by Lee Rossi | Oct 27, 2021 | Gender Inequality
Article by Leah Rodriguez October 21, 2021 Stalled gender equality progress globally can be traced to the COVID-19 pandemic. Disparities in the treatment of women have widened across countries in the wake of the COVID-19, according to the third annual Women, Peace,...
by Lee Rossi | Aug 1, 2021 | Gender Inequality
Article by JIM DOYLE, C. NICOLE MASON and JEN STARk June 10, 2021 12:00 PM PDT What abortion bans could mean in the war for talent The Supreme Court’s decision to take up a case challenging a Mississippi abortion ban has profound implications for corporate...
by Lee Rossi | Jul 8, 2021 | Gender Inequality, Sexual Harassment / Assault / Abuse / Trauma & PTSD
By Jaxx Artz July 2, 2021 Tech companies responded with initiatives to combat digital abuse, but some say it’s not enough. During a week when the world has focused on how governments and corporations can support initiatives that uplift women and girls globally at the...
by Lee Rossi | Jul 3, 2021 | Gender Inequality
15 March 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on women and girls, and the fallout has shown how deeply gender inequality remains embedded in the world’s political, social and economic systems, UN chief António Guterres said in his address to...
by Lee Rossi | Jul 2, 2021 | Gender Inequality, Sexual Harassment / Assault / Abuse / Trauma & PTSD
From Thomson Reuters Foundation June 29, 2021 By Anuradha Nagaraj The 1961 Prohibition of Dowry Act made dowries illegal, but many families still participate today. CHENNAI, India, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — India’s Kerala state has launched a...
by Lee Rossi | Jun 5, 2021 | Gender Inequality
A Message From GLOBAL CITIZEN: Women lost out on over $800 billion USD when the pandemic crashed the global economy. Disproportionate job losses that hit women hardest show how fragile gains for gender equality have been over recent decades. We have to demand better....