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Even so, glaring equality gaps persist: At the 2014 and 2018 Winter Games, men had three separate ski jump events, while women only had one. “It’s like, ‘Here, we’ll give you a little piece,’ and then, ‘Go away, leave us alone,’” Lindsey Van, a now-retired American ski jumper who helped lead the discrimination lawsuit, told…
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It can be hard to find the words to describe just how frustrating it is that gender inequality is still so pervasive, even in the wealthiest nation on the planet. From compensation to representation, women lag so far behind men that the World Economic Forum estimates it will take more than two centuries to achieve…
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In a time when just about every day is a holiday for something (did you know it’s National Banana Split Day?), there are a few occasions worth taking the time to commemorate. A big one for us is August 26—otherwise known as Women’s Equality Day. It was first celebrated back in 1971, in honor of…
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PHOTO: Jason Merritt/Getty Images As a vote on marriage equality in Australia approaches, Facebook groups have popped up to advocate for each side. But when VoteNoAustralia, a group that’s against marriage equality, used an image of pop star Meghan Trainor in a meme they got some serious heat from the star—and the Twitterverse, Buzzfeed reports.…
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