The UN World Conference of the International Women’s Year opened in Mexico City on June 19, 1975, with 110 delegations present at the opening session. Patricia Hutar, the delegate for the United States, appointed by President Ford, making a statement, above. Bold verbal commitments to enhance women’s rights at the conference were not met by “meaningful public investment,” the author writes in the review. B. LANE/UN PHOTO
Diaper characters, edible bottles and vampire facials + this day in history w/grand theft Parsons and our song of the day by Eric Church on your Morning Monarchy for September 19, 2018.
Schoolgirls in Afghanistan who are determined to get an education, despite the tremendous obstacles confronting them, including the Taliban. The WomanStats Project is a wide-ranging database that can shed light on such topics as education, covering the field of women, peace and security in legal, physical, economic and social spheres in a given country. JOHANNA HIGGS
Lockheed looting, fighter jets scrambling and x-ray scanning + this day in history w/the terrifying emergency broadcast false alarm of 1971 and our song of the day by Dr. Octagon on your Morning Monarchy for February 20, 2018.
Bread price fixing, Twinkie bonuses and toxic places + this day in history w/the Great Baltimore Fire and our song of the day by Lord Huron on your Morning Monarchy for February 7, 2018.
A new report by The World Economic Forum has said that gender “equality is in retreat” for the first time since the group began measuring systemic gender inequality in 2006.
The report takes into account several metrics including life expectancy parity, labor participation, and political representation, though does not include societal or cultural attitudes towards gender.
Despite growing equality in education, health, workplaces and politics, gains are starting to regress.
In a controversy that can only be described as hilariously ironic, Boston-based bank and asset manager State Street Corp – which famously created and installed the “fearless girl” statue, purportedly symbolizing Wall Street’s progress toward gender equality in the workplace – to be a symbol of Wall Street’s progress toward gender equality, earlier this year – has agreed to pay $5 million to settle claims that it systematically underpaid female and minority employees, according to the New York Post.
This week on New World Next Week: China launches war games on the Horn Of Africa; Obama goes back to his Wall Street buddies less than a year after leaving office; and authoritarian regimes around the world continue to collect your internet information.
This week on New World Next Week: China launches war games on the Horn Of Africa; Obama goes back to his Wall Street buddies less than a year after leaving office; and authoritarian regimes around the world continue to collect your internet information.
Rescheduled doomsday, cannibal couple and cult music + this day in history w/the Omaha race riots and our song of the day by Prolly Knot on your Morning Monarchy for September 28, 2017.
