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Mormon women seeking middle ground to greater equality - Salt Lake Tribune

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Mormon women seeking middle ground to greater equalitySalt Lake TribuneFor some Mormon feminists, there can be only one goal on the road to gender equality: priesthood ordination.
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Paid parental leave is a feminist issue - Green Left Weekly

Paid parental leave is a feminist issue - Green Left Weekly | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Green Left Weekly Paid parental leave is a feminist issue Green Left Weekly Feminist commentator Eva Cox has supported Abbott's scheme. She has said it is based on industrial context, rather than Labor's “welfare” scheme.
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China's Entrenched Gender Gap - New York Times

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New York Times China's Entrenched Gender Gap New York Times BEIJING — Lately, a stream of rosy media accounts has been telling the world to look to China as a model of gender equality in the workplace.
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Academic Men Explain Things to Me - How not to chat up academic feminists

Academic Men Explain Things to Me - How not to chat up academic feminists | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
How not to chat up academic feminists (How not to chat up academic feminists - I’ve just returned from one of the largest conferences that attracts...
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Gender groups appeal to social networking site to remove gender-offensive ... - Times of India

Gender groups appeal to social networking site to remove gender-offensive ... - Times of India | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Independent Voter Network Gender groups appeal to social networking site to remove gender-offensive ...
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See a Woman Reading? Leave Her Alone. | Gender Focus – A Canadian Feminist Blog

See a Woman Reading? Leave Her Alone. | Gender Focus – A Canadian Feminist Blog | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Men of the world, if you see a woman reading a book, eyes darting from line to line, wrapped up in her own universe, leave her alone. (RT @rebeccaonion: See a woman reading in public? Unless she's in imminent danger, let her be!
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Examples of Gender-Based Hate Speech on Facebook | WAM!

Examples of Gender-Based Hate Speech on Facebook | WAM! | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
TRIGGER WARNING: All of these are examples, from Facebook, of speech and images encouraging and/or making light of violence against women. Both the images and the language are extremely graphic and disturbing.
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Leading Company - The six things women can personally do for workplace gender equality

RT @WWINPhilly: The six things women can personally do for workplace gender equality http://t.co/I8vQfEq3tj @takeleadwomen we loved these tips! #LeanIn
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Perspectives - Black Male Feminists: Anti-Intellect & Xavier

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Please join Anti-Intellect & Xavier as we discuss feminism from a black male perspective. The call-in number is 310-982-4273. You can also Skype into the show by clicking the big, blue S during the broadcast.
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Iran moves to legalize marriage for girls under 10 years old

Iran moves to legalize marriage for girls under 10 years old | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
When Saudi Arabia announced three months ago that girls as young as 10-years old would now be allowed to marry, Iran decided to drop the age limit even further.
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Facebook defends policies on gender-based hate speech - Irish Times

Irish Times Facebook defends policies on gender-based hate speech Irish Times Facebook has moved to defend and clarify its policies on gender-based hate speech amid pressure from advertisers.
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Women, Action and the Media Pens Open Letter to Facebook on ...

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Women, Action & the Media (WAM), a feminist media group, wrote an open letter to Facebook demanding accountability for gender-based hate speech feature.
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Gender and Transformative Giving | Smart Assets: The Philanthropy ...

Gender and Transformative Giving | Smart Assets: The Philanthropy ... | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
By Riki Wilchins, Executive Director, TrueChild. As an action tank focused on promoting gender analysis, we were recently approached by another organization with a sizable grant who wanted help identifying major U.S.
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Study finds gender gap when it comes to behavior, self-control in American ... - News-Medical.net

Study finds gender gap when it comes to behavior, self-control in American ...
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The Five Main Issues Facing Modern Feminism - New Statesman - New Statesman

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The Five Main Issues Facing Modern Feminism - New Statesman New Statesman What exactly is "modern feminism"?
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Tunisian Feminist Faces 6 Months in Prison

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Amina Tyler, the 19-year-old Tunisian woman who scandalized many in the country by posting topless photos of herself online as a protest, could face six months in prison for her latest arrest, her lawyer said Friday.
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Facebook's violently sexist pages are an opportunity for feminists

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Emer O'Toole: Facebook both reflects our misogynistic society and is a conduit to change it – through campaigns such as Twitter's #FBrape (Facebook's violently sexist pages are an opportunity for feminists | Emer O'Toole
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World Bank, UN Chiefs Hail Rwanda's Gender Policies - AllAfrica.com

World Bank, UN Chiefs Hail Rwanda's Gender Policies - AllAfrica.com | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
News Of Rwanda Group World Bank, UN Chiefs Hail Rwanda's Gender Policies AllAfrica.com UN Secretary General, Ban ki-Moon and World Bank president, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, have hailed Rwanda's commitment to end Gender Based Violence (GBV).
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Why Society Still Needs Feminism



Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women, it’s a weapon we hold between our fingers when we’re walking alone at night.



Because the big...

Why Society Still Needs Feminism<br/><br/><br/><br/> Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women, it’s a weapon we hold between our fingers when we’re walking alone at night.<br/><br/><br/><br/> Because the big... | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Caitlin O’Donnell, Drake University. (via on-another-note) (via feministphilosophy) (This is your official invitation: http://t.co/dasjm5FTc5)
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Judith Butler Explained with Cats

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Following hot on the heels of Foucault Explained with Hipsters, here's JB's Gender Trouble explained in Socratic dialogue style. With cats. All page references from Butler, J. (1990 [2008: ...
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Take Action To End Gender-Based Hate Speech on Facebook | WAM!

Take Action To End Gender-Based Hate Speech on Facebook | WAM! | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Facebook has long allowed content endorsing violence against women. They claim that these pages fall under the “humor” part of their guidelines, or are expressions of “free speech.
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Rejoignez-nous ! Join us ! Unete a nosotras! انضم إلينا!

Rejoignez-nous ! Join us ! Unete a nosotras! انضم إلينا! | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Réseau international féministe - International Feminist Network - Red Internacional Feminista - الشبكة النسوية العالمية We are a group of feminist activists from France, Canada, Morocco, Germany, T...
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Standard Digital News - Kenya : Global Goal on gender equality ...

Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women's rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls, from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland, have sparked public ...
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Challenging the public's view of gender and science - Cordis News

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Cordis News Challenging the public's view of gender and science Cordis News According to She Figures 2012, which analyses gender equality in research, in 2010 women accounted for only 10 % of university rectors in Europe and 15.5 % were heads of...
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Ads & Brands: IPG Shareholders Reject 2 Prop… - Adweek

Ads & Brands: IPG Shareholders Reject 2 Prop… - Adweek | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Adweek Ads & Brands: IPG Shareholders Reject 2 Prop… Adweek The measure called on IPG to provide a “comprehensive breakdown of its workforce by race and gender according to 10 employment categories,” beginning this year.
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Exclusive: Two women sue the FDNY for gender discrimination - New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV

Exclusive: Two women sue the FDNY for gender discrimination - New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Exclusive: Two women sue the FDNY for gender discrimination New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV (Lake Success, NY) – She saved lives, nearly a dozen times and has the paperwork to prove it.
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