The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), citing a 15-year study, reported that pregnancy discrimination rose 65%. The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) compiled recommendations for how employers and employees could reverse – or at least slow – the surprising trend.
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Sex Discrimination Commissioner of Australia Liz Broderick says women will end up with lower incomes in retirement because they are earning less than men on average.
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A prominent international media rights group says Iran has launched a crackdown on women journalists. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says two journalists -- Mahbubeh Hosseinzadeh and Nahid Keshavarz -- have been arrested and held for nearly two weeks after covering a demonstration calling for the repeal of laws that discriminate against women.
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Two prominent Iranian women's rights activists who were arrested at a peaceful protest on March 4 have been ordered detained for a month.
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are accusing Iran of increasing persecution and legal prosecution of women's rights activists. As VOA's Stephanie Ho reports, the two groups held a joint news conference in Washington Thursday to mark International Women's Day.
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The United States says it is "deeply" concerned by reports that Iranian authorities attacked peaceful women's rights protesters at a gathering to mark International Women's Day, Radio Farda reported.
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All but three of a group of women arrested during a peaceful protest in Tehran on March 4 have been released.
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An Iranian Nobel Peace laureate and the head of rights group Amnesty International have made a joint call for an end to Iranian laws that discriminate against women.
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The United Nations' high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, has expressed concern over the detention in Iran of at least 31 women activists who had gathered peacefully in Tehran.
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Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of more than 30 women activists who were arrested on March 4 while staging a peaceful protest in Tehran.
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More than 30 Iranian women have been arrested in Tehran for protesting against government pressure being put on women's rights activists.
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The French media-rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the arrest of three women's rights activists and journalists in Iran.
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