The Draft Opinion (below) of the European Parliament FEMM Committee on Women’s Rights & Gender Equality refers to advertising that is discriminatory towards women, gender stereotypes, sexist images.
BUT LOOK AT THE DATE – THIS WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2010!!
Still, we persevere and continue our advocacy against negative gender messages and images in advertising, media +.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FEMM COMMITTEE ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS & GENDER EQUALITY
DRAFT OPINION ON THE IMPACT OF ADVERTISING ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
for the Committee on the Internal Market & Consumer Protection
A woman in the City of the Dead in Cairo. More than half of the Egyptian men surveyed agreed that ‘there are times when a woman deserves to be beaten’. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Study carried out across Middle East and North Africa shows traditional attitudes prevail, with men’s views of equality at odds with hopes of young women
By Kate Lyons – 2 May 2017
Men’s views of equality between the sexes are woefully out of sync with the hopes of young women, according to a survey across the Middle East and north Africa.
Male attitudes towards the role of women in the workplace and at home, and of their participation in public life, were stereotypically sexist in the study of views in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine.
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Oral Statement on behalf of Indigenous Women Delegation
MADRE/RLS -- NYC Office
16th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
April 27, 2017
Item 3: Follow up on the Recommendations of the UN Permanent Forum
Empowerment of Indigenous Women
April 26, 2017 - Unlike most nations in the industrialized world, the United States does not guarantee that workers receive paid sick leave. Some employees are eligible for unpaid time off to care for their own or a close family member’s “serious health condition” under the Family and Medical Leave Act. But more than 50 million workers in this country still have no access to paid sick days. Two recent IWPR-IMPAQ International studies show that national paid sick leave would disproportionately benefit women and low-paid workers – without significantly increasing employers’ costs.
