Gender Equality

New British Transport Police Policy Allowing Transgender Officers To Strip Search Women Draws Outrage

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New British Transport Police Policy Allowing Transgender Officers To Strip Search Women Draws Outrage

The British Transport Police (BTP) has introduced a controversial policy that permits transgender officers to conduct strip searches on women, provided they hold a gender recognition certificate (GRC). This guidance, titled Transgender and Non-Binary Search Position, was authorised in September by the assistant chief constable of network policing. The decision comes after the National Police … Read more

Japanese Official Says Women Should Be Banned From Marriage After 25, Have Uterus Removed At 30

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Japanese Official Says Women Should Be Banned From Marriage After 25, Have Uterus Removed At 30

In a recent stream on his YouTube channel, Naoki Hyakuta, a Japenese novelist and Conservative Party leader, argued that societal changes— such as banning women over 18 from attending university and women over 25 from getting married, as well as removing the uteruses of women above 30— could increase the country’s birth rate. He has … Read more

Várhelyi vows to champion women’s rights as he pursues EU health chief job – POLITICO

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Várhelyi vows to champion women’s rights as he pursues EU health chief job – POLITICO

He came under fire after the hearing especially for his comments about women, including his suggestion that he was “an ally of women” because he lives with his wife and has three daughters. Renew MEP Stine Bosse said she was “wholly unconvinced” that Várhelyi is the “right guardian of women’s rights,” while some MEPs suggested … Read more

Harris’s election loss shows American women still face a glass ceiling

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Harris’s election loss shows American women still face a glass ceiling

Kamala Harris was a candidate of many firsts, including the first Black and South Asian woman to run for president as the Democratic nominee. Her resounding, swift loss in the presidential race to Republican Donald Trump on November 5 means many things to different people, including the fact that American voters are unable to break … Read more

IIT Madras, Herbalife India partner to provide 1,000 data science scholarships to students from underserved communities | Education

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IIT Madras, Herbalife India partner to provide 1,000 data science scholarships to students from underserved communities | Education

IIT Madras and Herbalife India have joined hands to provide 1,000 scholarships for students pursuing the foundational level of the IITM BS Degree in Data Science and Applications. IIT Madras, Herbalife India signed an MoU to provide 1,000 scholarships for students pursuing foundational level of IITM BS Degree in Data Science and Applications. IIT Madras … Read more

Captain’s gender didn’t cause ship to sink, New Zealand minister says

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Captain’s gender didn’t cause ship to sink, New Zealand minister says

New Zealand’s Defense Minister on Thursday publicly criticized online trolling of the female captain of a naval vessel that sunk at the weekend, saying while the cause of the incident was unknown, it had nothing to do with the captain’s gender. The Manawanui, the navy’s specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, sank on Sunday on a … Read more

GRS Womens Wing pushing for 30% female representation in Sabah elections

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GRS Womens Wing pushing for 30% female representation in Sabah elections

KOTA KINABALU: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah’s (GRS) Women’s Wing is advocating for 30% female representation in the upcoming 17th state election, scheduled for next year. This initiative highlights a strong push for gender equality in Sabah’s political sphere, as emphasised by GRS Women chief Datuk Seri Azizah Mohd Dun, who acknowledged the crucial role women play … Read more

Photography’s eternal present at Arles – POLITICO

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Photography’s eternal present at Arles – POLITICO

It’s extraordinary to think that only one Japanese woman has ever been exhibited at Arles before, and that’s the serenely poetic Rinko Kawauchi. And it’s confounding that from a country so rich in photographic tradition, hardly any of the nation’s young women artists have even been exhibited outside the archipelago — an injustice now being … Read more

Badlapur sexual assault: SIT declares two trustees of school absconding

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Badlapur sexual assault: SIT declares two trustees of school absconding

Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the sexual assault on two four-year-olds inside their school in Maharashtra’s Badlapur has declared two trustees of the school absconding on Friday, police said. The crime branch and cyber police team have been searching for both the Trustees after the SIT registered a case of negligence against … Read more

Commentary: In South Korea, the mere mention of feminism can end a conversation

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Commentary: In South Korea, the mere mention of feminism can end a conversation

BURNING SUN SEX SCANDAL The situation is further exacerbated by rising violence against women. According to a 2023 report in The Korea Times, crimes against females rose to 28,228 in 2021 from 16,006 in 2007. Additionally, 86.7 per cent of victims of violent crimes in Korea were women from 2011 to 2020. The Burning Sun … Read more