All posts tagged "Women"

  • U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Third Class Danielle Hinchliff, left, and Master-at-Arms Third Class Anna Schnatzmeyer listen during training in 2013. (Gerry Broome / AP, file)
    Lawmakers introduce bill to make women register for draft

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican congressmen who are military veterans have introduced a bill requiring women to register for the draft. Reps. Duncan Hunter of California and Ryan Zinke of Montana announced Thursday that the legislation is...

    • Posted February 4, 2016
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    80% of N. Korean defectors are female in 2015, overall numbers down

    The South Korean government released a report on Sunday revealing that 80 percent of North Korean defectors are female. The figures only reflect those who fled south of the border rather than to China or Russia. The...

    • Posted July 6, 2015
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  • An office in the Gangnam district in Seoul, South Korea (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korean women lag far behind men in wages

    SEJONG, May 19 (Yonhap) — South Korean female workers lagged far behind their male counterparts in wages in 2013, government data showed Tuesday, highlighting a deep gender gap in the country’s workforce. The average salary of a...

    • Posted May 19, 2015
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  • In this picture taken Sunday, March 1, 2015, Fatiha Ihallaine, 45, right, and Francis Andre, 45, candidates of French Socialist Party, campaign at an open market in Lille, northern France. In France’s upcoming local elections, one thing is certain: Women will win half the seats. After years of largely failed efforts to get more women in politics, electoral officials devised a new rule for March 22 and March 29 elections for 4,108 local council members around France.(AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
    Women to make up half the winners in local French elections

    PARIS (AP) — In France’s upcoming local elections, one thing is certain: Women will win half the seats. After years of largely failed efforts to get more women in politics, electoral officials devised a new rule for...

    • Posted March 2, 2015
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    China’s Great Wall against women

    According to Article 33 of the Chinese Constitution, every citizen of people should be treated equally. Even more specifically in Article 48, it states that women should enjoy equality right in the economy, politics, education, etc. But,...

    • Posted February 9, 2015
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  • Volunteers work at Club FF near Hongik University in western Seoul, Saturday, during a fundraiser to help women battling HIV/AIDS in South Africa. (Courtesy of Little Travellers Korea)
    S. Korean organization raises 4 mil. won for HIV/AIDS in Africa

    By John Redmond Little Travellers Korea raised 4 million won (About $4,000) at the Rubber Seoul club night, one of the biggest annual club nights of the year, near Hongik University in western Seoul, Saturday night, to...

    • Posted December 2, 2014
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    Women to outnumber men in South Korea next year

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Women will outnumber men in South Korea next year, while the country’s working age population will reach its peak in 2016 before falling, a government forecast showed Sunday. The future population estimate by Statistics...

    • Posted November 22, 2014
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