Can Artificial Intelligence Help Close Gender Gaps At Work?
Is it because she is a mother? Or perhaps she is perceived as lacking ambition, or leadership qualities? Gender stereotypes continue to hold women back at work, but a handful of tech firms say they have developed artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can help break biases in hiring and promotion to give female candidates a […]
Enough With Party Colours! Women Kick Off Fresh Gender Rule Battle
Even though Article 27(8) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 provides for the two-thirds gender rule, its implementation has been arduous. It mandates the State to ensure that not more than two-thirds of members of all elective and appointive positions are of the same gender. However, ten years after the enactment of the law, it […]
Botswana Creates Specialised GBV Courts
One of the lessons learnt from the three-month sojourn in Molepolole by the specialised gender-based violence (GBV) courts is that the scourge can be adequately addressed through a permanent rather than ad hoc arrangement. ‘ The plan is that the establishment of the specialised courts should follow the numbers with the roll-out informed by the […]
After Harassment Complaints, BlackRock Vows To Strengthen Training
BlackRock Inc will beef up its process to investigate workers’ concerns and expand training after former employees shared accounts on social media of racial and sexual harassment. Manish Mehta, BlackRock’s global head of human resources, outlined the changes in a note sent firmwide on Thursday and shared by a company spokesman on Friday. Mehta wrote […]
Sex Education In Schools
Growing up, the closest most of us came to learning anything that looked like sex education in school was reproductive system in biology class. It took that long, meaning we had to have been in secondary school before we fully understood anything about the human reproductive system and even then, it was all rigid, some […]
Australia Promises Quick, Independent Probe After Third Rape Accusation
Australia will quickly deliver the result of a planned independent inquiry into parliament’s workplace culture, the government said on Monday, as pressure grows after a newspaper published a third accusation of rape. Two female employees of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Liberal party said last week they had been raped by the same man in 2019 […]
Indian Man Accused Of Slashing Pregnant Wife’s Stomach ‘To Check Gender’
A man has been arrested in northern India after slashing his pregnant wife’s stomach with a sickle, leaving her critically ill and causing the death of their unborn baby boy, police and her relatives said. The woman was in intensive care in a hospital in the capital, New Delhi, said police in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh […]
France, Germany, Ireland and Sweden nI Monrovia On the Importance of Combating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
The European Union Delegation and the Embassies of its Member States resident in Liberia – Germany, France, Ireland and Sweden – issued the following statement: The EU shares the deep concern expressed by the Government and people of Liberia regarding the alarming rates of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the country. The EU takes […]
Colombia Investigates Reported Rape Of Indigenous Girl, Sparks Condemnation
Colombian authorities said on Wednesday they were investigating the reported rape of a 12-year-old indigenous girl by soldiers, spurring calls from tribal leaders to address violence against their communities they say is invisible and often ignored. The girl from Colombia’s Embera Chami tribe disappeared from her community reserve in northern Colombia on Sunday and was […]
Government Depts Must Be Gender Sensitive
The Acting Director-General of Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), Phumla Williams, has called for government departments to be performance audited when it comes to women empowerment and gender-sensitive responsiveness. “If we are to make progress, we must make it compulsory for departments to have gender-focused budgeting,” said Williams on Thursday. Williams was speaking at […]
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