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Heres what a day without a woman looks like

Heres what a day without a woman looks like

Following on the Women’s March, which saw several million people across the U.S. protest the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January, women across the U.S. and around the world are striking for the day. Sabrina Stein is one of the many women who took the day off from work. Women are being encouraged to skip work, whether it’s a 9-to-5 job or childcare and domestic responsibilities and wear red to show solidarity. Mar 9, 2017
Statue of young girl stares down Wall Street bull

Statue of young girl stares down Wall Street bull

As many American women prepare to draw attention to their role in the workplace, a Wall Street firm on Tuesday (7 March) put up a statue of a girl in front of Lower Manhattans well-known bronze charging bull, as if to fearlessly stare it down.Placing the diminutive, grade school-aged girl in front of the massive bull on the eve of International Womens Day was a way of calling attention to the lack of gender diversity on corporate boards and the pay gap of women working in financial services, a spokeswoman for State Street Global Advisors said. Mar 9, 2017
US envoy Nikki Haley says Kim Jong-un is not a rational person

US envoy Nikki Haley says Kim Jong-un is not a rational person

US Ambassador to the UN Security Council, Nikki Haley, insists that all the options are on the table while countering North Koreas increasing provocative acts through nuclear and missile launches in the Korean peninsula. She rebuffed Chinas proposal that called for the suspension of US-South Korea joint military exercises in the region and said that a revised policy is needed to handle the Kim Jong-un regime. Mar 9, 2017
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