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NEWS ABOUT: sex discrimination

sex discrimination stories: 8 news summaries

Mom Fired for Nursing Wins Sex-Bias Suit

Calif. panel rules dismissal amounts
to discrimination

Aug 24, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Firing an employee for breastfeeding during her break amounts to sex discrimination, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission ruled last week, awarding her $41,645 in damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Marina Chavez was fired from her job at a Los Angeles-area taqueria after breastfeeding her newborn... More »

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California • parenting • discrimination • lawsuit • breast feeding • nursing • sex discrimination • Marina Chavez • Acosta Tacos

(Newser) - Australia is looking into allegations that a group of sailors ran a sex betting ring on the high seas, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Female members of the HMAS Success crew told officials that a group of sailors kept a betting book—known as "The Ledger"—to see... More »

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investigation • Australia • sailor • probe • sex crime • sex discrimination

 Sotomayor Quits Elite 
 Women-Only Club 

Republicans say Belizean Grove membership violates judicial code

Jun 20, 09 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor has ended her membership in an exclusive women-only club following pressure from GOP lawmakers, Politico reports. Senators suggested the Supreme Court nominee's membership in the Belizean Grove—a 120-strong club of influential women that hosts annual Latin American retreats—violated codes of conduct banning judges from belonging to... More »

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women • sex discrimination • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Belizean Grove

OPINION

Women's Workforce Equality Comes at a Price


Feb 13, 09 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - At long last, women hold more than 49% of American jobs in this country, and 50% is in reach. But hold the confetti, writes Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe. It's happening "because men are losing their jobs even faster than women." Last year, men took home... More »

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women • housework • working mothers • sex discrimination • inequality • equal pay • financial crisis

Bank of England Orders Its Women Into Heels, Lipstick

When in trouble, male execs turn to makeup

Feb 1, 09 7:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The battered Bank of England has ordered its female workers into heels and at the very least lipstick, igniting a firestorm of controversy. The institution, facing one of the worst economic slumps in history, took time out to hold a seminar teaching its women how to look "feminine" without... More »

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short skirt • Bank of England • lipstick • sex discrimination • office workers • makeup • high heels

Iraq Re-Arms Female Cops

International criticism and objection within ministry overturn Nov. 14 order

Jan 31, 08 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Iraq's female police officers can carry weapons again. The government has overturned an order requiring them to hand in their guns after much criticism from women's activists and the US, the Los Angeles Times reports. An Interior Ministry spokesman said few had complied with the 2-month-old order anyway, but those... More »

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Iraq • Interior Ministry • sex discrimination • Iraq security

Mexico City Launches Women-Only Buses

They're sick and tired
of being groped

Jan 25, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Women in Mexico City will now have the option to ride buses that only allow female travelers after an outcry against groping and ogling by male passengers. The city already offers women-only subway cars during rush hour traffic, but bus travel is far more popular. Several cities around the world... More »

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Mexico City • public transportation • sex discrimination • buses • sexual assault

Iraq Disarms Female Cops

Rising conservatism undoes US push
for more women
in law enforcement

Dec 11, 07 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The female officers the US worked so hard to bring into the Iraqi police force are being undercut by the Interior Ministry, the Los Angeles Times reports. Policewomen have been ordered to turn in their guns or go without pay, a move a US liaison says will undermine pat-down searches... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • Shiite • police • Interior Ministry • Iraq police • sex discrimination • female suicide bomber • guns

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