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London Jazz News
2 weeks ago
London music

13 March 2024

Over two-thirds of female musicians face gender discrimination.
Upcoming events include live gigs, live streamed events, and residencies.
LGBT
syracuse
2 weeks ago
LGBT

Women's roller derby league sues suburban NY county over ban on transgender athletes

Transgender athletes facing discrimination in New York
Legal battle over transgender athletes' access to county facilities
Gay City News
3 weeks ago
LGBT

Letitia James threatens Nassau County executive over anti-trans sports policy

Cease-and-desist letter sent to rescind transgender sports ban
Legal action threatened if executive order not rescinded
LI Press
3 weeks ago
LGBT

AG Calls Transgender Sports Ban Illegal, Nassau Exec Hits Back

Blakeman's transgender sports ban facing backlash from AG for potential illegality.
Blakeman defends the executive order by highlighting opportunities for transgender females in other sports categories.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
LGBT

British Triathlon will force trans women & non-binary athletes to compete against cis men

As international sports organizations ban transgender competitors, British Triathlon has decided that the solution is rebranding: trans women and non-binary athletes who were assigned a male gender at birth will compete with cisgender men in one category labeled "Open," while cisgender women, trans men, and non-binary people assigned female at birth will compete in the "Women" category.
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english.elpais.com
2 weeks ago
Media industry

Journalism without women in Afghanistan: Stopping the work of female reporters is another form of violence against us

Female journalists in Afghanistan face gender discrimination and restrictions under Taliban rule.
Taliban impose restrictions on movement and work of female journalists, impacting their ability to do their jobs effectively.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Media industry

A major South Korean broadcaster omitted 'ladies' from Michelle Yeoh's Oscars speech

Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Everything Everywhere All at Once, attends the Governors Ball during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Sunday in Hollywood, Calif.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images SBS News, a major broadcaster in South Korea, provoked outrage after it removed Michelle Yeoh's reference to "ladies" in its coverage of her acceptance speech at the Oscars.
Above the Law
4 weeks ago
Law

Ex-Biglaw Partner Alleges 'Toxic Boys Club Locker Room' In Lawsuit

Former non-equity partner at Thompson Hine files gender discrimination lawsuit against firm and equity partners, seeking $15 million.
Complaint alleges creation of a toxic work environment in the New York office by an equity partner hoarding work for male attorneys and engaging in discriminatory conduct.
ABA Journal
1 month ago
Law

Law prof presses male sex-bias allegations in new suit after federal judge tosses his Title IX claim

Law professor David Schott has filed a new lawsuit against the University of Denver Sturm College of Law following allegations of sex-bias made by a former associate dean.
The new lawsuit alleges breach of contract, defamation, negligence, violations of wage law, and sex-based wage discrimination.
A previous lawsuit filed by Schott alleging retaliation and sex discrimination under Title IX was dismissed by a federal judge.
Ars Technica
1 month ago
Marketing

Female ex-exec told she lacked "docility and meekness" sues TikTok

Katie Ellen Puris, a senior executive at TikTok, is suing the company and its owner ByteDance for wrongful termination based on age and sex discrimination.
Puris alleges that ByteDance chairman Lidong Zhang forced her out of the company because she did not conform to stereotypes of docility and meekness expected of female employees.
www.cnn.com
1 month ago
Marketing

Former TikTok executive sues the company for alleged gender and age discrimination

Former TikTok executive sues the company for age and gender discrimination.
Allegations include uneven expectations, retaliation for raising concerns, and inadequate response to sexual harassment report.
TheWrap
1 month ago
Marketing

TikTok Hit With Gender Discrimination Lawsuit From Former Exec

Former TikTok executive files gender discrimination lawsuit
Plaintiff claims she was fired for not fitting gender stereotypes and facing sexual harassment
www.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago
Ruby on Rails

The Forgotten Star of Radio Astronomy

Ruby Payne-Scott helped revolutionize astronomy by pioneering radio astronomy, which allowed scientists to explore the universe using radio waves instead of light waves.
To keep her job as a woman working in the 1940s, Payne-Scott had to keep her work in radio astronomy a secret.
www.france24.com
2 months ago
Women

Taliban restricting unmarried women's access to work and travel, UN report says

The Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel, and healthcare if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian.
The Taliban have imposed harsh measures such as barring women from public life, shutting down beauty parlors, and enforcing a dress code.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
Women

What Would Sandra Day O'Connor Have Thought About Affirmative Action for Men?

College admissions offices have historically imposed higher standards on female applicants.
Affirmative action for gender in admissions raises questions about the need for it in the future.
Above the Law
3 months ago
Law

Stop Using Phrases Like 'Good Fit' In Clerkship Hirings

Law clerks face challenges with gender discrimination and bullying in the workplace.
Clerkship hiring is often based on the idea of finding a 'fit' with judges and chambers culture.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
Women in technology

What Would Sandra Day O'Connor Have Thought About Affirmative Action for Men?

