New York's Central Park gets first statue of non-fictional women

New York's Central Park unveiled a statue honouring three suffragettes on the 26th of August.

New York's Central Park unveiled a statue honouring three suffragettes on the 26th of August, to mark the 100 years of women's suffrage in the United States.
 The statue honoured Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, pioneers of women's rights from the 19th century. The monument, by sculptor Meredith Bergmann, now joins other permanent statues of 23 men and two fictional women, Mother goose and Alice in Wonderland, that are currently placed at the park.
 The statue was sponsored by a non profit organisation called Monumental Women which raised $1.5 million to fund it.
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New York's Central Park unveiled a statue honouring three suffragettes on August 26, to mark the 100 years of women's suffrage in the United States.
The statue honoured Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, pioneers of women's rights from the 19th century. The monument, by sculptor Meredith Bergmann, now joins other permanent statues of 23 men and two fictional women, Mother goose and Alice in Wonderland, that are currently placed at the park.
The statue was sponsored by a non profit organisation called Monumental Women which raised $1.5 million to fund it.

Women's Liberty: France defends 'freedom' to sunbath topless 

As the world grapples with an ongoing pandemic, the French government is faced with another heated issue, that is the issue of women's liberty of sunbathing topless.&nbsp;
After police asked bare-breasted bathers to cover up on a Mediterranean beach last week, an uproar ensued. The issue reached&nbsp;all the way to the French interior minister in Paris who tweeted, 'it was unfounded when two women were reproached for their clothing on the beach.'
Topless bathing is legal in France, but authorities can impose clothing rules in specific areas. However, no such restrictions were in place for the beach in Sainte-Marie la Mer&nbsp;and the local police had to end up issuing a statement saying they just trying to placate a family that complained.

Liberty issue: France defends 'freedom' to sunbath topless 

As the world grapples with an ongoing pandemic, the French government is faced with another heated issue, concerning women's liberty of sunbathing topless.&nbsp;
After police asked bare-breasted bathers to cover up on a Mediterranean beach last week, an uproar ensued. The issue reached&nbsp;all the way to the French interior minister in Paris who tweeted, 'it was unfounded when two women were reproached for their clothing on the beach.'
Topless bathing is legal in France, but authorities can impose clothing rules in specific areas. However, no such restrictions were in place for the beach in Sainte-Marie la Mer&nbsp;and the local police had to end up issuing an apology.

Scholars claim Shakespeare was 'undeniably bisexual' 

How's this for some period drama! Scholar duo claims to have found&nbsp;probable&nbsp;evidence&nbsp;proving&nbsp;Shakespeare's&nbsp;sexual identity

Scholars claim to have found evidence proving Shakespeare's sexual identity&nbsp;
Shakespeare's sexuality has long been a topic of debate&nbsp;
Scholars analysed the gendered&nbsp;addressing of his sonnets&nbsp;
Say the language clarifies that he was 'bisexual'&nbsp;
This and other findings will be published in a book in September&nbsp;
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How's this for some on-brand period drama! A research duo analysing the language Shakespeare used in&nbsp;his sonnets claim that they have found probable&nbsp;evidence to prove the playwright's&nbsp;sexual identity.&nbsp;
According to the analysis reported by The Telegraph, Shakespeare, whose sexuality has long been a topic of debate, addressed some texts to men, more to women and quite a few&nbsp;to an intentional 'genderless love interest.'&nbsp;
The scholars parsed through 182 of Shakespeare's sonnets and say, 'the language of sexuality in some of the sonnets, leaves us in no doubt that Shakespeare was bisexual.
The findings, among many others, by&nbsp;Professor Sir Stanley Wells and Dr Paul Edmondson&nbsp;will be published as a book by Cambridge University Press in September.&nbsp;

Daughters have right to ancestral property, SC rules

In an significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that&nbsp;a daughter is entitled to equal property rights under the amended Hindu Succession Act even if father died before September 9, 2005, when the law was amended

SC rules in favour of daughter's right to father's property

In an significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled thay a daughter is entitled to equal property rights under the amended Hindu Succession Act even if father died before September 9, 2005, when the law was amended. The three-judge bench held that rights under the amended law are applicable to living daughters irrespective of when they are born. Pronouncing the judgement, Justice Arun Mishra said: "Daughters must be given equal rights as sons, daughter remains a loving daughter throughout life. The daughter shall have equal rights throughout life, irrespective of whether her father is alive or not."

