women issues

UPDATED: Erdogan defends Turkey’s withdrawal from violence against women treaty

Turkey's withdrawal on Thursday from an international treaty to prevent violence against women is not a step backwards, President Tayyip Erdogan said, defending a move which has drawn condemnation from…

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‘We are all aviators’: Australian air force replaces term ‘airmen’

Australian air force personnel will now be known as aviators rather than airmen, the force said on Thursday, in an apparent acknowledgement of the increasing diversity of its members. “We…

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Fifth of men think media reports about gender pay gap are ‘fake news’

Efforts to close the gender pay gap risk stalling as countries recover from COVID-19, researchers said as a global poll showed almost a quarter of men thought the issue was…

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Italian dictionary Treccani urged to change ‘sexist’ definition of ‘woman’

Public figures from writers to lawmakers launched a campaign in Italy to change a leading Italian dictionary’s “sexist” definition of a woman, which currently includes 30 different words for a…

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German cabinet agrees quota for women on company boards

Germany's cabinet approved on Wednesday legislation to force larger listed companies to have at least one woman on their management boards, following years of debate over the issue. The law…

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74th U.N. General Debate saw only 16 women deliver national statements

Having concluded the High-level segment of the General Assembly, where heads of State or senior officials from 192 of the UN’s 193 Member States discussed the world’s pressing issues, President…

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