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A Feminist’s List of Movies That Every Woman Should Watch. Great female leaders in movies: part two. Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich Last time we looked at three great female leaders from movies – Rita O’Grady from Made in Dagenham, Dottie Hinson from A League of Their Own, and Elizabeth I from Elizabeth.

Great female leaders in movies: part two

Here are three more, again with contrasting leadership strengths. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Kerry Washington. Malala Yousufzai and The Nobel Peace Prize. Kristen Stewart on gender equality: 'It’s a really ridiculous thing to say you’re not a feminist' - News - People - The Independent. Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize – Greenville College Papyrus. Written by Andrea Martin, Media by Jack Wang Friday – Oct. 10, Oslo, Norway The Nobel Peace Prize was shared between Kalish Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their efforts to bring about changes regarding the suppression of children and young people’s rights, especially regarding educational opportunities.

Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize – Greenville College Papyrus

Malala Yousafazai gained worldwide recognition after the Taliban targeted her for her outspokenness regarding women and the right a fair education within Pakistan. UAE Terrible For Women Despite The Pilot. Emirates News Agency / Internet MemeMajor Mariam Al Mansouri's bombing raids against ISIS made international news last month, but despite its efforts to project an image to the contrary, the UAE is not at the forefront of gender equality.

UAE Terrible For Women Despite The Pilot

A bombing raid by a female air force pilot from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made international headlines last month. But despite the headlines and internet memes, the UAE is not at the forefront of women's rights — not even compared to its Arab neighbors. The Emirati regime spends millions of dollars on its image in the United States. With the government keen to highlight its support for the US campaign against ISIS, it packaged the story about Major Mariam Al Mansouri story perfectly for American media. Emma Watson’s UN gender equality campaign invites men too. Emma Watson launched the HeForShe campaign at the UN last week and extended a “formal invitation” to men to participate in the conversation about gender equality.

Emma Watson’s UN gender equality campaign invites men too

“Gender equality is your issue too,” said the actor and UN Women goodwill ambassador. Watson’s speech struck a chord with many and fanned the feminist fire that is, slowly but surely, being reignited. The reason Watson invited men to join the conversation was that gender stereotypes also limit them. “Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong,” she said. CoverGirl on NFL Sponsporship: We Support 'Female Empowerment' Women Pose Nude For Female Empowerment. One group of women is showing us just how empowering our nakedness can be!

Women Pose Nude For Female Empowerment

The University of Wyoming's “Real Women, Real Bodies” organization is delivering a powerful message through a new photo series featuring nude silhouettes of women’s bodies. The photo project, which uses no digital alterations of any kind, was created to promote a healthy body image on campus and to specifically show women that they are beautiful both inside and out. Here’s How Women Respond to All Those ‘Female Empowerment’ Ads. The world's 10 most amazing design hotels.

Karl Lagerfeld Interview Chanel Spring 2015 Runway Pics. Tony Blair is wrong: teaching children to respect religion isn't the answer to radicalisation. At a time of increasing concern about religious radicalisation, Tony Blair has issued a call for school children to be taught to respect religion.

Tony Blair is wrong: teaching children to respect religion isn't the answer to radicalisation

But he’s got it wrong on all counts: it’s literacy about religion that our children need, not blanket respect for it. Respect per se cannot provide children with the skills they need to navigate their relationships with each other, or in the wider world outside of the school gates. And in any case, not all ideas are worthy of respect. There are many different religious beliefs practiced in the UK alone, let alone globally; even interfaith organisations which include more than just the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism), or the “top five” religions (adding Hinduism and Buddhism) still exclude some religious groups such as the Druids.

Religion and Family Around the Globe. All the attention devoted to the first Roman Catholic Synod on the Family, which wraps up this week at the Vatican, is but one sign that the ties binding hearth and altar to one another can still be the subject of considerable concern.

Religion and Family Around the Globe

That’s in part because the fortunes of the family in the West have largely ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of religious faith over the centuries, as scholars like Peter Berger, Robert Wuthnow, and Mary Eberstadt have noted. Here in the United States, the increasingly secular cast of American society has gone hand in hand with a retreat from a family-focused way of life that prioritizes marriage and parenthood. As Americans have become less likely to defer to religious authorities—from the Pope to the pastor—and less likely to darken the door of a church on any given Sunday, they have also become less likely to tie the knot and have that third or fourth child. Americans say avoiding international air travel over Ebola outbreak: Reuters/Ipsos poll. Riot police called to fashion and lifestyle exhibition at EventCity after crowds 'fail to turn up' Future Lifestyle Fashions acquires majority stake in Elisir Lifestyle.

NEW DELHI: Future Lifestyle Fashions, part of the Kishore Biyani-led Future group, today acquired majority stake in footwear firm Elisir Lifestyle for an undisclosed sum.

Future Lifestyle Fashions acquires majority stake in Elisir Lifestyle

"The company has acquired 60 per cent stake in Elisir Lifestyle Pvt Ltd, a company engaged in business of manufacture, supply and distribution of footwear and accessories in India," Future Lifestyle said in BSE filing. In the recent past Future Group has been investing and later on divesting stakes in many small companies. In November last year, Future Lifestyle divested minority stakes in ethnic wear firm Biba Apparels and designer Anita Dongre-owned brand 'AND' for Rs 450 crore. At that time Biyani had stated that Future group was exiting from mature investments that were made more than five years ago. Last week, Future Lifestyle announced divestment of 31.5 per cent of its stake in Celio Future Fashion Ltd. Mind The Gender Gap: Why Women Must Still Fight For Equality In Science.

Pulsars were discovered by a woman, Jocelyn Bell.

Mind The Gender Gap: Why Women Must Still Fight For Equality In Science

Credit: Wikimedia By Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University What was the greatest astronomical discovery of the 20th century? Some would say pulsars – highly magnetized, rotating neutron stars emitting beams of electromagnetic radiation. The scientific world was informed of these in a paper published by Nature in 1968. When the press learned that the research team behind the discovery had at one point considered that “little green men” might be sending the signals, journalists queued up for interviews.

Gender Quotas in Hiring Drive Away Both Women and Men. Emma Watson’s #HeForShe UN campaign inspires men to fight for gender equality. Enough Is Enough: Why #HeForShe Is Long Overdue. By now, most of us have seen Emma Watson's United Nations speech trending on Facebook.

Enough Is Enough: Why #HeForShe Is Long Overdue

HeForShe Is Creating a New Millennium Outlook  London named Best City for Culture at Leading Culture Destinations event. Mayor of London Boris Johnson 'looks forward' to tourists enjoying the latest accoladeDescribes London as the 'leading-edge' of cultureLeading Culture Destinations awards night took place in the Jumeirah Carlton Tower, LondonParis, New York, Miami, Shanghai, Oslo, Berlin and Mexico City, were among those competing to win awards.