Women have only three quarters of economic rights of men, finds World Bank
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women on average have only three-quarters of the legal protections given to men during their working life, ranging from bans on entering some jobs to a lack of equal pay or freedom from sexual harassment, the World Bank said last week. Researchers examined whether adult men and women had equal rights under […]
GENESIS AND WOMEN
Many assume Genesis is uncomplimentary of women. But it is not so; Genesis has a very high view of women. Equals – Adam and Eve. PICTURE: From a stained glass windown in Saint-Julien Cathedral, Le Mans, France (Selbymay – licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0/image cropped) The first mention of females is to declare that they are made in […]
GENESIS – HUMAN
The early chapters of Genesis are some of the most profound in Western literature – let’s see why. Made in the Image of God. PICTURE: Liam Burnett-Blue/Unsplash. Genesis tells us we are made in the image of God. It is such a familiar phrase, we do not realise how radical it is. It undergirds so […]
THIS LIFE: WHY WE NEED MORE ADVOCATES FOR “GOOD RELATIONSHIPS”
AMANDA JACKSON writes about how a chance meeting highlighted the need for advocates to promote Biblical equality…
Moroccan Christians demand equal marriage rights
World Watch Monitor A Moroccan couple who converted to Christianity and recently married, ignoring threats from people in their conservative hometown, have demanded legal recognition of their union, Reuters reports. The Maghreb nation, which is 99 per cent Muslim, is officially an Islamic state – King Mohammed VI holds the title of ‘Prince of the believers’ […]
ESSAY: ROBERT KENNEDY, IMPROBABLE LIBERAL HERO
Former US Attorney-General and younger brother of President John F Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, was assassinated 50 years ago this week. In article first published on The Conversation, ROSS BAKER, of Rutgers University in the US, looks at Kennedy’s transformation from a young conservative to a liberal icon…
EGYPT: “GIVING FREEDOM TO WOMEN IS SOMETHING REMARKABLE” – PROTESTANT HEAD
World Watch Monitor reports on how, while the issue of equality for women is gaining traction in Egypt including in some sections of the church, there’s still a “long way to go”…
UK threatens action against 1,500 firms over silence on gender pay gap
Thomson Reuters Foundation About 1,500 large British companies that failed to meet a government deadline to report the pay gap between male and female employees could face legal action, Britain’s equality watchdog said on Thursday. A law introduced last year requires companies and charities with more than 250 workers – covering almost half of Britain’s […]