Should women propose promotion not marriage in leap year 2020?
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation In a leap year, 29th February is traditionally the day women propose marriage to men – but should women use the extra day to ask their bosses, not their partners, for more? With businesses offering women planning to pop the question on Saturday everything from free hotel rooms to gold pizza […]
UK firms urged to act on domestic abuse as female murder cases rise
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Companies were urged on Friday to offer a lifeline to workers suffering from domestic abuse after official data showed the number of women murdered in England and Wales rose by 10 per cent in a year to a 13-year high. The number of female murder or manslaughter victims rose to 241 […]
Majority of Australian women sexually harassed at work – survey
Thomson Reuters Foundation Two in three Australian women have been sexually harassed at work, with the majority of cases unreported, according to a survey released on Tuesday that highlighted challenges activists said prevent women from advancing in their careers. Some 64 per cent of women and 35 per cent of men said they had been […]