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Arguing for real gender equality

Denmark is working towards creating a more balanced reporting on gender issues in the Pakistani media

Very interesting how the Nordic countries top number one for gender equality. Maybe American companies should send researchers over to pick up a few pointers.

This is actually most of the last paragraph of the post on this page but I thought it was a nice summary of the principles behind this group: "In our concluding remarks, we touched on the connection between the biased images seen in the film and cognitive bias. The media continually recreates stereotypes, which generate cognitive biases, which lead to real-world discrimination in our workplaces and schools. How can we break that cycle? Educating ourselves about cognitive bias is a good start."

This is about how women are able to multi task at home better than men. At the end though it states that the women are more stressed about it and men thought it was a positive experience.

Women in Israel stand up for what they believe is right.

Questioning whether gender has played a role in who has gotten the axe during the "financial downturn" 

Why is Walmart only now discovering women as a resource?

A news article about the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia.

Incredible that this sort of thing is so commonplace in our world. Unthinkable in the U.S.

Showcasing some of the great strides that have been made in this area 3 women receive the Nobel Peace Prize

In a ceremony in Oslo that repeatedly invoked gender equality and the democratic strivings of the Arab Spring, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was presented to three female activists and political leaders on Saturday for "their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights" as peacemakers.