Women's Equality Archives - Page 26 of 49

Great article on girl-child discrimination

Thanks to Daphne Bramham of the Vancouver Sun who wrote a great article “Double Discrimination: Gender and age are disadvatages for girls around the world.” Thank you so much! Daphne.http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Bramham+Double+discrimination+Gender+disadvantage+girls/7365526/story.html

Lawyers are in top 3 worst careers

You may not be surprised but one of top three worst careers for mothers is a Lawyer. The other two are Investment Bankers and International Journalists. The best are doctors, teachers and entrepreneurs. It makes sense to me since – for some reason – law firms are still notoriously sweat shops, where billable hours are

Teen activist shot in head in Pakistan

This takes the cake! The Taliban taking credit for shooting a 15 year old girl on her way to school. She was a BBC blogger since she was 9 years old – sharing her truth. She was opposed to the Taliban stance that girls should not go to school. I really hope she survives!

Must watch Killing us Softly video

The video “Killing us Softly” came out in a new edition earlier this year. It is my NUMBER ONE video in teaching women, girls (grade 6 is ideal) , boys, fathers and mothers about the harm caused to girls by the media. It is an absolute must watch. If you have cash burning a

Rona Ambrose’s Vote Sucker-Punched Women

Here is a great article by Colleen Westendorf. “Wednesday evening was a perilous moment for every person with a uterus in Canada and elsewhere. In a country where we are applauded for not having legal restrictions on abortion, Parliament voted on M312, which was defeated 203-91. Though the motion claimed to be in the

RCMP internal report shows women officers afraid to speak up

We all know about the 100 plus women who are suing Canada’s national police force ( the RCMP) for systemic sexual harassment. Well, I just found out about an April report written by an internal RCMP diversity expert. Sadly it says what we women know all too well. In this particularly military-style lead organization both women and

Are longer school days really bad for kids or society?

Rhetoric abounds. I just read an opinion piece by a school principal who argued that school days should not be longer. It harms children. As a mother, I have written about how the 8-3 school day holds working parents (usually women) back …but also think of this: What if we had wonderful learning spaces where

Gender neutral names advance females

I just read an article about Godyne Sibay – a woman lawyer and partner at McCarthy’s in Toronto. Apparently at her first interview with a Bay Street law firm years ago the interviewer told her that there must have been some mistake. Her name sounded like a man’s name. She was told that the law firm had a

Quote of the week

“What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in virile women is something masculine.” Susan Sontag

UBC Talk on Top Girls Sept 17

I will be attending the talk “Top Girls” (about prost feminism) at UBC on September 17th by Angela McRobbie. Go to the calandar on my Feminine Intelligence dot com website to get more information.