Gender

Facebook enables gender discrimination in job ads, European human rights body rules

Editor’s Note: This story is part of ‘Systems Error’, a series by CNN’s As Equals, investigating how your gender shapes your life online. For information about how CNN As Equals is funded and more, check out our FAQs. A European human rights body has ruled that Facebook’s algorithm shows gender bias when promoting job advertisements, …

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Egypt Independent March 4, 2025

Dutton shuts down Nationals’ call for gender debate

Peter Dutton has no plans to change the coalition’s position on transgender rights despite calls to “lean into” changes following

Australian Associated Press January 24, 2025

International Criminal Court seeks warrants for Taliban leaders for gender-based crimes

CNN — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for alleged gender-based crimes, as the group continues to crack down on women’s rights in Afghanistan. In a Thursday statement the ICC chief prosecutor said that “there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and …

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Egypt Independent January 24, 2025

Women return to coalition as Labor hits gender parity

Anthony Albanese may be the first prime minister to have an equal number of women in his cabinet, but the

Australian Associated Press January 21, 2025

The unexpected gender dynamic shaping the 2024 US election

CNN — All signs suggest that the partisan divide over changing gender roles in society could widen even further in the 2024 election, adding a new source of uncertainty to a contest already on a knife’s edge. Donald Trump’s recent declaration to female voters that “I will be your protector” offered the latest demonstration of …

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Egypt Independent October 2, 2024