ‘up to 40% more stressed’
Ebola vaccine offered in exchange for sex, Congo taskforce meeting told
As experts urge global warning over outbreak, women and girls in Beni report alleged exploitation.
An unparalleled Ebola vaccination programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become engulfed in allegations of impropriety, amid claims that women are being asked for sexual favours in exchange for treatment.
Research by several NGOs has revealed that a deep mistrust of health workers is rife in DRC and gender-based violence is believed to have increased since the start of the Ebola outbreak in August.
“Across all locations there are lots and lots of people who do not think that Ebola is real, that it is just a way for humanitarian organisations to make money, or that it was just used to postpone elections,” said Erlach.
In Finland, giving people free money boosted happiness, not employment
Receiving a basic income had other great effects on the unemployed.
Source: In Finland, giving people free money boosted happiness, not employment – Vox
Study shows sexism starts early with girls’ pain taken less seriously
The study found women were more likely to downplay pain shown by girls than men were. Researchers called it a ‘mystery.’
Source: Study shows sexism starts early with girls’ pain taken less seriously
The UAE handed out awards for gender balance & men won them all
A tweet on Sunday from Dubai’s official social media account announcing the winners of the government’s gender equality awards attracted global attention.
The winners were exclusively male and it was no parody.
Source: The UAE handed out awards for gender balance & men won them all
Labor promises 40% target for women in Australian honours system | Australia news | The Guardian
Tanya Plibersek blames prevalence of male-dominated professions in award categories for the overrepresentation of men
Source: Labor promises 40% target for women in Australian honours system | Australia news | The Guardian
Crowdfunding campaign to free Indigenous women ‘shocked’ by WA government response
Sisters Inside, which is raising funds to pay off court fines of Aboriginal women, says government has tried to ‘discredit’ it
