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Should transportation subsidies take into account gender inequality?

Gender gaps in pay and employment, together with an unequal division of household talks, leads to different travel patterns between men and women.

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COVID-19 means closing global gender gap 'will take an extra 36 years'

It found that the pandemic has had a more negative impact on women than men. Not only have women lost their jobs at higher rates, but they are also being hired at a slower pace.

Cry Like A Boy

The pandemic can change the domestic power balance | View

The coronavirus health crisis is triggering a whole new discussion on traditional gender roles within domestic walls: it's time to redraw their limits, reorganise tasks and cohabitation - argues an Italian feminist and philosopher for our podcast #CryLikeABoy

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EU vows to put gender equality at heart of its foreign aid

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Wednesday, Brussels pledged that 85% of its aid projects will be about empowering women by 2025.

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Davos 2020: Economic gender gap not due to close until ... 2277

The report finds that, despite the gap having closed in recent years, progress is slowing – last year it was estimated that it would be 202 years until full parity was achieved.

Spain

Spain's top women footballers go on strike over pay dispute

The two-day strike action resulted in the cancellation of eight matches scheduled to take place over the weekend.

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Equal Pay Day: How bad is the gender pay gap in your country?

Germany and the UK remain among the worst offenders, while Romania and Italy have the lowest disparity.

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World Rugby announces gender neutral naming for World Cup tournaments

It means the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand will now be named Rugby World Cup 2021, starting the gender-neutral roll out.

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Euroviews. We need an EU Commissioner for Children to protect the European dream ǀ View

Children are our most prized asset, yet around the world they still face poverty, trafficking, exploitation, bullying and discrimination even though the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most widely ratified of any of the human rights treaties.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The BBC is closing the gender pay gap. Now it must deal with the ethnic pay chasm ǀ View

Of the 75 highest-earning stars at the BBC, nearly half are now women. But if the gender pay gap was a scandal, the ethnic pay gap is a disgrace.

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'Women's annual income could be as much as 40% lower than men's'

Women in Switzerland went on strike on Friday in a nationwide protest calling for equal pay and an end to discrimination.

Switzerland

Swiss women strike for gender equality

Women across Switzerland are going on strike on Friday to demand more "pay, time, respect" as the gender pay gap hovers around 20%.

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Women's World Cup kicks off with gender pay under the spotlight

Players are more vocal than ever on the need for equal pay.

World

Berlin gives 21% travel discount today to help even up the pay gap

A ticket will be offered to women today only that costs 21 per cent less than normal - the amount that women are paid less than men in Germany according to EU statistics.