Source link The Ukrainian government must get rid of the “old-school mentality” and implement true equality in the armed forces, Kiev’s chief military adviser for gender issues, Oksana Grigorieva, has claimed. Kiev is currently in the process of overhauling its military service system, with Ukrainian lawmakers, debating increasingly harsh proposals to amend the country’s mobilization […]
Source link The percentage of adults with non-traditional sexual identities has more than doubled since 2012 Over 28% of women in the youngest US adult cohort identify as LGBTQ, most of them as bisexual, according to a Gallup annual survey published on Wednesday. The polling agency began asking Americans about their sexual identity in 2012. […]
Source link Denmark’s PM has claimed that forcing females to serve in the military reflects “full equality between the sexes” Denmark may become the latest Scandinavian nation to start forcing women to serve in its military, expanding its conscription program to help bolster defenses amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen unveiled the […]
Source link Over 100 Inuit claim they were forcibly fitted with contraceptive devices, local media have reported A group of indigenous women in Greenland have sued Denmark over an involuntary contraception campaign aimed at limiting the birth rate in the Arctic territory in the 1960s and 1970s, Danish broadcaster DR reported on Monday. The 143 […]
Source link Disparity persists in many areas but gender-equality could be fast-tracked through reforms, a report says Closing the gender gap could boost global GDP by over 20%, doubling the world’s growth rate over the next decade, according to the World Bank. Inequality persists across numerous areas, including education, health, work, wages, and labor participation, […]
Source link “We simply can’t let him win,” the current US president’s spouse has insisted Donald Trump poses a threat for women due to his views on abortion, and should be prevented from returning to the White House, US First Lady Jill Biden has said. Her husband, US President Joe Biden, “spent his entire career […]
Source link Russians must start having more children so that their cities don’t become like Marseille, said the head of the city of Nevinnomyssk Men must till the soil and women must give birth, surmised the mayor of the southern city of Nevinnomyssk, Mikhail Minenkov, stressing that this is the only way to save the […]
Source link Three militants were killed in the incident, including one accused of plotting an assault inspired by the October 7 Hamas attack Israeli commandos, some disguised as civilian Palestinian women and medics, conducted a raid on a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, officials have said. Three people died in the operation, […]
Source link The country’s advertising regulator banned the partially nude poster after two people complained The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a Calvin Klein ad featuring a semi-nude image of pop singer FKA Twigs over claims that it depicted her as “a stereotypical sexual object.” The poster, which first appeared in the UK […]
Source link The controversial ruling will allow men to compete against women, provided they’ve had surgery and hormone treatment USA Boxing will allow men who transition to female to fight against biological women under certain conditions, the organization stated in its 2024 rulebook. The decision has been heavily criticized by boxers, with one former champion […]
Source link The Ukrainian government should consider the possibility of drafting women if that is deemed necessary in the conflict with Russia, member of parliament Inna Sovsun said on Monday. Sovsun is one of the 20 deputies of Golos in the Verkhovna Rada. The self-styled liberal and pro-EU party is best known for proposing the […]
Source link Ukrainians who wish to help the country by volunteering should enlist in the military – and that includes women, lawmaker Mariana Bezuglaya from President Vladimir Zelensky’s ruling party ‘Servant of the People’ said on Tuesday. In a Facebook post marking International Volunteer Day, Bezuglaya thanked everyone who had volunteered to help the Ukrainian […]
Source link The organizer of the DevTernity conference was accused of padding its diversity bona fides with fake women speakers Online software developers’ conference DevTernity has been canceled, organizer Eduards Sizovs confirmed in an email to Fortune on Monday. Nearly half of the event’s speakers had reportedly pulled out by Monday night amid reports the […]
Source link Trans athletes keep smashing women’s competitions, but you can’t call it out for what it is November is set aside for transgender people to raise awareness about the discrimination and violence that the community faces. But have we forgotten the discrimination and dangers that biological females suffer too? In August, Canadian powerlifter Anne […]
Source link Thousands of male miners have been sent to the frontlines, leaving only women to fill their positions, the news agency has said With male workers drafted and sent to the frontlines, hundreds of women have been put to work in Ukrainian coal mines, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, some women have already been […]