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Harassment culture plagues driving test centres
Root cause of problem lies in society’s preconceived, sexist notion that all women were bad drivers
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Nations League: Spain, Sweden stage 'It's over' protest
Women footballers unite against sexism before world champions bag 3-2 win
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Tokyo 2020 boss resigns over sexism
Mori bows to mounting pressure, apologises again before leaving post
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Misogyny mars Punjab Police performance
Victim-blaming mindset is evident in investigation of sexual assault cases
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Break this cycle
Victims should not be blamed. Rapists cannot keep getting away. This cycle must change.
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The workplace still isn’t equal for women
Women in Pakistan have to bear pervasive sexism throughout their lives
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Two former Pinterest policy employees say they faced racism at work
Former Pinterest employee Ozoma called the company’s recent solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement “a joke.”
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Pakistani racism
We all need to free ourselves from our biases and prejudices. That will take much longer
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The allies within
There should not be any debate on why we need more women in our committees and among our faculty
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Instagram's sexist algorithm forcing women to change their gender to male
Many women took to their Instagram accounts to report about this sexist change
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Excluded and invisible: Women at the Azadi March
As men march on, women continue to face barriers in the realm of politics
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Six out of 10 European women suffer sexism at work: survey
Over 40 per cent of the victims were under the age of 30
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South Korea lawmaker grills official nominee for not giving birth
South Korea has spent billions of dollars since 2005 to try to boost the birth rate
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Old actors, new worries
As the spat between Firdous Jamal and Mahira Khan continues
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Talal Chaudhry slammed for making sexist remarks against Firdous Ashiq Awan
Chaudhry compared the 'ongoing tabdeeli' to the facial features of PM's Special Assistant on Information
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Useless debates waste nation’s time
Wastage of time, energy and words compels people to think about revising the model of governance
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Singer Jawad Ahmed calls PM Imran Khan sexist, misogynist
'In a country where women are already treated as second grade human beings, PM's sexist remarks only make it worse'
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Lilly Singh aka Superwoman just dropped some truth bombs in latest Bollywood rap
Lyrics such as, 'Don't need fair and lovely, because I love me' call out stereotypes of the society
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'Sexist' data is holding women back, Bill and Melinda Gates say
Data reveals women in developing countries are primarily seen as wives and mothers
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Colombian football club president apologizes over 'lesbian' barb
Gabriel Camargo described the women's game as "a tremendous lesbian breeding ground"
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Mighty Girl Effect: Why fathering a daughter protects men against sexism
A study published in the Oxford Economic Papers found men with daughters to be less sexist
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Dia Mirza slams patriarchy in Bollywood
Actor was upset that no women accompanied Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar at their meeting with PM Narendra Modi
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Distracted boyfriend meme deemed sexist by Swedish ad ombudsman
The advertisement objectifies women, says the ombudsman
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Gender discrimination: NUST bars women from smoking areas
Fine of Rs1,000 will be imposed if a girl is found accessing smoking areas
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Twitterati clap back at 'sexist, racist' Serena Williams' sketch
Many slammed the cartoon depicting a fat-lipped Williams jumping up and down on her broken racquet at the US Open
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'Makes me shake with rage': Japan probe shows university cut women's test scores
The lawyers said they did not know how many women had been affected
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Australian minister apologises for foul-mouthed tirade
Australian Minister apologized after his remarks directed to female mayor sparks accusations of misogyny
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Former Afghan footballer battles sexism with grit
The 30-year-old said women could achieve anything, a belief she formed when as a child
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Just because I got married and had a baby, nothing changed in me: Rani Mukerji
Actor calls out Bollywood’s double standard against female actors who are married
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Misogyny and Pakistan
Regulation of even clothes is not furthering the cause of either the religion itself or the country
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Benazir proved beyond a doubt that a woman can do everything, writes Bilawal
PPP co-chairman recalls his mother's struggle in a Guardian op-ed
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Women's Action Forum urges top judge to apologise for 'sexist’ comment
Comment reveals deep-rooted sexism and double standards women face in legal profession, says the WAF letter
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Replacing sexism with responsibility
Removing the sexist mask of this controversy unveils an individual case of misconduct
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Hillary Clinton blames election loss on sexism during UK book tour
Clinton said women were held to 'maddening' double standards as compared to male counterparts
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N-Korea calls US ambassador Nikki Haley 'prostitute' warns of consequences for 'tongue-lashing'
Haley is currently pushing for an oil embargo on North Korea
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Not enough honesty in on-screen representation of women: Konkona Sen Sharma
Konkona has always picked strong female characters to narrate stories that have a message attached to it
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Indian women challenge ban on calling husbands by name
Women in rural areas are taught from a young age to never address their husbands by their name as a mark of respect
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Why are women in Bollywood only okay when they’re young and desirable: Anushka Sharma
Actor speaks out about sexism in Bollywood
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Trump criticised for 'inappropriate' comment to French first lady
Social media was quick to call out POTUS
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11 female stars share their experiences of sexism in Hollywood
The stars including Jessica Chastain and Emma Stone share horrifying accounts and encouraging messages
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Cambridge University examiners told it is sexist to use the word 'genius' to describe students
To reduce gender differences Lucy said the university would need to use language that was more 'transparent.'
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Abusing women - a timeless trait of Pakistan’s macho politics
The ability to inflict insults at one’s womenfolk is a major signifier of male toughness in patriarchal cultures.
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Pakistan’s torchbearers: Women who carved space for themselves and others
Struggles of Fouzia Saeed, Zubaida Jalal and Abia Akram help us reflect on what has changed for women and what has not
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Watching sexual objectification of women makes you sexist: study
Such exposure makes them less likely to take a collective stance against such degrading exposure
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Movie-mad Indians challenged to rewrite sexist Bollywood songs
Young women are being harassed by men singing inappropriate Bollywood songs, said Snehal Velkar
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First US Somali lawmaker gets 'Islamophobic threats' from cab driver
Ilhan Omar who wears the hijab was subjected to the most hateful, derogatory, Islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats
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Why the Saima Kanwal case has everything to do with sexism
All one seems to stumble upon are the she-asked-for-it and it-was-justified-what-with-her-behaviour comments
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Trump vows to stay in race after calls for him to quit over lewd remarks
Calls from several Republicans for presidential nominee to step aside and let Mike Pence be the front runner
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Watch this Bollywood actor destroy reporter who tried to shame her
'You are the person controversies are made out of'
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Merkel's party confronts sexism charges
Behrends made national headlines last week when she spoke out against gender discrimination within the CDU