Have you ever sent a nude selfie? The question draws a thick red line between generations, throwing one side into a panic while the other just laughs. And yet, as far back as 2009, that fount of moral wisdom, Kanye West, was advising how to stay safe. “When you take Continue Reading
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Smuggled diary tells how abducted women survived Boko Haram camp | World news- Tempemail
The resistance began three months after the young women were taken from their school dormitory by Islamist militants and hidden in the depths of a forest. It would end in direct confrontation and disobedience, and an unlikely victory which saved their lives. But as the extremists of Boko Haram drove Continue Reading
Women in Tech Virtual Forum to Launch – Tempemail
Two technology giants have joined forces to introduce an all-women virtual forum that will bring women in the South African tech space together to learn from each other, share their challenges and empower a new breed of leaders in the industry. The Women in Tech virtual sessions are a collaboration Continue Reading
California man arrested after livestream shows 2 bodies women bodies California livestream livestream- Tempemail
Police in California arrested a man suspected of two killings after someone reported seeing a livestream on social media that showed him with a gun and two women lying motionless on the floor of an apartment. The Vacaville Police Department said officers went to an apartment complex for formerly homeless Continue Reading
No 10 pulls ‘sexist’ Covid ad showing all chores done by women | UK news- Tempemail
The government has been lambasted for apparent sexism after issuing a social media advertisement showing women, but no men, undertaking domestic chores – including home-schooling. On Thursday, the government attempted to distance itself from the official social media ad which urged people to “Stay Home. Save Lives”. The poster (above) Continue Reading
Bolt Launches ‘Women Only’ Ride Hailing Service – Tempemail
Bolt has launched a ‘Women Only’ service that enables female passengers to request rides from female drivers only – their request for a ride will not be visible to male drivers. Drivers and passengers utilising Bolt’s Women Only service are protected by an app-integrated SOS emergency button, made possible through Continue Reading
Young women of colour navigate the risky world of forex trading | Money
For 21-year-old Lina Khalid, it’s her grandmother’s dream of visiting Mecca that drives her while trading currency. “I’m gonna do it. Even if I have days where I’m not going to sleep, I’m gonna do it,” she says. A car for herself, some Air Jordans for her sister and being Continue Reading
The trolling of Katie Price shows attitudes to working class women are still stuck in the 1980s- Tempemail
In 1987, legendary pop duo Mel and Kim were adamant that “we ain’t never gonna be respectable (respectable)” – as if dancing about in berets was the height of unrespectability in the late 80s. Never has the inability to command respect seemed so much fun. I’m not sure much Continue Reading
‘Even mourning is said to shame China’: women of Wuhan fight to be heard | China- Tempemail
“When people from other places come to Wuhan now, they would have a feeling that nothing ever happened here,” said Ai Xiaoming, sitting in the book-filled study of her home in the city at the heart of China’s coronavirus outbreak last January. “It feels like they know nothing about the Continue Reading
Twitter removes China US embassy post saying Uighur women no longer ‘baby-making machines’ | China- Tempemail
Twitter has removed a post by China’s US embassy claiming that Uighur women have been “emancipated” from extremism and were no longer “baby-making machines”. The post linked to an article denying allegations of forced sterilisation in Xinjiang. Twitter said the post had “violated the Twitter rules” but did not provide Continue Reading