persagen, 3 months ago to humanrights

International Women's Day 👩‍🔬 👩🏾‍🎓 🙏 🕊️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day

• celebrated annually March 8 as focal point in women's rights movement

• gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, violence & abuse against women

• IWD originated from labor movements in North America and Europe during the early 20th century

• See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day#See_also

#IWD #WomensRights #HumanRights #GenderEquality #GenderApartheid #feminism

rgulick, 5 months ago to chess

OK, I get that there are male and female divisions in athletics because of generally significant differences in strength.
But why are there male/female divisions in chess? As far as I can observe, there is no significant difference in intellectual ability (in fact, given the large numbers of male idiots, men may have a lower average level of intelligence).
Could it be that men don't want to risk their unsubstantiated claim to intellectual superiority?
#Chess
#GenderApartheid

cmorris, 6 months ago to random

#Malala Yousafzai’s Mandela Lecture. “I would like to bring attention back to the girls of #Afghanistan, whose suffering has been sidelined….Our first imperative is to call the regime in Afghanistan what it really is…a #GenderApartheid….But gender apartheid has not been explicitly codified... That is why I call on every government…to make gender apartheid a #CrimeAgainstHumanity...”
https://malala.org/newsroom/malala-yousafzai-21st-nelson-mandela-annual-lecture #EndGenderApartheid 1/2

ZhiZhu, 9 months ago to Women

"Afghanistan has become one of the few countries in the world where more #women than men die by #Suicide

...a heartbreaking story... about an 18-yr-old who tried to take her own life after her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed and her family sold her into a forced marriage with a cousin who is addicted to heroin. According to the Guardian, “Some see suicide as the only remaining form of defiance possible”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/05/afghanistan-women-taliban-gender-apartheid/

#Afghanistan #WomensRights #GenderApartheid #News

Text from article: An Aug. 30 report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom says the majority of the 100 religious edicts issued by the de facto government since August 2021 directly enforce severe restrictions on women and girls. Millions are also starving. The International Rescue Committee says women and girls account for almost 80 percent of the Afghans in need of humanitarian assistance.
Text from article: In February, the Taliban banned the sale of contraceptives. “Child marriage and attendant maternal mortality have increased,” according to an Aug. 17 Human Rights Watch report, “and gender-based violence, particularly in the home, continues to skyrocket.” In July, the Taliban ordered the closure of every beauty salon in Afghanistan. With gyms, parks and classrooms no longer accessible, salons were among the final sanctuaries. Visiting beauticians offered a rare taste of freedom. When some women protested, security forces dispersed them with fire hoses.
Text from article: With the regime determined to stamp out any ember of joy for women, it’s no surprise there’s a suicide epidemic. Afghanistan has become one of the few countries in the world where more women than men die by suicide. The Guardian told a heartbreaking story on Aug. 28 about an 18-year-old who tried to take her own life after her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed and her family sold her into a forced marriage with a cousin who is addicted to heroin. According to the Guardian, “Some see suicide as the only remaining form of defiance possible.”

persagen, 10 months ago to random

Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan is gender apartheid
https://theconversation.com/the-talibans-war-on-women-in-afghanistan-must-be-formally-recognized-as-gender-apartheid-210688

• 2nd anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan approaching
• Afghan women denied most basic human rights (gender apartheid)

Gender apartheid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_apartheid

• economic & social sexual discrimination against individuals due to gender or sex
• enforced by physical or legal practices relegating individuals to subordinate positions

#Afghanistan #Taliban #WomensRights #misogyny #GenderApartheid