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YWCA to Host Live Webcast on “The Politics of Beauty” on June 20, 2011
YWCA USA will host a free, live webinar entitled “Beauty and the Beholder: The Politics of Beauty and Image” to address the issue of Appearance-Based Discrimination. The webinar will explore the impact of discrimination based on looks for all women … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty and Self Image, Empowering Women, Upcoming Events
Tagged appearance-based discrimination, beauty, black women, colorism, deborah rhode, discrimination, gender dsicrimination, gloria lau, politics, psychology today, racism, Satoshi Kanazawa, sexism, susan l. taylor, webcast, webinar, women, ywca, ywca usa
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YWCA to Host May 12 Live Online Event on Rape Kit Backlog and VAWA
Fifteen out of 16 rapists never spend a day in jail. Undetected repeat offenders commit 91% of all rapes. Yet across the nation, hundreds of thousands of rape evidence kits remain unprocessed. These unprocessed rape kits are justice denied for … Continue reading