UN Human Rights Committee says Canada has tried to ‘avoid responsibility for impact of its legislated sex discrimination within indigenous communities’
Source: UN calls on Canada to remove sexist sections from Indian Act – The Globe and Mail
Category: Inequity
Women buy and use razors too and often pay more for them in the process
Congratulations to Australian director Kim Gehrig for her effort with the controversial new Gillette advertisement, however Anna Kerr has some reservations.
Source: Women buy and use razors too and often pay more for them in the process
Thailand signals major shift in refugee policy after Rahaf Mohammed case
However, speaking on Wednesday, Surachate pledged that mothers and children held in immigration detention would be given bail.
However, speaking on Wednesday, Surachate pledged that mothers and children held in immigration detention would be given bail.
Source: Thailand signals major shift in refugee policy after Rahaf Mohammed case | World news | The Guardian
Thailand signals major shift in refugee policy after Rahaf Mohammed case
Immigration chief says country ‘will now follow international norms’ yet is still considering extraditing refugee Hakeem al-Araibi.
However, speaking on Wednesday, Surachate pledged that mothers and children held in immigration detention would be given bail.
Source: Thailand signals major shift in refugee policy after Rahaf Mohammed case | World news | The Guardian
Saudi woman who fled family: “We are treated as an object, like a slave”
An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her allegedly abusive family described what life was like for her in Saudi Arabia. She said in an interview Monday with Canadian news outlets CBC and The Star that she “got beat up” for not praying or helping around the house, and was locked in her home for cutting her hair short.
“It’s daily oppression,” Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun reportedly said. “We are treated as an object, like a slave. We could not make decisions about what we want.”
“My life was in danger and I felt I had nothing to lose,” al-Qunun said. “I wanted to tell people my story and about what happens to Saudi women.”
She said that after she fled, her family disowned her.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-woman-who-fled-family-we-are-treated-as-an-object-like-a-slave/
[category global, inequity]
Oxford ends women-only fellowship after university rules that it breaches equality law
Oxford has ended its women-only fellowship after the university’s administrators said it breached equality law.
The Joanna Randall-MacIver junior research fellowship, established in the 1930s for women studying fine arts, music or literature, was deemed to be “discriminatory on the grounds of gender” by Oxford’s Council.
Professor Elizabeth Cullingford, a Randall-MacIver fellow in the 1970s who is now chair of English at Texas University, said: “I feel pretty strongly that having one or two things that are special to woman aren’t going to threaten any great power structure at Oxford.
“The history there is totally male – for years women couldn’t even be in the university and couldn’t be fellow of a college.”
She said that women do still have some “catching up” to do with men, adding: “We may have parity in numbers but do we have parity on power? I doubt that. I am the first female chair of the English department and Texas University has been around since the 19th century.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2019/01/11/oxford-ends-women-only-fellowship-university-rules-breaches/
[category global, inequity, workforce discrimination]
Campaign to Free Aboriginal Women Raises Almost $300K
A crowdfunding campaign to free Aboriginal women who have been jailed for unpaid fines has raised almost $300,000 and put pressure on the state government to change the law that advocates say criminalises poverty.
Source: Campaign to Free Aboriginal Women Raises Almost $300K | PBA
Fundraiser by Debbie Kilroy : FreeThePeople
Western Australia refuses to change the laws where people who have no criminal convictions are imprisoned if they do not have the capacity to pay a fine. People are languishing in prison for not being able to pay their fines. Single Aboriginal mothers make up the majority of those in prison who do not have the capacity to pay fines. They are living in absolute poverty and cannot afford food and shelter for their children let alone pay a fine. They will never have the financial capacity to pay a fine. So we want to raise $99,000.00 to have at least 100 single Aboriginal mothers freed from prison and have warrants vacated.
The Gender Gap In Pain: How Womens Illnesses Are Treated Differently
We know that the gender gap permeates into many different facets of women’s lives. Arenas of contention still exist in the pay cheques we receive, the boardrooms we sit in, and the streets we walk down. But, often less spoken about, is the gap that exists in the diagnosis and treatment of a woman’s illness. . . .
After nearly sending me home and delaying surgery because “I was still smiling”, my protest was heard and I was taken into surgery where they found an almost-burst appendix. I was hospitalised for seven days. . . .
Currently, one in five women in Australia experience pelvic pain and one in ten women suffer from endometriosis. If we widen our lens, to an economic view, endometriosis costs Australia $7.7 billion a year. So, not only does this cost women their quality of life but also affects our economy.
This statistic finally became too significant to be ignored and in March of last year, it was revealed that the government will be provide funding $2.5 million for the improvement in diagnosis and treatment for women with the disease.
Source: The Gender Gap In Pain: How Womens Illnesses Are Treated Differently
To counter Women’s Wall, Ayyappa Jyothi volunteers line up with lamps across Kerala
On Wednesday, thousands of people, including a large number of women, were seen lighting lamps along several stretches that connected north and south Kerala, in an apparent political message to the Kerala government. The Sabarimala Karma Samithi, backed by the BJP, organised Ayyappa Jyothi, an event to counter the Kerala government’s Women’s Wall, which is an attempt to raise awareness about the LDF government’s stand on the Sabarimala case and to counter the Sangh Parivar’s protests against women entry to the shrine.