In an significant judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that&nbsp;a daughter is entitled to equal property rights under the amended Hindu Succession Act even if father died before September 9 2005 when the law was amended. The three-judge bench held that rights under the amended law are applicable to living daughters irrespective of when they are born. Pronouncing the judgement, Justice Arun Mishra said: "Daughters must be given equal rights as sons, daughter remains a loving daughter throughout life. The daughter shall have equal rights throughout life, irrespective of whether her father is alive or not."

Rape victim sent to jail for contempt of court while giving statement 

A 22-year-old gang rape survivor in Bihar was sent to jail charged with contempt of court while recording her statement in front of a magistrate in Araria. The woman had insisted that the two activists from NGO Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan accompanying her, read the statement to her before she signed. The woman along with the activists were booked for contempt of court. The FIR was lodged by the court clerk who alleged that the trio asked for a copy of the victim&rsquo;s statement and threatened the presiding officer. Meanwhile the activists allege that the survivor merely asked for a confidant and the court mistook her nervousness as a personal affront. The police has so far arrested one of the 5 accused in the case.&nbsp;

Bihar: court sends gang rape victim to jail for contempt&nbsp; Victim wanted her statement be read to her before signing 22-year-old, NGO&nbsp;activists jailed for obstruction&nbsp;of court FIR lodged by court clerk alleges&nbsp;women misbehaved&nbsp;

Thailand moves to legalise same-sex unions

The&nbsp;Thai Cabinet has approved a draft bill that will legalise same-sex partners with the same rights as married couples&nbsp;

Thai Cabinet approved draft bill allowing same-sex unions
On approval, Thailand to be&nbsp;2nd region in Southeast to such union&nbsp;
Bill does not explicitly condone same-sex 'marriage'
Allows gay couples to adopt children and merge finances
Valid for cisgender&nbsp;couples with at least one Thai citizen&nbsp;

The Cabinet of Thailand has approved a draft bill that will give same-sex partnerships the same legal rights as married couples.&nbsp;If the bill gets a go-ahead in the Parliament, Thailand will become the second region in Southeast Asia after Taiwan to allow same-couples unions. Although the bill does not explicitly condone&nbsp;same-sex 'marriage,' it will allow gay couples to adopt children and merge finances, including inheritances, according to a&nbsp;Bloomberg&nbsp;report.
Couples born with the same sex will be allowed to register their partnership if they are both at least 17 years old and at least one is a Thai citizen. Thailand has not legalised gender change, which means that this will only apply to cisgender&nbsp;couples.&nbsp;

Woman refuses to wear sindoor, court grants man divorce

The Gauhati High Court has granted divorce to a man, observing that the refusal to wear shaka and sindoor as per customs by a Hindu married woman amounted to rejecting the marriage

The Gauhati High Court has granted divorce to a man, observing that the refusal to wear shaka and sindoor as per customs by a Hindu married woman amounted to her refusal to accept the marriage. The court also observed that preventing the husband from fulfilling his duties towards his aged mother amounts to cruelty on the part of wife. The man and woman were living separately since 2013 and a family court had denied them divorce.

