By Scott Jaschik. For the first time since 2004, more women than men applied to American medical schools, according to data released Tuesday by the Association of American Medical Colleges. More...
16 décembre 2018
12 décembre 2018
Création entreprise. Entreprendre au féminin Bretagne cherche des mécènes
Pour appuyer ses actions et développer de nouveaux projets notamment vers les femmes déjà en poste, l'association Entreprendre au féminin Bretagne recherche des mécènes. Elle a d'ores et déjà identifié plusieurs cibles : les entreprises des femmes qu'elle a accompagné et qui ont déjà atteint un certain niveau de pérennité et de ressources, les entreprises bretonnes dirigées par des femmes et les grands groupes implantés en Bretagne.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Creation-entreprise.-Entreprendre-au-feminin-Bretagne-cherche-des-mecenes
12 décembre 2018
#YesAllWomen and Ed-Tech Conferences, or Why ISTE is Unsafe
#YesAllWomen and Ed-Tech Conferences, or Why ISTE is Unsafe
Audrey Watters, Hack Education, June 13, 2014
I'm still dealing with backlog, so I didn't see it when it came out 9 days ago, but it's important enough to pass along. Audrey Watters writes, "Ariel Norling published an incredibly brave article — an incredibly difficult to read article — chronicling predatory behavior and sexual assault at last year’s ISTE conference." She then relates her own experiences in the field, and the "utterly dismissive, if not utterly disgusting" response offered by ISTE's Brian Lewis. More...
10 décembre 2018
Knesset committee votes on university gender law
University heads say they favour integrating ultra-Orthodox groups into academic institutions, but strongly oppose legislation on gender segregation, as an Israeli government ministerial committee prepared to vote on a bill that would allow separate study tracks for men and women at Israeli universities, reports The Times of Israel. More...10 décembre 2018
Marlène Schiappa: gender equality, a priority for the French Chairmanship of the Council of Europe in 2019
The French Minister of State for gender equality has announced that practical measures will be taken during the French Chairmanship to promote the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (better known as the “Istanbul Convention”). More...
10 décembre 2018
What it will take to unleash real feminism
Gender equality frequently makes headlines. Even before the #metoo movements, political leaders started to place gender equality at the top of their agendas. Beyond OECD countries, the G20, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as well as the African Union’s 2063 Agenda made achieving gender equality a priority. More...
1 décembre 2018
The only gay female Mexican mechanical engineer in Hereford is opening a university
Hereford, some local folk say, could have had a university in the early Middle Ages and become like Oxford or Cambridge. But it was then considered a dangerous frontier town, a war zone between England and Wales, and today Herefordshire is one of the few English counties lacking a university. More...
1 décembre 2018
Why coming out as working class was harder than coming out as gay
I’ve left the closet twice – as a gay man, and as an academic from a working-class background. The second was at least as hard. More...
1 décembre 2018
Birmingham University warned of risk to LGBT rights at Dubai campus
Staff and students at the University of Birmingham have warned that LGBT rights are not adequately protected at its new campus in Dubai where being gay or transgender risks imprisonment, flogging and execution. More...
1 décembre 2018
Les armes numériques de la nouvelle vague féministe
Avec #MeToo, les femmes sont véritablement entrées dans la 4e vague du féminisme, l’ère du féminisme connecté. Et comme beaucoup de mouvements sociaux associés au numérique, elle est disruptive et globale : le hashtag lui permet de surfer sur Internet, le « Me » renvoie à l’activité de l’égoportrait collectif, au-delà du selfie narcissique, et le « Too » à l’influence réciproque sur les réseaux. Plus.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)