Sight-Seeing: Why Christians need to support diversity professionals, not demonise them
MICHELLE LOYD-PAIGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that even among Christians, diversity, equity and inclusion leaders find themselves isolated and unsupported…
London police institutionally racist and sexist, report finds
London, UKReuters London’s Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself, an independent review said on Tuesday, heaping pressure on the Met’s new chief to reform Britain’s biggest police force. The review was commissioned by then-head of the Met, Cressida Dick, in 2021 after a serving officer was sentenced to […]
Postcards: She cooks. He eats. She clears. Sexism film stirs India
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the impact of the new Indian film, ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’…
Survivors of missing, slain Indigenous women in Canada impatient for action
Toronto, CanadaThomson Reuters Foundation A year ago, Canada announced that the disappearance and murder of thousands of Indigenous women amounted to genocide, raising hopes authorities would act to address the historic tragedy. Now the government says a plan of action is delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, a development that survivors and advocates say is […]
Bosses who do not believe in gender bias seen hiring fewer women
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Bosses who do not believe sexism holds back women’s careers are more likely to give jobs to men, a study based on recruitment for top French science research posts found on Monday. The results suggested that training hiring managers about sexist discrimination in the workplace could be a key factor in overcoming […]
In the US, ELCA Churchwide Assembly calls sexism and patriarchy sins, condemns white supremacy
Milwaukee, USRNS A new social statement from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America labels patriarchy and sexism as sins and acknowledges the church’s complicity in them. The social statement — titled ‘Faith, Sexism, and Justice: A Call to Action‘ — was approved by the ELCA’s Churchwide Assembly with 97 per cent of the vote Friday morning […]
New video captures sexist comments to women ministers – read by male counterparts
RNS “I can’t concentrate on your sermon because you’re so pretty.” “You do a really good job. But I think Scripture is more meaningful if read with a male voice.” “I keep picturing you naked under your robe.” For female ministers in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, comments like these […]
Hey Siri, you’re sexist, finds UN report on gendered technology
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Popular digital assistants that reply in a woman’s voice and are styled as female helpers are reinforcing sexist stereotypes, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday. The vast majority of assistants such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana are designed to be seen as feminine, from their names […]