Equal Rights

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    Women's March 2019: Everything you need to know about this month's protest

    The annual Women's March has become a huge global event!

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    Forget craft and cake: 7 things you probably didn't realise about the Women's Institute

    Because it was actually a meeting of the Peckham branch of the Women’s Institute. An influx of younger women has completely switched up the demographic of the UK’s largest voluntary women’s organisation.

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    Why we're raising our sons as feminists

    Never was there a word more likely to insight controversy than the F-word. No not that F-word, I’m talking about feminism. Mention the fact that you’re a feminist and some people will automatically assume that means you’re anti-male. But it isn’t about burning your bra or wanting to live in a man-free bubble, feminism is about equality. Just ask Emma Watson.

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    Do we even need International Women's Day?

    Joking aside, we absolutely do need International Women’s Day, because women are not equal to men. International Woman’s Day is over 100 years old. Both sexes suffer from opposing ideals of gender roles.

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    School Threatens to Call Police on Girl Who Wore Tux to Prom

    Such was the lesson learned by teenager Aniya Wolf when she attended her prom last week at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Penn. Since she was a little kid, Wolf has preferred to dress in a more typically masculine way, favoring pants and sneakers over skirts and heels. “I’ve just always been like this, ever since I was little,” she told her local ABC news affiliate. As Wolf’s mother, Carolyn, explains, they sent out a last-minute email in an attempt to dissuade her daughter from wea

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    10 Women Who Have Used Their Oscars Speech To Make A Difference

    By the time the 87th Oscars rolled around, everyone knew that Patricia Arquette was taking home the Supporting Actress award for her role in Boyhood - including Patricia. The 47-year-old used her speech to make an impassioned call for equal pay for women, which was met by rapturous applause from the audience, not least from fellow actresses Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez. “To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal ri

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    Women: wear skirts, not trouser suits, to succeed!

    Getty Images It's like the feminist movement never happened. Women are better off wearing skirts than trousers if they want to get ahead in the workplace, the latest research shows. Trouser suits, championed by Hollywood sirens Marlene