NEW YORK (AP) – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says women don’t need to ask for a raise. They should just trust the system – one that at technology companies is overwhelmingly male. Nadella spoke Thursday at an event for women in computing held in Phoenix. He was asked to give his advice to…
DetailsA Timeline of the Women’s Rights Movement 1848 – 1998 1848 The world’s first women’s rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, NY, July 19-20. A Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions is debated and signed by 68 women and 32 men, setting the agenda for the women’s rights movement that followed. 1849 Elizabeth Smith Miller…
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We are watching the situation in Hong Kong closely. Around the world, the United States supports internationally recognized fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. We urge the Hong Kong authorities to exercise restraint, and for protestors to express their views peacefully. The United States supports universal suffrage in…
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A PART OF PHOTOS BY WRIC’s VOLUNTEERS On October 11, 2014, Guizhou Province Miao and Sansui County; farmers, students, workers, merchants, taxi drivers and other demonstrations of tens of thousands of people gathered throughout the day, protested the containment of the county government.That night, thousands of protesters were armed. Riot police, closed all roads…
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Source: Women’s Rights in China volunteer Translated by: Qing Zhang Aug 8,2014 Last February, officials escorted Chinese dissident Lin Zhang’s daughter, Anni, away from her elementary school and detained her for several hours. When three activists, Huapin Li, Cheng…
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Source： WRIC Translated by: Anna Li and Wendy Mei 37 year-old farmer and father of four, Wang Guang Rong, took his own life because of the “more than one child fine”. The “more than one child fine” and the related birth control…
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Source： WRIC 07-29-2014 On July 28, 2014, a full-length play, “Stones of Tiananmen” was stage read for the first…
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Source： WRIC Volunteer: Su, Changlan July 28, 2014 Translated by: Anna Li and Wendy Mei Core Tip: On April 4, 2014, Ma Sheng Fen sent me a message saying:…
DetailsWomen’s Rights in China volunteer: Su Chang Lan Translator: Molly A. Moffitt On the afternoon of June 26, Women’s Rights in China Activists Xie Wen Fei, Wang Fu Lei, and Wang Mo…
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