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Sexism isn’t a relic of the past. How men’s views are shifting. - African American News Today - EIN News

Women have been gaining ground in the worlds of politics and business. But outdated attitudes about their capabilities persist.

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A huge step backward for women - Stabroek News

On Sunday last, this newspaper’s “Women’s Chronicles” column saw women addressing their disappointment at the hoops they were being made to jump through to visit non-Covid-19 patients at the Georgetown Public

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Examining Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Complicated Legacy On Race

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death drew attention to her decades-long career on the bench that had its ups as well as its downs when it came to the topic of race.

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Black lives matter in the context of the African struggle - African American News Today - EIN News

Ayesha Rahim-Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2020: The future of racism in the west lies in the hands of today’s children who are tomorrow’s leaders, be they black or white. To wipe out the ideology, white children need to be educated on the history of racism. The more educated they

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

African American History and Women Timeline 1920-1929

[Previous] [Next] 1920s • Harlem Renaissance: also called the New Negro Movement, a blossoming of arts, culture, and social action in the African American community • 19th Amendment to the US Constitution became law, but practically this did not give the vote to Southern African American women, who,

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COMMENTARY: Justice Ginsburg’s Death Could Prove Fatal to American Democracy – Arizona Informant Newspaper

Through her cancer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals, and that’s how she’ll be remembered, Obama expressed in a written statement. “But she also left instructions for how she wanted her legacy to be honored,” observed President Barack

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Source: Arizona Informant Newspaper

Africa: Reflections On the Charter of the United Nations On Its 75th Anniversary

[IPS] New York -- This year we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, written and signed during a period of great global change. Today, the world is again shifting beneath our feet. Yet, the Charter remains a firm foundation for our joint efforts.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: COVID-19 Strategies Africa Can Learn From

There are of course huge differences between US states and African countries, but consider for a moment that the US has one international

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Rita Canton named executive director/head of school at Nazareth Prep | New Pittsburgh Courier

The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Rita Canton, the principal of Vincentian Academy High School, which recently closed permanently, has been named executive director/head of school at Nazareth Prep High School. The announcement was made June 23. In a release provided to the Courier, Canton

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Mackenzie Scott, Ex-Wife To Jeff Bezos, Gives Howard, Other HBCUs Their Largest-Ever Single Donor Donations - Blavity News

Mackenzie Scott donates to HBCUs, and four of the institutions say it is the largest gift they have ever received.

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As U.S. Elections Draw Near, Expats Reflect on Leaving Trump’s America - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Gina Zevallos uprooted her life two years ago, as a new graduate, to settle in the French city of Angers. Her decision to return home hangs in the balance, as the 2020 U.S. presidential election nears and President Donald Trump seeks re-election. As an undergraduate in California in 2016, Zevallos

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

FIFA handbook to help develop women’s game - Stabroek News

Another developmental boost is scheduled to be received by the local women’s game with football’s governing body, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), issuing the inaugural ‘Women’s Football Administrator Handbook’, which aims to increase female participation in the

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Tanzania: 3 More Eyeing Top Isles Post

Zanzibar — THREE more CCM cadres, including retired teacher and currently full-time peasant Haji Rashid Pandu, joined the Zanzibar presidential race yesterday, bringing to 13, the total number of candidates seeking to succeed outgoing President Dr Ali Mohammed

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Pandemic retools diplomacy as world leaders gather virtually - Black News Channel

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With COVID-19 still careening across the planet, the annual gathering of its leaders in New York will be replaced this year by a global patchwork of prerecorded speeches, another piece of upheaval in a deeply divided world turned

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Africa’s governments urged to take action on gender equality in the wake of COVID-19 - Voice Online

AFRICA’S GOVERNMENTS are being urged to speed up their commitment to gender equality and

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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online

Millions of African Women At Risk Because of COVID

In the usually bustling labyrinth of shops surrounding a bus terminal in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, she and other women sit idle in their open-air restaurant, waiting for customers who rarely

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead at 87

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the venerable Supreme Court justice renowned for her championing of gender equality and women's rights, has died, according to a statement Friday from the Supreme Court. She was 87.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Africa: How to Get More Women Seafarers On Board

Analysis - Around 80% of international trade is seaborne, making seafaring key to worldwide security, development and economic prosperity. It's been 10 years since the International Maritime Organization (IMO) started paying tribute to those who work at sea. And this year on 25 June the

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Child Rights Activists Oppose Increasing Marriage Age for Women | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

NEW DELHI - While the Indian government is planning to increase the minimum marriageable age for women from 18 to 21 - the same as for men - activists worry that such a move could lead to more child marriage in the country. 'We have formed a committee to ensure that the daughters are no longer

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Source: The Florida Star

Cuomo announces Brooklyn statue to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg - TheGrio

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday a statue honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The... View Article The post Cuomo announces Brooklyn statue to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared first on TheGrio.

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Stacy Brown-Philpot Leaves As TaskRabbit CEO, Reportedly Will Help Run SoftBank's New $100 Million Fund

Among a handful of powerful black women in Silicon Valley, Stacy Brown-Philpot is exiting as CEO of TaskRabbit Inc. to help run the $100 million Opportunity Growth Fund backed by

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Myths and lies about poverty - Los Angeles Sentinel

No doubt, some will always be wealthier than others. We wouldn’t want to live in a society that forced all to be equal. But poverty isn’t inevitable. The 30 million people in America who lived in poverty even before the pandemic when unemployment was at record lows needn’t exist in that

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UNDP says increase in women candidates a positive for Jamaica

THE increased number of women candidates who contested last Thursday's general election is a positive development for the country's democracy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative for Jamaica Denise E Antonio has said.In fact, she believes that harnessing and

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COMMENTARY: Justice Ginsburg's Death Could Prove Fatal to American Democracy | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout her cancer diagnosis and treatment, Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals, and that's how she'll be remembered, Obama expressed in a written statement. "But she also left instructions for how she wanted her legacy to

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St. Paul experiments with guaranteed incomes -

The People’s Prosperity Pilot will provide up to 150 Saint Paul families with $500 per month in guaranteed income for a period of up to 18 months. Source

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Mississippi Senate candidate Mike Espy sees record donations after Ginsburg's death - TheGrio

The campaign to elect Democrat Mike Espy to the U.S. Senate broke the record for the amount of money raised... View Article The post Mississippi Senate candidate Mike Espy sees record donations after Ginsburg's death appeared first on TheGrio.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87 | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Nina Totenberg Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died

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'We got the calls from desperate women'

Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, the minister who has responsibility for gender issues, says while Jamaicans were in retreat for the past three months trying to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Members of Parliament were fielding calls from desperate women trapped in abusive situations.

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Tunisia: 'Youth & Environment' Call for Proposals Launched

Tunis/Tunisia — In partnership with the French Institute of Tunisia (IFT) and the Innovative Projects from Civil Societies and Coalitions of Actors (PISCCA), France's embassy in Tunisia launches the "Youth & Environment" call for proposals, the IFT said on its Facebook

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Before Kamala Harris became Biden’s running mate, Shirley Chisholm and other Black women aimed for the White House - African American News Today - EIN News

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president. If Biden wins in November, Harris would break three centuries-old barriers to become the nation’s first female vice president, first Black vice president and first Black

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