Posts Tagged ‘Feminism’

Family friendly workplaces take on a whole new dimension

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Latifa Nabizada’s daughter often goes to work with her helicopter pilot mum. Malalai has flown over 300 missions because the Afghan air force has no childcare facility. Family friendly workplaces take on a whole new dimension when going to work with a parent means heading to the frontline. In some ways Latifa’s story is heroic. Read more

Cardinal’s message to women ‘be creative at home’ irks

Friday, August 19th, 2011

Women in Cost Rica took to the street to protest comments by senior Catholic clerics that women be creative at home, not emulate men and dress modestly to avoid being dehumanised. At a ceremony honouring Costa Rica’s patron Nuestra Senora de los Angeles (Our Lady of the Angels) Mexico’s Cardinal Francisco Robles, said women should Read more