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Women, 86 Percent Absent From Jordanâs Work Force, Are Left Behind
âAs long as women are absent from the labor market, they are absent from the public sphere,â one advocate said.
âI became adamant that I wasnât going to quit, but eventually I found no support and I just got tired and gave up,â said Marwa Alomari, 35.Credit.Nadia Bseiso for The New York Times
By Rana F. Sweis
April 3, 2021
AMMAN, Jordan â Marwa Alomariâs compassionate and patient style made her a popular English teacher, filling her classes in Irbid, Jordan, with eager students and her off hours with private tutoring.
Women At Work: Time To Plug The Leaking Pipeline
Women earn the majority of higher education degrees and make up roughly half the workforce. So why do so few occupy the top job? Representational Image/Unsplash Prof. Feza Tabassum Azmi 2021-04-02T08:02:54+05:30 Women At Work: Time To Plug The Leaking Pipeline outlookindia.com 2021-04-02T08:07:15+05:30
Another Women’s Day passed with much fanfare and glory March 8.
Bouquets were exchanged, speeches were delivered, women achievers were felicitated, proverbial trumpets of women-power were blown and WhatsApp messages saluting womanhood were shot like rapid-fire ammunition. Our annual ritual ended well. Then, as usual, all the clamour and applause was lost into oblivion.
Australian Men Who Earn Less Than Their Women Partners Are 35% More Likely to Commit Domestic Violence
“The role of the male breadwinner is so central to masculinity in this country.”
Why Global Citizens Should Care
Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations’ Global Goals, including goal 5 for gender equality. 1 in 3 Australian women have faced physical or sexual violence by a man since the age of 15, while 1 in 4 has experienced domestic violence by an intimate partner. Join the movement and take action on this issue and more here.
Men who earn less than their women partners are 35% more likely to commit physical and sexual violence against their breadwinning spouse, according to an unparalleled decade-long Australian review.