K'taka HC: 'Unbecoming of Indian women' to sleep after rape

In a bizarre judgement blaming the rape victim,&nbsp;the Karnataka High Court said that it was &lsquo;unbecoming of an Indian woman&rsquo; to fall asleep after being raped and &lsquo;that is not the way Indian women react when they are ravished&rsquo;.&nbsp;

K'taka HC : 'Unbecoming of Indian women' to sleep after rape

K'taka&nbsp;HC's bizarre judgment blames woman for rape Grants bail to rape accused as victim fell asleep after act HC: unbecoming of Indian women to react in such a way K'taka HC: why didn't she raise the alarm sooner?&nbsp;

While granting anticipatory bail to a rape accused, the Karnataka High Court on Monday said that it was &lsquo;unbecoming of an Indian woman&rsquo; to fall asleep after being raped and &lsquo;that is not the way Indian women react when they are ravished&rsquo;. In a bizarre judgement blaming the rape victim, Justice Krishna S Dixit observed that the woman knew the accused and voluntarily sat in his car having consumed drinks. As she did not raise any alarm while getting in the car, adding that just the 'serious nature' of the crime cannot be the sole criteria to deny liberty to the accused.

Shaadi.com drops 'skin tone' filter following online pressure

Matrimonial website Shaadi.com has gotten rid of a 'skin tone' filter that would let users filter people based on their skin colour. The move came after an online&nbsp;petition was filed against the desi dating platform demanding the removal of the colour filter, which was signed by more than 1,500 people.&nbsp;According to BBC, the wedding service was quick to remove the filter, saying that the feature 'did not serve any purpose and was product debris we missed removing.'
In the petition, Hetal&nbsp;Lakhani&nbsp;wrote that while getting the filter removed cannot change our mindset, 'it&nbsp;will&nbsp;stop giving users the option to discriminate on the basis of something so shallow and arbitrary.'&nbsp;

Asian matrimonial site&nbsp;Shaadi.com drops 'skin tone' filter
Online petition was filed for the filter's&nbsp;removal, signed by 1,500
Shaadi.com removed the filter saying it 'didn't serve any purpose'
May not change mindset but removes road to discrimination: petitioner&nbsp;

Survey: men reluctant to wear masks because they don’t look ‘cool’

A survey on&nbsp;2,459 people, conducted by&nbsp;researchers&nbsp;from London's&nbsp;Middlesex University and the Mathematical Science Research Institute in Berkeley, California,&nbsp; has found that men are less likely to wear masks because they find it &lsquo;weak&rsquo; and &lsquo;uncool&rsquo;.&nbsp;The study concluded that men associated the face covering as being 'shameful'.&nbsp;The study comes at a time when research indicates that men are more at risk to get infected by Covid-19. The study&nbsp;says men are also more likely to believe that they will not be impacted by the virus. The survey posits that age and gender play a role in compliance with wearing masks. Research&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;during the earlier&nbsp;SARS outbreak and the 2009 H1N1 epidemic, showed that women were more likely to wear masks as a precaution.

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Transgender persons can declare sex without medical exam: Centre

The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said transgender persons who wish to declare their sex will no longer need to undergo a medical examination for this purpose, reports Indian Express. The ministry&nbsp;issued the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules 2020 on Monday, a draft of which was first issues in July asking for critique from the community.&nbsp;
The draft was heavily criticised by LGBT&nbsp;groups who said that the rules took away their dignity by mandating the need for third-party verification for certifying a person's gender.&nbsp;Now, the district magistrate will issue the certificate based on an affidavit filed by a transgender, declaring their sex as self-perceived by them.&nbsp;

Transgender persons can declare gender without medical exam: Centre

Transgender persons can declare sex without medical exam: Centre&nbsp;
Transgender&nbsp;Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules 2020 issued
Draft released in July was heavily criticised by LGBT&nbsp;community
Now, certificate to be issued based on&nbsp;affidavit by transgender

The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said transgender persons who wish to declare their sex will no longer need to undergo a medical examination for this purpose, reports Indian Express. The ministry&nbsp;issued the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules 2020 on Monday, a draft of which was first issues in July asking for critique from the community.&nbsp;
The draft was heavily criticised by LGBT&nbsp;groups who said that the rules took away their dignity by mandating the need for third-party verification for certifying a person's gender.&nbsp;Now, the district magistrate will issue the certificate based on an affidavit filed by a transgender, declaring their sex as self-perceived by them.&nbsp;

