From athletic fields to board rooms, however, Japan has a long way to go toward gender equality. This is more than just a social issue. It is an economic opportunity for Japan.
How rape allegations among Australia’s political elite reignited its #MeToo movement
When Australia’s attorney general last week outed himself as the minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, his denial was emphatic.
“The things that I have read did not happen, and to suggest that they could be forgotten is ridiculous,” said Christian Porter, who oversees legal affairs and national security, before starting a period of mental health leave.
For Prime Minister Scott Morrison, that was the end of the matter.
The alleged victim didn’t file a police statement before she died, age 49, last year. After police closed the case last week, citing a lack of “admissible evidence,” Morrison refused to order an independent inquiry into the allegations, which emerged after statements by the alleged victim were anonymously sent to the Prime Minister’s office and two female politicians from other parties.
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By Pia Rodrigo
A reality I have come to accept is the painfully slow pace at which social change usually takes place and the backslides and regressions that often occur after a seemingly game-changing reform or breakthrough.
Take, for example, the inadequacy and unevenness of our progress in terms of gender equality and women’s rights. In high school, when I first wrote a paper about rape culture for English class, I couldn’t wrap my head around the mentality of people who blamed women for their own sexual assault. I was baffled as to why it had taken so long for people to challenge this outdated, illogical way of thinking.
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In the dozen conflicts and warzones where Lise Grande has worked, she says women s right have been marginalised, neglected or entirely forgotten.
Before becoming President and CEO of the US Institute for Peace in December last year, Ms Grande served as UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the world’s worst place for women: Yemen.
“Since the war started, 80 per cent of the population have been hurt but those hurt the most are women … Women are a million times worse off because of the war. They have lost access to food, access to the political sphere, access to education and access to healthcare,” she told
Best Practices for Growing a Diverse Workforce
Feb. 18, 2021 at 11:01 am
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We see the men, but do you see the women? Not a question anyone of us should be asking towards the end of the second decade of the new millennium but yet here we are – still asking it. One of the most striking outcomes of economic liberalization has been the entry of large numbers of women into the workforce. In the west, this growth has been rapid and going on longer. Perhaps not surprisingly, the four countries with the highest percentage of female workers are all part of the EU and very interestingly, they border each other -Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden.