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NEWS ABOUT: gender discrimination

gender discrimination stories: 16 news summaries

Women Won't Ski Jump in  2010 Olympics

Judge agrees it's discrimination, but has no power to help

Jul 11, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian judge says the International Olympic Committee is clearly discriminating against female ski jumpers by not including their event in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics—but there’s nothing she can do about it, NPR reports. A group of women jumpers had sued the organizing committee, hoping to have their... More »

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Canada • court • gender discrimination • International Olympic Committee • winter sports • 2010 Vancouver Olympics • ski jump • women athletes

 Female Brokers Sue 
 BofA for Discrimination 

Men got higher retention bonuses, they allege

Jun 25, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former Merrill Lynch broker is leading a class-action lawsuit against Bank of America for offering female workers lower retention bonuses, Reuters reports. The suit alleges that Merrill had a longtime practice of steering wealthier clients to its male brokers. Because of that, when BofA acquired the firm and offered... More »

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Bank of America • Merrill Lynch • class action • gender discrimination • civil lawsuits • Jaime Goodman

Turkey Loses Milestone Gender Case

Domestic violence ruling marks women's rights breakthrough

Jun 10, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Europe’s human rights court has ruled against Turkey in a key gender-discrimination case, holding that the country was too lenient toward a man who attacked his wife and killed his mother-in-law. The case marks the first time the Court of Human Rights has labeled such a case gender discrimination,... More »

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Turkey • women's rights • domestic violence • gender discrimination • European Court of Human Rights • Nahide Opuz

Ginsburg Wants Another Woman at High Court

Justice bemoans her
male colleagues' 'lack of understanding'

May 6, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the many people calling on Barack Obama to name a woman to fill his first Supreme Court vacancy, one voice stands out: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the sole female on the nation's highest bench. In a frank interview with USA Today, the justice says that some of her male colleagues... More »

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women • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • gender discrimination • strip search • US Supreme Court • justices • David Souter

 US Women Set to Surpass  
 Men in Labor Force 

Rise of working females may change office, family life

Feb 6, 09 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - As unemployment rises, the US is on the verge of a surprising milestone: for the first time, more women than men will be on the nation's payrolls. As the New York Times reports, 82% of the people who have lost their jobs in the recession are men, who have substantial... More »

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women • recession • working mothers • gender discrimination • gender gap • financial crisis

Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

Gender-equality law looks beyond sports

Jul 15, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Title IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's groups and members of Congress... More »

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gender • PhD • professor • gender discrimination • science education • Title IX

From Britain With Love: MI6 Seeks Minorities

Spy agency wants women, Asians, Arabs, to help fight terrorism

Jul 13, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Next year's 007's may look more like Charlie's Angels than James Bond, as MI6 seeks to recruit more women and minority agents, the AP reports. The drive, which has netted 20,000 résumés over the past 12 months, welcomes Asian and Middle Eastern language speakers, the disabled, and... More »

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gender • counterterrorism • James Bond • MI6 • Britain • gender discrimination • gender stereotypes • intelligence agencies

 Inside Academia,
 Subtler Sexism 

Women cite 'deeply entrenched inequities' on tough path at research universities 

Jun 15, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gender discrimination at research universities is surely much better than it was in decades past, but a study based on interviews of female faculty finds that sexism remains on campus, Inside Higher Ed reports. While overt shows of bias are rare, a host of subtler, “deeply entrenched inequities” have... More »

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higher education • sexism • college • academia • gender discrimination • gender bias

Opinion

 A Call for a Clinton Speech on Sexism 

Campaign's end invites candor and courage —not counting slights

Jun 1, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The time is ripe for Hillary Clinton to speak out on gender discrimination openly and honestly, writes Anna Holmes in the New York Times. After she ends her bid for the White House, such a move wouldn’t be called a political stunt, and would afford her the opportunity “... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • gender discrimination • speech

Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

Doing almost anything requires male consent in kingdom, report finds

Apr 21, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women in Saudi Arabia need to gain a male guardian’s consent to do almost anything, living as “perpetual minors,” the Telegraph reports. Research by Human Rights Watch found that male permission is needed to go to a doctor, travel, and even get dressed. In addition, strict segregation... More »

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Islam • Saudi Arabia • women • women's rights • sexism • Islamic Sharia law • Human Rights Watch • gender discrimination • repression

Citigroup Will Pay $33M
to Settle Gender-Bias Suit

Bank plans to change infrastructure as result of action brought by 2,500 women

Apr 4, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Citigroup will pay $33 million to some 2,500 female brokers to settle a gender-discrimination lawsuit brought by women at its Smith Barney unit, Reuters reports. The bank will also make operational changes in response to the class-action move, adding diversity-watchdog positions, working to retain and promote female workers and... More »

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Citigroup • women's rights • bank • lawsuit • settlement • gender discrimination • gender bias • Smith Barney

Pregnant Guy Raises Baffling Gender Issues

Transgendered
'mother-to-be' will be
father to the baby

Mar 27, 08 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A couple in a quiet Oregon town is expecting their first child. So far, so normal—but the fact that it's the man who is pregnant is raising some baffling gender issues, the Oregonian reports. The 'mother-to-be' was born a woman but is legally a man who underwent transgender sex... More »

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pregnancy • families • transgender • sex change • gender discrimination

Norway
Shatters Its
Glass Ceiling

Nation requires 40%
of big companies' boards to be female

Mar 6, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A state-mandated shattering of Norway's glass ceiling is drastically changing gender balance in boardrooms there—and not without some resistance, the Guardian reports. A law that 40% of non-executive board directorships at larger firms must go to women went into effect Feb. 22—and though a dozen Norwegian companies failed... More »

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CEO • business • Norway • gender discrimination • gender gap • board of directors • sex ratio • glass ceiling • gender in business

South Korea Bounces Reign of Baby Boys

Girls find new favor
as sex imbalance begins to reverse

Dec 23, 07 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Shedding an age-old preference for sons, South Korea has in the last two decades become the first Asian country to reverse a large sex imbalance at birth. A radical shift in Koreans' attitude toward female babies—and toward working women—has brought down the rate of sex-selection abortion, the New ... More »

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China • abortion • South Korea • India • baby • birth rate • gender discrimination

Senate Bill Protects Gays Against Hate Crimes

Dems attach measure to defense bill in effort to avoid Bush veto

Sep 27, 07 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a long battle, the Senate today approved a new measure expanding federal hate-crime laws to cover violence motivated by a victim's sexuality, gender identity, gender, or disability. In an attempt to stymie President Bush's threat to veto the legislation, the measure was attached to a defense authorization bill—which... More »

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hate crime • homosexuality • gender discrimination • bipartisanship

Witness: Isiah Used F-Word, L-Word With Employee

Drama climbs in $10M sexual harassment suit

Sep 19, 07 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - According to Jeffrey Nix, a 15-year Knicks employee and confidant of plaintiff and coworker Anucha Browne Sanders, coach and GM Isiah Thomas called her a "f---ing bitch" and "f---ing ho" in a March 2004 meeting, then told her months later that he was in love with her. Nix... More »

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NBA • basketball • sexual harassment • abuse • New York Knicks • Isiah Thomas • Anucha Browne Sanders • gender discrimination

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