By Andrew Kreighbaum. Many find her claim about “unsettled law” to be dubious and an abdication of her agency's civil rights responsibilities.
That assurance came with a pretty big caveat, however. Pressed by Democrats on how she would protect the rights of LGBT students, DeVos said in areas where the law is “unsettled,” which she said included issues of bias against gay people, her department would not be “issuing decrees.” More...
By Scott Jaschik. Connecticut statute requires certain kinds of buildings to have certain numbers of bathrooms for men and for women. Yale University has been seeking an exemption so that it can designate some single-unit bathrooms for use by people of any gender identity. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Another women's colleges goes completely coeducational, renewing discussion of viability of single-sex colleges -- and of institutions that start to recruit male students. More...
By Rick Seltzer. The University of Saint Joseph will admit full-time undergraduate men starting in the fall of 2018 following a decision by its Board of Trustees announced Wednesday. The institution in West Hartford, Conn., believes the move will give it the chance to expand its undergraduate programs. More...
Techno-News Blog. Female faculty members at colleges and universities who hope to achieve greater professional success and leadership are consistently stymied in male-dominated environments where they must work far harder than men to receive similar awards, according to a new study conducted by a professor at Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business. More...
Les femmes excellent à tous les niveaux de l'enseignement supérieur. Et pourtant, elles restent trop peu nombreuses à choisir la voie des sciences dites "dures" : dans le secteur public, elles représentent 35% des chercheurs ; dans le privé elles ne sont que 20 % parmi les chercheurs.
Il y avait, en 2011, 57,6% d'étudiantes, 47,2% de doctorantes, 42,4% de maîtres de conférences, 22,6% de professeurs et 15% de présidentes d'universités.
Au niveau des cursus dans le supérieur, on constate encore d'importantes différences qui contribuent à renforcer les stéréotypes sexués et qui sont souvent sources d'inégalités sur le marché du travail :
Les établissements publics d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche mettent en place des actions en faveur de l'égalité des sexes, pour les personnels et les étudiant-e-s. Leurs objectifs sont de
Il faut noter que la procédure de changement de la mention du sexe à l’état civil a été modifiée par le législateur français dans le cadre de la loi Justice 21 (art. 61-5 du Code civil). Désormais toute personne peut obtenir une modification relative à son sexe dans les actes de l’état civil en apportant un moyen de preuve parmi les suivants :
Le Défenseur des droits est néanmoins revenu sur cette procédure qu’il jugeait trop contraignante car soumise à la décision du juge et recommande de mettre en place une procédure de changement de sexe rapide et transparente auprès de l’officier d’état civil. Plus...
By Andrew MacDonald. Despite significant gains for LGBTI people in this country, such as legislative reform and changing community attitudes, LGBTI Australians continue to face discrimination when seeking work and once they are in a job. More...
Ahead of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) marked on 17 May, the Secretary General of the 47-nation Council of Europe has made the following statement:
This study provides an overview over gender aspects in taxation at Member State and EU level. After an outline of gender gaps in socioeconomic realities across Member States, relevant for taxation, the implementation of gender aspects at EU and Member State level and the existing legal approaches and obligations are reviewed critically. Research results on gender-disaggregated effects are presented for the taxation of personal income, corporations and business income, property, and consumption. Finally, the study presents recommendations on how to improve gender equality in taxation. More...
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