WHAT IS FREE THE NIPPLE? #FreeTheNipple controversy hits Durban | IOL. Durban - A Durban woman who was snapped at a popular nightclub in an outfit that bared her breasts has stirred up a heated debate on social media - with some critical of her but others hailing her as an ambassador of the “free the nipple” movement. The movement is named after the 2014 movie by Lina Esco, who also founded the movement. It has resulted in protests in several countries including America, the UK and Iceland where the call is growing for nipples to be treated equally for men and women. Andiswa Luthuli, who declined to give her age, has now brought the debate home through her attire, which also speaks to a growing international feminist movement to “free the nipple”. Luthuli was photographed on Monday at a township club wearing a see-through top which shows her breasts.
It went viral on social media after it was posted on the popular uMlazi haunt, Eyadini Lounge’s Facebook page. “This is my body, I do what I want,” Luthuli said. And she is not fazed by the negative comments. Gender pay gap closing but still wide. Ben Harvey - The West Australian The latest official report into gender equality in the workplace has shown corporate Australia has made inroads but the chasm between what men and women earn is still huge. The new study by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, an Australian Government statutory agency charged with improving equality in the workplace, found women account for half of the workforce but only 16.3 per cent of chief executive roles and 37.4 per cent of all management roles.
Women earned 77 per cent of the male average full-time income. The average full-time female employee made $26,853 less than her male counterpart last financial year. The scorecard, the third compiled, reflected improved equality indicators, specifically narrowing pay gaps and more women in management roles. Key figures last financial year compared with 2015-16 include: The gender pay gap was 23.1 per cent (down 1.6 percentage points) The proportion of female managers was 28.5 per cent (up 2.4 percentage points) Malala Yousafzai Wants To Be The Prime Minister Of Pakistan - Motto. Malala Yousafzai may only be 19 years old, but she’s already accomplished more than most people aspire to in a lifetime. In addition to being a staunch advocate for girls’ education rights around the globe, the Pakistani native is the youngest person to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize and she also has a bestselling memoir under her belt. Now, she’s revealing one more goal: to one day become the prime minister of Pakistan.
Speaking at the Investing in the Future conference in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Yousafzai said she hopes her latest dream would enable her to help girls and women more fully reach their potential in her home country. “But when I saw women role models, it broadened my vision,” Yousafzai said according to Gulf News. Benazir Bhutto became the first democratically elected woman to lead a majority-Islam nation as Pakistan’s prime minister in 1988.
Women are calling the Trump campaign about their periods. One Utah woman called Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Friday with a question: Where should she send her used tampons in case of a miscarriage? An Indiana woman called with a different query: Could she go swimming, or would the chlorine in the water be harmful to her unfertilized eggs? And a Colorado woman had a message for the campaign: She may have lost a couple hundred eggs just today. The flood of calls, reported in comments on Facebook, are part of a social media push started by women in Indiana opposed to a restrictive abortion law passed earlier this year in Indiana that required the remains of a miscarried or aborted fetus to be buried or cremated. In April, women began calling Governor Mike Pence’s office in protest. Now, with Trump’s announcement he has chosen Pence as his running mate, the “Periods for Pence” push is going national. article continues after advertisement Now, organizers urging women to report their periods are seizing on such remarks.
U.S. election exposes feminism’s failures. One blessing for which I am eternally grateful is that I came of age in the late 1990s and early 2000s, in an era where feminism was in fashion. So as I reached the age where I didn’t have much interest in listening to the feminist leanings of my mother, I could instead listen to those of Ani Difranco, Sarah MacLachlan, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and Bikini Kill. Heck, even the Spice Girls brought the message of Girl Power to the mainstream, wearing both feminism and skimpy dresses with pride.
I grew up in an era where tough chicks were cool and there were plenty of them to emulate. But as I entered adulthood, feminism largely faded from mainstream view. I’ve often wondered in the intervening years what effect this has had on us, as women, as a society, on how we understand and perceive feminism, or even recognize the need for it. I’ve had an inkling that it hasn’t been good. Now I know it’s been, to use the parlance of our time, a disaster. Jessica.Barrett@gmail.com @Jm_Barrett. Africa leads outcry over setback for feminism after Trump victory | World news. Liberia’s president has said Hillary Clinton’s defeat was a missed opportunity for women around the world, as fears grew that Donald Trump’s victory in the US election would damage women’s lives and political hopes far beyond America’s borders.
The shock result dashed hopes that a first female president could serve as a powerful feminist global figurehead, amid growing concerns that a Trump administration could cut aid funds for some of the most vulnerable women in the world. “We are extremely saddened by this missed opportunity on the part of the people of the United States to join smaller democracies in ending the marginalisation of women,” Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman to be elected as head of state in Africa, told BBC television.
Multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump, and his lewd comments boasting of assault on leaked footage, are particularly disturbing for campaigners against gender violence. “I cannot accept the result. The empowerment trap: Ivanka Trump and the art of co-opting feminism | World news. Here’s our reality: white women’s votes helped lead Donald Trump to victory. We can expect, in the days ahead, to see Republicans pointing to these votes as proof that women love Trump, and that the openly misogynist president-elect really does have their best interest at heart.
What will make this placation dangerous is that the incoming administration has a ready-made symbol to prop up their lie: Ivanka Trump. Trump’s dutiful daughter brands herself as a sort of Sheryl Sandberg-lite: she launched a Women Who Work campaign, was the catalyst behind her father’s vague maternity leave proposal, and carefully curates her social media accounts to present herself as a glamorous but accessible working mom.
And now, with a role on Trump’s transition team, Ivanka will continue to be presented as a salve for her father’s overt sexism and racism. Indeed, for most of the presidential campaign, Ivanka functioned as a telegenic, articulate shield against accusations of misogyny leveled against Trump.
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