Women's soccer, formerly a "Easy Way Out" for Equality, is now a U.S. force

The Metro Curse states that the team that wins the city's metro tournament at the beginning of the season will end the year without winning a state championship. Brooke Volza and the other girls who compete in Albuquerque's top high school soccer division are well aware of this.

S. KOREA TO REVISE LAWS ON USE OF SURNAMES OF CHILDREN

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• S. Korea to revise laws on use of surnames of children.
• The country plans to revise such laws to embrace diverse forms of families.
• The Cabinet approved the ministry’s 2021-2025 plan to form the basis of its family-...

US VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO ADDRESS ANNUAL UN GENDER EQUALITY MEETING

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• US vice president Harris will address an annual United Nations meeting on the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment

• According to US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Vice President will be speaking at the vir...

S. KOREA’S MINISTRY OF GENDER TO SURVEY ON STALKING AND DATING VIOLENCE

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• S. Korea’s Ministry of Gender to survey on stalking and dating violence.
• The ministry is also planning to map out employment plans for women.
• A new division will be created in the ministry to review and monitor the ...

SEOUL TO INCLUDE FOREIGN RESIDENTS IN A NEW CASH RELIEF PLAN

• The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday it will provide emergency cash relief to foreigners residing in the city who were excluded from its coronavirus relief program in March.
• Under the plan, the city will pay up to 500,000 won ($421) to households whose income i...

LISE KINGO: WE NEED TO TIE TOGETHER SOCIAL EQUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND HEALTH

Highlights

• We are not sustainable in the ways we are living and producing on the planet
• Social inequality concerns are part of the sustainable development agenda

The UN’s sustainable business chief said that the coronavirus pan...

DIVERSITY MANIFESTO ADOPTED BY ITALY

Italy is famous for its design and fashion houses. The country’s fashion industry was criticized continually for racially and culturally insensitive designs. The Italian National Fashion Chamber released the manifesto which was supported by the country’s key fashion houses. It calls f...

The current growth slowdown is an ideal time to implement doable agricultural reforms

One of the world’s fastest-growing economies, India, is now facing sluggish growth, with the Reserve Bank of India sharply cutting GDP growth forecast to 6.1% for 2019-20, which is lowest in last six years; there has been a sharp decline in the performance of key sectors. Some economists fe...

Corporate Equality Index Suspends Google As it fails to remove a “Conversion Therapy” App for Gay people

According to the recently published, ‘Alphabet’ report of AXIOS, Google has been suspended from the Corporate Equality Index this year by the largest LGBTQ group in the U.S. which is the Human Rights Campaign. The simple reason behind this suspension is that Google has refused to get rid of an app t...