There is good news today for pregnant women in Tennessee. These are words I have never written before. The controversial “fetal assault” law passed in 2014 will expire this summer despite efforts by lawmakers to renew it. The law made Tennessee the first state in the nation to criminalize the …
Read More »Obama Demands Pay Data To Monitor Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps
Now companies with 100 employees or more must disclose their pay data along with the gender, race and ethnicity of their employees, President Barack Obama ordered today. According to the president, black and Latina women are suffering the most from unequal pay practices. Disclosure of wages will make it easier …
Read More »Sexual assault and the European migrant trail–migrant women at high risk
Amnesty International has released a report on the plight of women and girls on the migrant trail from Turkey into Europe and the results are grave. Migrant women are at high risk of sexual violence, financial exploitation and harassment while other refugees, smugglers and security staff such as European police …
Read More »Women in Tech: Study shows 60% of Silicon Valley women experience sexual harassment at work
The latest study from ElephantInTheValley.Com surveyed more than 200 women who have worked in Silicon Valley for at least 10 years. Their results are unequivocally negative for women in these careers. 60% of women have been sexually harassed at work, 65% of whom were subject to unwanted sexual advances from …
Read More »UN working group condemns United States for its treatment of women
After spending 11 days visiting the US, a UN group issued a report stating that the U.S. falls behind international standards in women’s health, public and political representation, and lack economic and social rights. Key issues included reproductive and maternity rights, lack of female elected officials, and the 21% wage gap …
Read More »San Bernardino County seeking hate crime charges against man who followed and threatened a Muslim woman
The suspect, Daniel Seteno followed a woman from a carwash, made threatening comments and displayed a knife.
Read More »Massive sexual abuse scandal and cover-up unfolding in America’s largest women’s prison
Lowell Correctional (Ocala, FL) is out of control; prosecutor describes it as “akin to prostitution.”
Read More »New Delhi under scrutiny for five brutal rape cases reported in the city in just the last week
The five separate incidents include young children, incest and gang rape…
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