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#EndGenderApartheid: The need to make it an international crime

A group of leading Iranian and Afghan women are calling to make gender apartheid an international crime as the situation in both countries continues to deteriorate rapidly for women and girls. Annette Young talks to Dr Ewelina Ochab, a lawyer from the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute who is…

France 24

NL Interview: Kshama Sawant on why she pushed for a caste ban in Seattle

As more and more Indians travel abroad, casteism has been increasingly subjected to public condemnation in other countries. Seattle recently became the first city in the US and outside South Asia to ban caste discrimination. And at the helm of this historic legislation was city council member Kshama Sawant.

Newslaundry

Unconscious biases continue to hold back women in medicine, but research shows how to fight them and get closer to true equity and inclusion

If you work at a company, university or large organization, you’ve probably sat through a required training session meant to fight gender and racial discrimination in the workplace. Employers increasingly invest in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion – commonly referred to as DEI policies. Yet research shows these…

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5 books for kids and teens that positively portray trans and gender-diverse lives

International Transgender Day of Visibility is an opportunity to celebrate trans and gender-diverse people – and to raise awareness of the ongoing discrimination they experience.

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Every fire brigade in England plagued by bullying and harassment claims, report finds

Inspectors say ‘deeply troubling’ behaviour found at fire and rescue services across England may be ‘tip of the iceberg’

The Guardian - UK

Firefighters 'joked' with female colleague they would 'rape her' before acting out attack

Inspectors uncovered evidence of bullying, harassment and discrimination in fire brigades including a senior officer referring to a black colleague using the "n-word" and putting it down to "having a laugh"

Daily Mirror

Belfast transgender activist and Green Party election candidate: 'Trans women aren't a threat'

The 25-year-old opened up about coming out as transgender and told of the discrimination and street harassment she has faced

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LGBTQ summit calls on Japan to enact anti-discrimination law

Japanese LGBTQ activists and supporters have held an inaugural Pride 7 Summit in Tokyo, where they called on Group of Seven governments to promote and strengthen support and legal protections for LGBTQ people and urged Japan’s government to enact an anti-discrimination law before it hosts this year’s G-7 summit in…

The Independent UK

Black Californians owed $800bn in reparations for decades of discrimination, say economists

Preliminary estimate more than 2.5 times larger than state’s $300bn annual budget

The Independent UK

Reparations for Black Californians could top $800 billion

Economists for a California task force on potential reparations for Black residents estimate payouts could reach more than $800 billion for harm caused by policing and housing discrimination

The Independent UK

Displaced twice: Gay Ugandans on the run face upheaval in Kenya

Ugandans on the run from their country due to the persecution of sexual minorities face discrimination in Kenya, too.

Al Jazeera

Blind Co Tyrone man settles discrimination case with health services

"It will then make them different to their sighted colleagues or physically able colleagues."

Belfast Live

No Pseudonymity in Employment Lawsuit Claiming Discrimination Based on Past Opiate Addiction

From yesterday's decision by Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses (S.D.N.Y.) in Doe v. Black Diamond Capital Mgmt. LLC: Now before the Court is the motion of plaintiff "John Doe" for an order granting leave to proceed under a pseudonym, or in the alternative, to seal his complaint. {[H]is brief does not…

Reason

Uganda's new anti-LGBTQ+ law could lead to death penalty for same-sex 'offences'

People in same-sex relationships in Uganda now face the possibility of life in prison after the country’s parliament unanimously passed its 2023 anti-homosexuality bill. The legislation, which Amnesty International has called “appalling”, “ambiguous” and “vaguely worded”, establishes a range of harsh penalties for same-sex “offences” – including the death penalty…

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The Independent UK

Netflix asked to remove episode of The Big Bang Theory over ‘derogatory’ Madhuri Dixit remarks

A political analyst has accused the streaming giant of ‘promoting sexism and discrimination against women’

The Independent UK

Fox News fires producer who sued network over ‘coercive’ Dominion testimony and ‘toxic’ workplace

Abby Grossberg claims she was pressured into giving misleading testimony in blockbuster defamation case as she alleges discrimination, harassment and retaliation at the network

The Independent UK

Black, Hispanic investors struggle with faith in crypto

Many Black and Latino investors were drawn to crypto by its promise to be pathway to wealth-building outside of a traditional financial system with long history of racial discrimination and indifference to the needs of low-income communities

Bangkok Post

Righting the wrongs of development

A key issue with which the world community has had to grapple since the end of the Second World War is that of "development", especially from the angle of national and international measures to ensure responsiveness to the rights and needs of the peoples of the land, without discrimination and…

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FIRE Sues West Texas A&M Over Its Blocking of Student Group's Drag Show

From the brief in support of motion for TRO in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex.), filed Friday (see the brief for more factual details, and some further analysis); the argument seems correct to me: Introduction West Texas A&M University's President, Defendant Walter Wendler, has declared that he will not…

Tribune News Service

Pat Leonard’s NFL notes: Brian Flores’ discrimination lawsuit a key topic as NFL owners gather in Phoenix

The biggest story in the NFL is not Dan Snyder and the Washington Commanders, officiating, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers, Thursday Night Football flexing or any proposed rule change — although those are all worthy of note in their own right.

Newslaundry

Hafta letters: Caste discrimination, Khalistan questions, a poem on Hathras

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ABC News

Name discrimination still 'prevalent' in Australia, says race discrimination commissioner

Imanina Syasya Binte Muhammad Tani believes her family struggled to find a rental property in Adelaide, not just because of the tight market, but because of their name.

Leeds Live

Judge rules it's not racist to call someone a 'dark horse' after Leeds tribunal

A black worker tried to sue her employer when her boss used the innocuous phrase which dates back to a novel by Benjamin Disraeli in 1831

Wales Online

Ex-union boss is fired from Unite pension scheme ‘for complaining of discrimination'

Dave Marsh said he was informed he had been ‘removed’ from the role in a telephone conversation

Manchester Evening News

Ex-union boss sacked from Unite pension scheme 'for complaining of discrimination'

Dave Marsh removed as 'trustee director' after speaking out for ex-employees now in their 80s

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