Tag: gender equality
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#MorningMonarchy: July 8, 2016
The Dallas Purge, Hollywood insiders and ‘Zero Days’ + this day in history w/Francis Gary Powers and our song of the day by The Avalanches on your Morning Monarchy for July 8, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 29, 2016
California cannabis, Pepsi aspartame and the 40-year-old Twinkie + this day in history w/the derecho and our song of the day by Cymbals Eat Guitars on your Morning Monarchy for June 29, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 20, 2016
Brexit to Texit, Omar updates and reality sElections + this day in history w/West Virginia Day and our song of the day by Peter Bjorn and John on your Morning Monarchy for June 20, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 17, 2016
Meet-and-greets, get a Qloo and ‘Central Intelligence’ + this day in history w/the OJ car chase and our song of the day by Hippo Campus on your Morning Monarchy for June 17, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 20, 2016
Citizen Trump, chorus of anger and concert control + this day in history w/the kinetoscope and our song of the day by Black Pistol Fire on your Morning Monarchy for May 20, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: April 15, 2016
Pro Bono work, Supergirl mind control and Snowden synths + this day in history w/Boston Bombing and our song of the day by Greyhounds on your Morning Monarchy for April 15, 2016.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Women Are Winning With Weed (Video)
An unlikely leader in open source research has 50 million articles for you; Women are winning with weed in the biggest growth industry in US; and a court has rebuked the cops use of stingray devices.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Open Source Research, Weed Women, No Stingrays (Audio)
An unlikely leader in open source research has 50 million articles for you; Women are winning with weed in the biggest growth industry in US; and a court has rebuked the cops use of stingray devices.
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Campaign Pushes For a Woman’s Face on $20 Bill
from boston.com: “A Woman’s Place is on the Money.” That’s the slogan of a campaign that is underway to get a woman on the $20 bill. And the choice for the new face of the bill is in the hands of the public. The aim of the campaign, Women on 20s, is to garner enough…
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.@EmWatson Touts #HeForShe Gender Equality Initiative at #Davos
from usatoday.com: Actress Emma Watson unveiled a new gender equality initiative in Davos Friday, saying the effort is aimed at bringing “an end to the persisting inequalities faced by women and girls globally.” Watson, of Harry Potter fame, was tapped as the UN Women goodwill ambassador last July and has been championing the HeForShe campaign…
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Dems, Repubs Both Trot Out Women to Prove They’re Not Sexist
from thewire.com: In attempts to prove they’re not sexist, both parties are inviting their female leaders to speak out about how happy they are. Republicans have been accused of waging a war on women, but the White House has been under scrutiny lately for paying its female employees less than men. President Obama says he’s…
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International Women’s Day: Mainstream Messaging For The Radical Cause Of Full Economic Empowerment
from forbes.com: Over the last decade, International Women’s Day has become a major circle on the calendar for social entrepreneurs, NGO leaders, corporate cause-makers, politicians and feminist organizers working to guarantee full civil and economic rights for half the world’s population. Tomorrow will see an explosion of gatherings, articles, speeches, television segments and discussions on…
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Tunisia’s New Constitution Breakthrough for Women’s Rights
from care2.com: Tunisia’s new Constitution has captured international headlines. It enshrines many rights for women and is a step in the right direction, according to many Tunisians. Sana Ben Achour, women’s rights activist and law student, stresses that this Constitution is the first in the Arab world to give all Tunisians, women and men, the…
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Smaller Hill, Shorter Sled: How the Olympics Infantilize Women Athletes
from slate.com: Why are the Olympics half-assing their women’s sports? The abbreviation of women’s competition is a testament to the lingering belief that female bodies are physically incapable of going as long, hard, or high as male ones. When the modern Olympic games kicked off in the 19th-century, women were barred from competition completely, and…
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GM Reveals CEO’s Pay Details to Counter Gender-Bias Criticism
from nytimes.com: Mary T. Barra, chief executive of General Motors, will earn as much as $14.4 million in compensation during her first year on the job, the company said on Monday. The automaker made her compensation package public two months ahead of schedule in response to criticism from politicians and media commentators in recent weeks…