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Former senator re-elected to United Nations committee

A former Australian senator has secured another term on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

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Being a feminist in China: A battle lost in advance

In China, the ruling Communist Party encourages women to focus on motherhood and the home, rather than self-emancipation. While some Chinese feminists have tried to denounce the inequality and discrimination they face, their numbers are dwindling amid a crackdown by authorities. Our correspondents report.

France 24

Border force apologises for failing to prevent ‘misconduct’ after reports found bullying and harassment

Exclusive: Apology issued to staff includes pledge ‘to foster a safe, inclusive, empowered, accountable and supportive workplace’

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‘Language is a massive exclusionary tool’: Delaine Le Bas, the Turner prize nominee battling Romany discrimination

A new exhibition shows how the acclaimed artist uses mixed media where words usually fail – in unravelling misconceptions about Traveller communities

The Guardian - UK

Troy Townsend to leave anti-discrimination football charity Kick it Out after 13 years

Townsend, the organisation’s head of player engagement, will step down at the end of June

Evening Standard

Actor Wendell Pierce Speaks Out Against Racial Discrimination In Housing

Actor Wendell Pierce speaks out against racial discrimination and legal challenges to diversity initiatives, emphasizing the importance of fair treatment a...

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UK Receptionist Who Can't Pronounce Name Of Law Firm Is Laid Off After A Week

Miss J Earle lost an employment tribunal claim after she was fired for failing to say the name of her law firm.

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Black-Women-Only Grant Program Likely Violates Federal Law, Isn't Protected by First Amendment

From American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Mgmt., LLC, decided today by the Eleventh Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Kevin Newsom, joined by Judge Robert Luck: [We hold that] the Fearless Strivers Grant Contest, an entrepreneurship funding competition open only to businesses owned by black women, [likely]…

Reason

Stealth quotas take a big step back in Congress

But not big enough: How APRA should be amended.

Reason

Mexico votes in elections likely to produce its first female president

Mexicans voted Sunday in a presidential election dominated by two women – a historic first in a country with a history of gender-based violence and discrimination.

France 24

Mexico On Brink Of Electing First Woman President

Mexican voters are expected to make history Sunday by electing their first woman president, a milestone in the crime-plagued country where gender-based violence and discrimination have long been rampant.

International Business Times

Merrill Lynch agrees to pay nearly $20 million to settle class action racial discrimination lawsuit

Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accuses the Wall Street brokerage giant of racially discriminating against its Black financial advisers

The Independent UK

'Humiliating and Degrading': Black Men Sue Airline After Removal from Flight Over 'Body Odour' Claims

Three African American men are suing American Airlines for kicking them off a flight headed to New York.

International Business Times UK

Grattan on Friday: Government’s pursuit of a hate speech law could take it down another cul-de-sac

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and his “shadow”, Michaelia Cash, are both volatile characters. When they met this week to discuss the government’s draft religious discrimination bill, an incendiary issue in the best of circumstances, sparks flew.

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Alex Salmond reports BBC Scotland to Ofcom in row over 'discrimination'

ALEX Salmond has reported BBC Scotland to media watchdog Ofcom ...

France 24

Black passengers who were ordered to leave a flight sue American Airlines

Black passengers who were briefly ordered off an American Airlines plane in January sued the airline Wednesday, alleging that they were victims of racial discrimination.

The Independent UK

Seattle’s embattled police chief dismissed amid sex discrimination and harassment lawsuits

Several female officers filed a claim for $5million, alleging harassment and sex discrimination

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California Lawmakers Push For Comprehensive AI Regulations

California lawmakers are proposing regulations to address AI discrimination, job protection, and deepfake bans.

The Independent UK

Black men who were asked to leave a flight sue American Airlines, claiming racial discrimination

Three Black men are suing American Airlines, claiming they were discriminated against when ordered to leave a plane in January

The Independent UK

California advances measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes

California lawmakers have advanced a host of artificial intelligence proposals that would protect jobs, build public trust, fight algorithmic discrimination, and outlaw deepfakes involving elections or pornography

The Independent UK

Airline sued for ‘removing Black passengers from flight over body odour complaint’

The men accused the airline of violating a Civil War-era law banning race discrimination in contracts

The Independent UK

UN rights group says Japan needs to do more to counter human rights abuses

A group working under the U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report about rights in Japan, including discrimination against minorities and unhealthy working conditions

France 24

Affirmative action becomes divisive issue in South African elections

As South Africans vote in a crunch general election, one key issue that's impacted the campaign is the policy of affirmative action the country began in 1994. A series of measures, known as the "Triple B double E Act" (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment), have favoured non-White South Africans in public…

AAP

Rio Tinto may face class action over sexual harassment

Lawyers are investigating if a class action can be launched on behalf of Rio Tinto workers subjected to sexual discrimination or harassment at Australian mines.

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