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Years ago, the roles of men and women were very typical. Men were supposed to bring home the bacon. They would go to work and earn money for their loved ones. During this time, some men would also leave their families in times of war. There were very

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Britains system of car insurance has been turned on its head by the European Court of Justice. For decades, British motorists have paid insurance premiums based on their sex. The rationale for this was that men were far more likely to have accidents

美国国家公共电台 NPR On #MeToo, Americans More Divided By Party Than Gender

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One year after the #MeToo movement took off, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows the nation is deeply divided on the issue of sexual assault and harassment. Most of the thousand Americans surveyed see progress in holding offenders account

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VOA慢速英语2014 Education, Gender Influence Use of Media in Africa

AS IT IS 2014-09-27 Education, Gender Influence Use of Media in Africa Recently, the Gallup research group joined with a United States government agency to produce a study about women and media in Africa. That agency is the U.S. Broadcasting Board of

VOA标准英语2015--Advocates Rally for Gender Pay Parity, New Legislation

Advocates Rally for Gender Pay Parity, New Legislation NEW YORK Activists gathered in New York on Tuesday Equal Pay Day to highlight a long-standing national problem: the gender pay gap. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, but more than 50 yea

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If you scold him, you are like a nanny to him; If he scolds you, it is because he cares for you. If you break your promise, you cannot be trusted; If he breaks his, he is forced to do so. If you smoke, you are a bad girl; If he smokes, he is a gentl

What’s More and More Not In A Name? Gender Identity

What do you think these names have in common? Royal. Charlie. Salem. Skyler. Justice. Oakley. Well, in the United States, all of these names are considered fitting for girls and boys. They are considered gender-neutral. And modern American parents ap

事实：首选性别代词-Preferred Gender Pronouns

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2017年CRI World Bank adopts gender equality strategy in lending money

Economists say that when gender equality increases, poverty is reduced. Swedish Minister for Finance Magadalena Andersson (left), Swedish Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality Asa Regner (middle) and World Bank's Senior Director in G

VOA标准英语2011--Closing Gender Gap Could Boost World Foo

Food prices continue to rise, threatening to push more and more people into poverty and hunger. A new report from the UN food agency says one of the best ways to boost agricultural productivity worldwide would be to remove the barriers women farmers

VOA标准英语2011--Women Scientists Close Gender Gap in Ind

The United Nations chose the theme of women and science education for this year's International Women's Day to highlight the gender gap in many parts of the world between the number of men and women scientists. Yanti, a scientist developing new chemi

美国国家公共电台 NPR France's Gender Equality Minister Wants On-The-Spot Fines For Sexual Harassers

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: France's new government now has a ministry that's devoted to gender equality. It's led by a young author and blogger known for her frank writing on sex and sexism. NPR's Joanna Kakissis met her in Paris. JOANNA KAKISSIS, BYLINE: Pa

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Gender Wage Gap In The Arts

The Gender Wage Gap In The Arts STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We heard a lot during the presidential campaign about the wage gap, the fact that women often earn less than men for the same kinds of work. Hillary Clinton pushed that issue, and she lost. But it

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Push For A Gender-Neutral Siri

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As in many other fields, gender bias pervades the sciences. Men score higher starting salaries, have more mentoring, and have better odds of being hired. Studies show theyre also perceived as more competent than women in STEM fields. And new research

EU Mulls Gender Quotas to Crack Glass Ceiling

Francoise Roels is the only woman among 12 board members at Cofinimmo. But that's about to change. The top brass of the leading listed real-estate investor in Belgium will soon have a completely different set-up. Last year Belgium introduced gender q

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环球英语 — 153：Potato and Gender

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2015年CRI President Xi Stresses Gender Equality at UN Meeting

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Since then, the declaration that arose from that conference has been a guideline to push for gender equality throughout