Finland PM's outfit sparks sexist comments, Twitterati shows support

A photoshoot&nbsp;of Finland's Prime Minister Sanna&nbsp;Marin has become the centre of controversy in the nation, after the 34-year-old was pictured wearing a blazer with no shirt underneath.&nbsp;
Marin was viciously attacked by trolls for her 'low-cut' jacket look&nbsp;on the cover of Trendi magazine. Trolls went on moral policing rager&nbsp;asking whether she was 'a model or a prime minister?'&nbsp;
The comments angered another section of social media who came out in full support of Marin by posting their own photos wearing a similar look. Women and some men questioned&nbsp;gendered roles and expectations from male versus female politicians.

Finland PM's&nbsp;'low-cut'&nbsp;outfit becomes centre of sexism debate
Sanna&nbsp;Marin attacked for wearing a low-cut blazer in photoshoot
Trolls ask whether she is a model or the PM?&nbsp;
Comments anger social media who emerge in Marin's support
Post photos of themselves donning a similar look&nbsp;
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18-year-old Delhi girl becomes UK's highest diplomat for a day!

18-year-old&nbsp;Chaitanya Venkateswaran&nbsp;from New Delhi got to stand in as the&nbsp;UK&rsquo;s senior-most diplomat in India for a day as part of International Day of the Girl Child celebrations&nbsp;

18-year-old&nbsp;Chaitanya Venkateswaran&nbsp;from New Delhi got to stand in as the&nbsp;UK&rsquo;s senior-most diplomat in India for a day as part of an International Day of the Girl Child&nbsp;
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010615515468
Delhi woman 'becomes' British High Commissioner for a day
Initiative aimed to highlight challenges faced by women globally&nbsp;
Chaitanya Venkateswaran&nbsp;4th to win the annual&nbsp;competition&nbsp;
Says the experience helped broaden her perspectives

Chaitanya Venkateswaran from New Delhi had the unique opportunity to spend last Wednesday as the UK&rsquo;s senior-most diplomat in India under the mission's initiative aimed at empowering and highlighting the challenges faced by women across the world.
The&nbsp;18-year-old woman from New Delhi is the fourth young woman to take over as the British High Commissioner in an annual competition run by the UK mission in celebration of International Day of the Girl Child on October 11.
Venkateshwaran said her day was full of diverse experiences helping&nbsp;broadened her perspective on the role of women and their representation in fields of media, policing and STEM. Adding that experience made more determined than ever to help promote equitable treatment of women everywhere.

Abuse and harassment is forcing young women to quit social media

Global survey finds&nbsp;that&nbsp;more than half of young women have been&nbsp;cyberstalked, sent explicit messages and images, or abused on social media, with Facebook&nbsp;being the worst platform of all&nbsp;@planglobal&nbsp;#freetobeonline

Plan International reveals the truth about abuse on social media
58% women report being cyberstalked, harassed or abused online&nbsp;
Survey of 14,000 15 to 25-year-olds&nbsp;from 22 countries
Abuse most rampant on FB but common on other platforms too
19% have left social media after facing harassment
37% from ethnic minority say targeted due to race or ethnicity

A large-scale&nbsp;report by humanitarian organisation Plan International has revealed some truth about social media use that most women know all too well. The survey found that&nbsp;more than half (58%) of girls and young women worldwide&nbsp;have been&nbsp;cyberstalked, sent explicit messages and images, or abused online.
Covering 14,000 15 to 25-year-olds from 22 countries, the report found that attacks are most rampant on Facebook&nbsp;at 39% but similar problems are common on other platforms like&nbsp;Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Twitter and TikTok.&nbsp;
What's more,&nbsp;one in five girls (19%) have left or significantly reduced use of a social media platform after being harassed, while another one in ten (12%) have changed the way they express themselves.
As if that wasn't enough, more than a third (37%) of girls who are from an ethnic minority and have suffered abuse say they are targeted because of their race or ethnicity.&nbsp;

