Read more gender discrimination stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13154/gender-discrimination.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:02:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64146/women-wont-ski-jump-in-2010-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Canadian judge says the International Olympic Committee is clearly discriminating against female ski jumpers by not including their event in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics—but there’s nothing she can do about it, NPR reports. A group of women jumpers had sued the organizing committee, hoping to have their event...http://www.newser.com/story/64146/women-wont-ski-jump-in-2010-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 12:48:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62849/female-brokers-sue-bofa-for-discrimination.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former Merrill Lynch broker is leading a class-action lawsuit against Bank of America for offering female workers lower retention bonuses, Reuters reports. The suit alleges that Merrill had a longtime practice of steering wealthier clients to its male brokers. Because of that, when BofA acquired the firm and offered...http://www.newser.com/story/62849/female-brokers-sue-bofa-for-discrimination.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 15:36:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61466/turkey-loses-milestone-gender-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEurope’s human rights court has ruled against Turkey in a key gender-discrimination case, holding that the country was too lenient toward a man who attacked his wife and killed his mother-in-law. The case marks the first time the Court of Human Rights has labeled such a case gender discrimination, a...http://www.newser.com/story/61466/turkey-loses-milestone-gender-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Jun 2009 8:02:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58205/ginsburg-wants-another-woman-at-high-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmong the many people calling on Barack Obama to name a woman to fill his first Supreme Court vacancy, one voice stands out: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the sole female on the nation's highest bench. In a frank interview with USA Today , the justice says that some of her male colleagues...http://www.newser.com/story/58205/ginsburg-wants-another-woman-at-high-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 7:28:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50069/us-women-set-to-surpass-men-in-labor-force.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs unemployment rises, the US is on the verge of a surprising milestone: for the first time, more women than men will be on the nation's payrolls. As the New York Times reports, 82% of the people who have lost their jobs in the recession are men, who have substantial...http://www.newser.com/story/50069/us-women-set-to-surpass-men-in-labor-force.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 6:50:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32459/title-ix-turns-to-science-where-are-the-women-physicists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTitle IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's groups and members of Congress...http://www.newser.com/story/32459/title-ix-turns-to-science-where-are-the-women-physicists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jul 2008 8:59:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32328/from-britain-with-love-mi6-seeks-minorities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNext year's 007's may look more like Charlie's Angels than James Bond, as MI6 seeks to recruit more women and minority agents, the AP reports. The drive, which has netted 20,000 résumés over the past 12 months, welcomes Asian and Middle Eastern language speakers, the disabled, and women—and...http://www.newser.com/story/32328/from-britain-with-love-mi6-seeks-minorities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Jul 2008 16:32:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29865/inside-academia-subtler-sexism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGender discrimination at research universities is surely much better than it was in decades past, but a study based on interviews of female faculty finds that sexism remains on campus, Inside Higher Ed reports. While overt shows of bias are rare, a host of subtler, “deeply entrenched inequities” have replaced...http://www.newser.com/story/29865/inside-academia-subtler-sexism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Jun 2008 14:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28916/a-call-for-a-clinton-speech-on-sexism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe time is ripe for Hillary Clinton to speak out on gender discrimination openly and honestly, writes Anna Holmes in the New York Times . After she ends her bid for the White House, such a move wouldn’t be called a political stunt, and would afford her the opportunity “to speak...http://www.newser.com/story/28916/a-call-for-a-clinton-speech-on-sexism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Jun 2008 7:56:40 CDT