women
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27 April Apr 2016 1151 27 April 2016 More women signing the cheques
Nannying? Cleaning? Not so much anymore. Those sitting behind the board room desks signing the cheques are increasingly women.
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25 April Apr 2016 1743 25 April 2016 The feminisation of poverty
With the recent Panama Papers disclosure, inequality in world wealth is gaining greater media attention. Alongside this, feminism is living its fourth wave, and Hillary and Bernie - one representing a chance for women, the other inequality - are up against each other in America. But what is often ignored is that tackling issues relating to gender and poverty can be done intersectionally.
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21 April Apr 2016 0935 21 April 2016 Fighting poverty is big business
With the West spending more than a trillion dollars in the past decade on programs to promote development, the business of doing good has never been better.
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19 April Apr 2016 1444 19 April 2016 Ladies, united we lobby
Strengthening women’s movements and creating alliances with other organizations. But also understanding the power within ourselves. The European Women‘s Lobby and its members set their mission straight, and the roadmap to achieving it.
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14 April Apr 2016 1837 14 April 2016 Eu migrants don't work hard for the welfare
According to the Oxford University report “Pulling power: Why are EU citizens migrating to the UK?" non-British European citizens cross the Channel to seek employment proving wrong those who claim migrants are contributing to the bankruptcy of the British welfare state.
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14 April Apr 2016 1640 14 April 2016 Women work more and earn less
The fight for women’s rights is far from over. This week was Equal Pay Day in the US, but the problem of pay inequality persists globally. The annual pay for women only now equals the amount men were earning ten years age, and the gender pay gap continues to be a global reality for women everywhere.
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13 April Apr 2016 1508 13 April 2016 #MentalHealthNow: depression and anxiety are on the rise
When you’re sitting down at the dinner table tonight, look around. One in four of you will be affected by mental illness at some point in your life. Not only that, but the latest WHO statistics show that common mental disorders are increasing worldwide. Between 1990 and 2013, the number of people suffering from depression and/or anxiety increased by nearly 50%, from 416 million to 615 million.
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12 April Apr 2016 1509 12 April 2016 #endSH: Stop telling women to smile
This week is International Anti-Street Harassment week. Trending on Twitter with #endSH, people across the globe are speaking out against the endemic problem of street harassment.
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11 April Apr 2016 1500 11 April 2016 Amnesty International: "Italy needs to end the forced segregation of Roma"
Amnesty International is calling for Italy to end its segregation of Roma in a recent blog post, stating that “Forced evictions of hundreds of residents from the camps of Lungo Stura Lazio in Turin and Via Idro in Milan in the last year...further underlines the prejudicial horror show that accommodation for Roma in Italy has become.”
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11 April Apr 2016 1315 11 April 2016 Women in social enterprise: "We face obstacles, but feel empowered"
In 2015, the European Women's Lobby launched WEstart: a study of 1000 women social entrepreneurs in 10 EU countries. The results of the study reveal that many women social entrepreneurs began their businesses because of a personal experience, and their social enterprises are in the vital fields of healthcare, social services and education.