The Silicon Valley Discrimination Case: Why its hard for women to prove discrimination in court.
http://www.vox.com/2015/4/1/8326221/pao-sexism-data-silicon-valley
Tag: Feminism
A question for men: What does your wife do?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31828529
Woman breaks taboos and makes headlines with a simple photo showing her period. Instagram removes it twice although no guidelines broken.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/32105388
Gym cancels woman's membership for complaining about a transgender individual in the locker room
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2015/03/transgender_members_welcome_in.html
"The Hoopla", feminist on-line magazine, to cease publication.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/the-hoopla-to-cease-publication-says-wendy-harmer-20150323-1m5ehg.html
Speech by former governor of NSW, Dame Marie Bashir lashes out at loss of farmland for mining
“It’s been the women of this country that have moved this nation forward.. women get on and do the job.” Also see:
Chinese Women's Rights Activists being detained for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-12/womens-rights-activists-arrested-china/6310194
Silence about sexual harassment in medical profession is a major issue
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/silence-about-sexual-harassment-in-hospitals-a-major-issue-doctors-say-20150308-13y9ki.html http://www.smh.com.au/comment/gabrielle-mcmullin-shows-it-pays-to-be-outrageous-when-fighting-sexism-20150309-13yrn0.html http://www.smh.com.au/comment/sexism-in-surgery-humiliates-me-every-day-20150310-13zty9.html http://www.smh.com.au/comment/doctors-sexism-remarks-a-kick-in-the-guts-to-workplace-gender-equality-20150307-13xu7v.html
Vintage cartoons documenting attitudes to women riding bicycles
http://www.oldeyankeemap.com/Rendered/nationalphoto/b/5/master/3b49127_Thenewwomanandherbicycletherew.tif.jpg http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=331
Patricia Arquette calls for wage equality for women at Oscars, but then provokes controversy with racial insensitivity.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/oscars/oscars-2015-patricia-arquette-faces-backlash-over-comments-calling-for-people-of-colour-to-fight-for-women-20150224-13msml.html