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Chicago (AFP) - The politically divisive White House race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has also highlighted a marked voting divergence between women and men, according to polling data and analysts. Democrat Harris, who is of Black and South Asian descent, is vying to be the United States's first woman president, while Trump is known for making comments denigrating women and is an advocate of restricting abortion rights. In a CBS opinion poll released this week, 56 percent of women surveyed said they would vote for Harris, while 44 percent backed Trump, a Republican. Conversely, 54 ...
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By Anjali Menon Khushboo Khan is the oldest helpline responder at Tech Sakhi. A homemaker once, she was thrilled to find an opportunity in the social sector that allowed her to work remotely. When she first joined in 2021, Khushboo was unfamiliar with many online threats and security concerns. “Before the training process, I didn't even know that it was possible to report someone on Instagram and Facebook,” she recalled. Now, juggling two daily shifts between 9 and 7, she aptly handles the digital safety concerns of people, mostly women, on the Hindi helpline. The Need for A HelplineLaunched i...
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By The Conversation Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato and Ryan Storr, Swinburne University of TechnologyIn a preliminary women’s under 66kg boxing match at the Paris Olympics last week between Algerian Imane Khelif and Italian Angela Carini, a powerful punch to the face resulted in Carini withdrawing after 46 seconds. Carini dissolved into tears, crying “this is unfair”, and “I have never been hit so hard in my life”. Almost immediately, journalists and commentators jumped to Carini’s defence, raising questions about International Olympic Committee (IOC) policies and making many false assert...
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A High Court judge has found that a UK emergency ban on the sale or supply of puberty blockers is lawful. The restrictions came into effect on June 3 and apply to young people under 18 with gender dysphoria in England, Wales and Scotland. Justice Beverley Lang said in a ruling made public on Monday that a review commissioned by the National Health Service (NHS) about the "very substantial risks and very narrow benefits associated with the use of puberty blockers" had provided "powerful scientific evidence" in support of the restrictions. The group TransActual and a youth who cannot be named un...
Euronews (English)
Are the boys okay? For much of history, parents have preferred boys, perceiving them as the providers, the family legacy, the heirs to the throne. A dark consequence of China's 36-year-long one-child policy was a 120 boy to 100 girl birth ratio. But in 21st-century America, the script seems to have been flipped. The New York Times has run headlines like "Wanting Daughters, Getting Sons" and "It's a Boy, and It's Okay to be Disappointed." Boys are falling behind in school, are more likely to display behavioral problems, and are more likely to be both perpetrators and victims of violence. Shifti...
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Gender-neutral acting categories for award shows have been gaining popularity over the years. In 2012, the Grammys removed gendered categories, allowing men and women to compete against each other for all awards, under titles like “Best Perfromer”. Other awards shows have axed their gendered categories to champion inclusivity, like the MTV Movie & TV Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, and BRIT Awards, who introduced gender neutral awards to be "even more inclusive, recognising exceptional work rather than how artists identify.” Now, in a bid to be more inclusive to gender non-co...
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The European Parliament attained its greatest gender equality during the 2019-2024 session: of its 705 current lawmakers, some 280 are women. Female advocacy groups fear that this might change with the next legislature, however, if more far-right politicians get elected: their lists are generally less balanced, and they have more conservative policies. We take a look at the gender statistics as Europeans go to the polls this week. How does the situation look now?From just over 16% of female lawmakers in the first directly elected EU Parliament in 1979, the percentage of women rose to 41% in th...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden called for an end to discrimination Thursday after an autopsy found a nonbinary teenager died by suicide a day after clashing with three other students. The case of Nex Benedict, 16, from Oklahoma, had drawn widespread outrage and calls for change in the way trans and nonbinary people are treated. "Nex Benedict, a kid who just wanted to be accepted, should still be here with us today," Biden said in a statement, adding that he and First Lady Jill Biden were "heartbroken" by the teen's death on February 8. "Nonbinary and transgender people are some of t...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - The share of Hollywood films with women in the lead role fell last year, new research showed Thursday, despite standout successes like "Barbie." In the year that the feminist blockbuster starring Margot Robbie blew its competitors away at the box office, just a third of movies had a woman at the top of the bill, according to the Hollywood Diversity Report. Greta Gerwig's fun-packed feminist satire, which took more than $1.4 billion at the global box office, also garnered eight nominations for this weekend's Oscars, including best picture. "Even as 'Barbie' broke box office ...
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New York (AFP) - One by one, a line of young African American and biracial women dressed in ball gowns took to the ice in New York's Central Park to the soundtracks of "Barbie" and "Wonder Woman." "Figure Skating in Harlem" (FSH) was staging its annual winter show before a delighted audience under a bright moon, its light reflecting off the glistening rink. Most of the 300 students who participate in FSH's programs every year live in Harlem or the Bronx. They are among the poorest corners of New York, a city of 8.5 million riven by inequality despite being an economic engine of the United Sta...
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