Par Om El Khir Missaoui. Mon fils tout jeune, nous entendant parler de l’interdiction faite aux femmes de conduire une voiture en Arabie Saoudite, était sidéré par cette inégalité inexistante dans son schéma mental des hommes-garçons/femmes-fille. Voir l'article...
Developing successful black male initiatives
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Academic leaders and college practitioners have increasingly been focusing on the success of black male students. More...
From lazy to leader: unsporty girls are getting fit and spreading the word
By Carrie Dunn. Female students are prepared to change their lifestyles – as long as there’s no pressure. And universities are finding that non-athletes make the best ambassadors. More...
Why do we still make girls wear skirts and dresses as school uniform?
By . In an attempt to support girls exercising more, the Australian government launched a campaign in February 2016 called “Girls Make Your Move”. More...
Heading to the Women's March
By Rosemarie Emanuele. “Here at NASA”--“We all pee the same color,” states the indignant Kevin Costner after he discovers that his top ‘computer’ mathematician, Katherine Goble Johnson, has to walk twenty minutes to find a “colored women’s bathroom” on NASA’s campus in Hampton, Virginia, 1961. Read more...
Are female scholars taken seriously in Japan?
Not many women attend the University of Tokyo, colloquially known as Todai. Less than 20% of its undergraduates are female and now, it appears, the school itself is wondering if it shouldn’t do more to raise that rate, writes Philip Brasor for The Japan Times. Read more...
Progress on gender equity in Afghan higher education
By Fred M Hayward. The struggle for gender equity and equal access to higher education for women in Afghanistan has been a difficult one, complicated by war and hindered by conservative traditions, weak support and the banning of women in all levels of education by the Taliban from 1996 to the end of 2001 when the movement was defeated. Read more...
Egalité. Conseils d'administration et de surveillance : où sont les femmes ?
Alors qu'en 2011 la loi Copé-Zimmermann laissait 6 ans aux 2 200 entreprises françaises d'au moins 500 salariés et réalisant au moins 50 millions d'euros de chiffre d'affaires pour accueillir au moins 40 % de femmes dans leurs conseils d'administration ou de surveillance, qu'en est-il en 2017 ?
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Egalite.-Conseils-d-administration-et-de-surveillance-ou-sont-les-femmes
LaGuardia Community College receives grant to study LGBTQ history
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A research group at LaGuardia Community College will examine the history of LGBTQ activism in Queens as part of a three-year program illuminating the history of New York City. More...
Teaching Gender Studies to Straight Men
By Hallie Lieberman. Most gender and women’s studies programs preach to the converted and lack courses that would appeal to men -- or, for that matter, women who don’t have particular political leanings, argues Hallie Lieberman. Read more...