Word: genderism
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...group of international grass-roots leaders will explore the role of gender in conflict resolution as part of a recently launched joint initiative between the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Hunt Alternatives, a non-profit organization that seeks to foster democracy...
Mansbridge's program sponsors the Gender Research in Conflict Analysis and Resolution project, which is responsible for bringing the women to the United States...
...Business School is one place where the gender gap has been slow in closing. Of all the University's graduate schools, HBS has the lowest female-to-male student ratio...
Where boys' and girls' advocates generally agree is on the destructive nature of gender stereotyping. If girls are urged to catch up in math and join ice-hockey teams, boys should be encouraged to write poetry and take dance classes without being labeled sissies. Parents can enhance gender-neutral self-esteem by suggesting that a daughter help fix a leaky pipe--or a son whip up an omelet. "A little girl who says she wants to be a doctor gets a lot of support," says Bailey, whose Wellesley Centers are devoting their next gender-equity conference to boys...
...minute to raise money for political campaigns. Nothing eleventh hour about the most recent efforts of JAY LENO and his wife MAVIS. The couple held a meeting last week in their Beverly Hills, Calif., home to raise $500,000 and plan early strategy for a publicity campaign to end "gender apartheid in Afghanistan." Industry heavyweight SID SCHEINBERG and actress TERI GARR were among the 45 people who attended. The group aims to stop corporate investment and to cease recognition by any nation of the Taliban government, which has barred women from schooling and work. Mavis Leno has gone beyond giving...