College admissions offices have historically imposed higher standards on female applicants.
Affirmative action for gender in admissions raises questions about the need for it in the future.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
Women in technology

What Would Sandra Day O'Connor Have Thought About Affirmative Action for Men?

College admissions offices have historically imposed higher standards on female applicants.
Affirmative action for gender in admissions raises questions about the need for it in the future.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
Women in technology

What Would Sandra Day O'Connor Have Thought About Affirmative Action for Men?

College admissions offices have historically imposed higher standards on female applicants.
Affirmative action for gender in admissions raises questions about the need for it in the future.
IndieWire
3 months ago
Independent films

From Oscars to Netflix, the Secret to Zoya Akhtar's Unpredictable Projects: 'It's Got to Scare Me a Little'

Zoya Akhtar faced challenges in getting her film made in India despite being from the film industry.
Akhtar believes that the unconventional nature of her film 'Luck by Chance' made it harder to sell.
The New Yorker
3 months ago
Education

What Would Sandra Day O'Connor Have Thought About Affirmative Action for Men?

College admissions offices have historically imposed higher standards on female applicants.
Affirmative action for gender in admissions raises questions about the need for it in the future.
LGBTQ Nation
1 year ago
Education

Wellesley students fight for trans men to be allowed to attend the all-women's school

Students at the all-women's Wellesley College are currently in a battle with the administration over whether to expressly allow trans men to attend the school.Students are voting Tuesday in a referendum on whether the school should allow this and whether official Wellesley communications should use non-gendered language.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Review: 'The Exceptions' an inspiring and infuriating story

Books "The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science," by Kate Zernike (Scribner)Kate Zernike's book is a inspiring but often infuriating account of the ways that MIT had discriminated against some of the brightest scientists in their fields.Kate Zernike had been covering higher education at The Boston Globe for about six months when she was tipped off to a major story: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was about to admit to years of gender discrimination against female faculty members.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC parents

Paul Taylor Dance Company Is Accused of Gender Discrimination

When Barbara Delo, a costume designer, got an offer last year to join the Paul Taylor Dance Company, one of New York's most prestigious troupes, she thought she had landed a dream job.But she soon began to feel uneasy.Delo, 32, who had just given birth to her first child, said she believed the company was routinely discriminating against her because she was a mother.
Exchangewire
1 year ago
Marketing tech

YouTube Lambasted for Failing to Stop Scams; Google to Pay USD$118m to Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Video-sharing platform YouTube has been criticised for its lack of action against cyber criminals scamming viewers with fake Elon Musk videos.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Women in technology

A generation of high-profile women tech leaders have stepped aside. What's next?

When Susan Wojcicki was named CEO of YouTube in 2014, she was in relatively good company as a woman leader in Silicon Valley.Marissa Mayer, her former colleague at Google, was running Yahoo and posing for magazine covers.Sheryl Sandberg was the influential second-in-command at Facebook who had just published a best-selling book on corporate feminism.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

A generation of high-profile women tech leaders have stepped aside. What's next?

When Susan Wojcicki was named CEO of YouTube in 2014, she was in relatively good company as a woman leader in Silicon Valley.Marissa Mayer, her former colleague at Google, was running Yahoo and posing for magazine covers.Sheryl Sandberg was the influential second-in-command at Facebook who had just published a best-selling book on corporate feminism.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Former Montebello detective sues city, alleging gender discrimination in vaccine exemptions

A former Montebello police detective has sued the city, saying she was subjected to "pervasive gender discrimination" that included uneven enforcement of a coronavirus vaccine mandate.Maria Chavez alleges in the lawsuit that her male colleagues' applications for religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate were largely "rubber stamped," while her application was "denied due to her gender."
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Former NBC10 Boston reporter alleges 2019 firing was retaliation in federal lawsuit

A former NBC10 Boston reporter who was fired from the station three years ago after she did not formally disclose a relationship with a Massachusetts police chief for some time is now suing the news outlet in federal court, alleging she was sexually harassed by another reporter and then retaliated against for reporting the misconduct to supervisors.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Writing

Jodi Picoult: 'My most treasured possessions are my grandmother's handwritten recipes. They are terrible'

orn in New York, Jodi Picoult, 56, published her first book in 1992; she has written nearly 30 novels and been translated into 34 languages.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Tech industry

Workers at an Activision studio vote to unionize, a first for the gaming industry.

A group of workers at a video game studio that is part of Activision Blizzard has voted to form a union, a first for a major North American video game company.
the Guardian
1 year ago
France news

Group invades Cannes red carpet to highlight violence towards women

Protests about women's safety have taken place at the Cannes film festival for the second time in a matter of days, after a group invaded the red carpet at a premiere of a film about the killing of sex workers.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Japanese university told to compensate 13 women after exam discrimination

A medical school in Tokyo that made it harder for female students to pass entrance exams has been ordered to pay compensation to 13 women for gender discrimination.
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