Japan Airlines goes gender-neutral, drops 'ladies and gentlemen' 

In a new initiative to challenge gender disparity, Japanese Airlines (JAL) is dropping, "ladies and gentlemen" from the greeting announcement. The airlines will go with expressions like, "attention all passengers" and, "welcome everyone" from October 1 on flights and airports worldwide.&nbsp;
The spokesperson of JAL&nbsp;told AFP&nbsp;that the Tokyo-based airlines aims to&nbsp;abolish expressions that do not promote&nbsp;gender inclusivity.&nbsp;
The decision is first of its kind as Japan does not recognises same-sex marriages legally, however, the government has started expanding rights for lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender&nbsp;citizens gradually.&nbsp;

Japan Airlines goes gender-neutral, drops "ladies and gentlemen" 

In an effort to become more inclusive, Japan Airlines (JAL) is dropping 'ladies and gentlemen' from the greeting announcements. The airline will switch to expressions like 'attention all passengers' and, 'welcome, everyone' starting October 1 on all flights and airports worldwide.&nbsp;
A JAL&nbsp;spokesperson&nbsp;told AFP&nbsp;that the Tokyo-based airline aims to&nbsp;abolish expressions that do not promote&nbsp;gender inclusivity.&nbsp;
JAL is the first Asian airline to adopt this practice.&nbsp;Before this, Air Canada also announced last year that they're making a switch from gender-specific to gender-neutral greetings including 'everybody.'&nbsp;

In an effort to become more inclusive, Japan Airlines (JAL) is dropping the phrase 'ladies and gentlemen' from its greeting announcements. The airline will switch to expressions like 'attention all passengers' and, 'welcome, everyone' starting October 1 on all flights and airports worldwide.&nbsp;
A JAL&nbsp;spokesperson&nbsp;told AFP&nbsp;that the Tokyo-based airline aims to&nbsp;abolish expressions that do not promote&nbsp;gender inclusivity.&nbsp;
JAL is the first Asian airline to adopt this practice.&nbsp;Before this, Air Canada also announced last year that they're making a switch from gender-specific to gender-neutral greetings including 'everybody.'&nbsp;

French museum apologises for denying entry over plunging neckline 

A female student in Paris was reportedly denied entry into one of France's most popular art museums, Musee&nbsp;d'Orsay, as she was wearing a&nbsp;low-cut dress, asking her to cover up the revealing&nbsp;neckline.
The museum, which is home to several bare-breasted paintings and sculptures, faced an outpour&nbsp;of backlash on social media for the incident that occurred on September 8.&nbsp;
After the woman's letter to the museum went&nbsp;viral on social media, officials have now apologised, saying that they deeply regret this and present sincere excuses to the person involved&nbsp;in a statement on Twitter.

https://www.thelocal.fr/20200910/paris-french-woman-denied-entry-to-muse-dorsay-over-revealing-neckline
Woman denied entry to Paris art museum for revealing neckline
Mus&eacute;e d'Orsay is home to many bare-chested artworks
Social media grills the museum for this incident&nbsp;
After backlash, museum authorities&nbsp;apologise to the woman

A female student in Paris was reportedly denied entry into one of France's most popular art museums, Mus&eacute;e d'Orsay. The woman&nbsp;was wearing a&nbsp;low-cut dress and was asked by museum&nbsp;security to&nbsp;her to cover up the revealing&nbsp;neckline.
The museum, which is home to several bare-breasted paintings and sculptures, faced an outpour&nbsp;of backlash on social media for the incident that occurred on September 8.&nbsp;
After the woman's letter to the museum went&nbsp;viral on social media, officials have now apologised, saying that they deeply regret this and present sincere excuses to the person involved&nbsp;in a statement on Twitter.

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