Gender
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Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable future. Eradicating gender issues means a world where women and men, girls and boys all enjoy equal rights, resources, opportunities and protections. Empowering girls from the start is proven to have lasting and compounding benefits over…
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A woman has been found guilty of handing over a three-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to Kenya 17 years ago, in the first conviction of its kind. Amina Noor, 39, was convicted of assisting a non-UK person to mutilate the girl’s genitalia overseas at the Old Bailey on Thursday. This is the…
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All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said on Thursday. But Twitter is the worst. In its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or…
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2.2 The concept of development It is quite evident that several scholars have defined development from different perspectives. There is no generally accepted definition of development because it means several things to many people depending on the scholar/people’s aims, interests, contexts, and perspectives [15]]. Whereas some see it as an increase or positive shift in…
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Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on sex or gender. It affects every level of society, from institutions and governments to personal relationships. Sexism affects women and other marginalized genders most severely. Indirectly, it also harms men. Sexism creates inequity between different sexes and genders. It also fuels gender-based violence and hate crime. Worldwide, the…
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The state of Florida this week told schools that federal policies protecting transgender students “should not be treated as governing law,” according to Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. The U.S. Department of Education proposed a Title IX rule to protect transgender students that would prohibit “all forms of sex discrimination, including discrimination based on sex…
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Famous tennis player Serena Willams has written an inspiring open letter to all women, calling on the gender to “continue dreaming big.” Her aim was on all setbacks standing in the way of every woman, especially female athletes. According to The Guardian, Serena penned this heartfelt letter in an article for Porter Magazine‘s Incredible Women of…
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