Gender Discrimination

• Google to pay $118M to settle lawsuit alleging it underpaid women

  The class-action lawsuit included 15,500 women and alleged Google paid its women workers in California less than male employees for similar work.

  Tech

  Jun 14
  
• Broadcast personality Jennifer Valentyne alleges gender discrimination at former employer

  Jennifer Valentyne has posted a video online detailing allegations of gender discrimination in former broadcast roles that she suggests ultimately led to her being fired.

  Canada

  May 24
  
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• Nigerian Olympian alleges gender discrimination kept her from competing in Beijing Games

  Simidele Adeagbo, who competed in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, has lodged a formal complaint with the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.

  Sports

  Feb 15
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• ‘Overt sexualization’: Why Olympic women athletes ran into uniform trouble before the Games

  Before the start of 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a British Paralympian was told her briefs were 'too short' and a swimming cap designed for Black women’s hair was banned.

  Sports

  Jul 26, 2021
• Quebec transgender inmate asks for transfer to women’s prison

  A transgender inmate convicted of murder in 2016 is taking the federal government to court, demanding she be transferred to a women's prison.

  News

  Jan 20, 2020
• Japanese women defend right to wear glasses at work after companies forbid eyewear

  “If wearing glasses is a real problem at work it should be banned for everyone, men and women,” Japanese writer Yumi Ishikawa said.

  Trending

  Nov 12, 2019
• Former WeWork employee accuses co-founder of pregnancy discrimination

  Medina Bardhi says in a federal complaint filed Thursday that she was demoted, derided for going on leave, and ultimately fired for raising concerns.

  World

  Oct 31, 2019
• ‘I ran faster and so did he:’ Why some women are afraid to run in public

  To make running safer for women, trans and non-binary people, experts say public spaces need to be created with gender in mind.

  Lifestyle

  Oct 18, 2019
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• Edmonton man rejected for babysitting job hits setback in human rights complaints

  The northern director of the Alberta Human Rights Commission says there's no reasonable basis to proceed with James Cyrynowski's complaints.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2019
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• Alberta man rejected from babysitting jobs files human rights complaints

  A legal group wants complaints from a man who says parents discriminated against him when they didn't hire him as a babysitter thrown out.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2019