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Beach handball body: OK for women to not play in bikinis

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 02 01:36 PM

The issue of clothing has been agitating beach sports circles for years. Players consider the bikini degrading or impractical. Read more »

Grade 5 student pinuri sa pagpuna sa ‘gender bias’ sa learning module

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 07:36 PM

Umani ng papuri sa netizens ang isang Grade 5 student mula Polomolok, South Cotabato nang i-post ng kaniyang tatay ang sulat niya sa Department of Education dahil sa nakita umanong gender bias sa kaniyang learning module.   Read more »

Duterte on De Lima: ‘Only bitch to make world believe she’s a prisoner of conscience’

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 19 02:42 AM

Duterte, who has several times drawn criticism for sexist comments and rape jokes, on Thursday called jailed Sen. Leila de Lima “bitch”, a term that he has often publicly used to describe women. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics ceremonies chief quits over pig insult to female comedian

Kyoko HASEGAWA and Sara HUSSEIN, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 06:23 PM

The creative director for Tokyo's Olympic ceremonies resigned on Thursday for suggesting a female comedian appear as a pig. Read more »

Duterte on Women's Month: Empower Filipinas, break 'backward mindset'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 02:56 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte, who has several times drawn criticism for comments on women and rape jokes, reiterated on Monday his appeal for the public to mark Women's Month by rejecting "backward mindset" and empowering Filipinas.    Read more »

Duterte urges Filipinos to champion women empowerment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 05:27 PM

MANILA — Marking Women's Month, President Rodrigo Duterte, who has several times drawn criticism for comments on women and rape jokes, has urged the public to join initiatives that "promote women empowerment." Read more »

Tokyo Olympics head quits over sexism row with no successor in sight

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 12 09:53 PM

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday after making derogatory remarks about women last week, in yet another complication for a games already imperiled by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics boss Mori to resign over sexist remarks: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 11 01:40 PM

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is to resign after he sparked outrage in Japan and abroad with his claims that women speak too much in meetings. Read more »

'Siya itong nagta-tantrums': Makabayan bloc blasts Duterte for 'sexist' remark

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 06:04 PM

Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives slammed President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday following his statement that women are not fit for the presidency, with critics branding the remark as "sexist." Read more »

Half of women put off by macho language in job adverts

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 13 09:40 AM

Biased language in some job adverts in Britain deters as many as one in two women from applying, a study said on Wednesday, amid a push to attract more women to male-dominated sectors. Read more »

How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ started a new debate about sexism in chess

Dylan Loeb McClain, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 17 03:11 PM

Though chess would seem like one area where men and women should be able to compete on equal footing, historically, few women have been able to do so. Read more »

'It's impressive': Artificial intelligence capable of writing books sparks awe

Jules Bonnard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 10:30 AM

PARIS - An artificial intelligence (AI) technology made by a firm co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk has won praise for its ability to generate coherent stories, novels and even computer code but it remains blind to racism or sexism. Read more »

Non-invite of Robredo at Batasan for SONA an 'affront to hardworking women': analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 05:56 PM

"Parang hindi niya binibigyan ng espasyo ang isang babaeng politiko na elected ng sambayanang Pilipino. Sa akin, hindi talaga maganda ito and this is an affront to all the women who worked very hard to attain their space," according to University of the Philippines political science professor Jean Encinas-Franco.  Read more »

CrossFit owner fostered sexist company culture, workers say

Katherine Rosman, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 25 08:00 AM

When Greg Glassman resigned this month as chief executive of CrossFit Inc., excoriated for comments about George Floyd’s death on Twitter and in a Zoom meeting, people who have worked there were surprised that his downfall was tied to accusations of racism.   Read more »

'Ang dress ay 'di yes': PNP women's desk tumindig laban sa 'victim blaming'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 08:23 PM

Nanindigan ang isang hanay ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na ang kasuotan ay hindi permiso para gawan ang isang indibidwal ng krimen.  Read more »

Sexist slurs mar Taiwan presidential elections

Amber Wang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 29 10:08 AM

The campaign for the January 11 polls has exposed an undercurrent where female politicians face a gauntlet of personal abuse and jibes that their male counterparts rarely suffer.   Read more »

Sexist slurs mar Taiwan presidential elections

Amber Wang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 02:04 PM

Taiwan has forged a reputation as Asia's most progressive democracy and it boasts a higher proportion of women in parliament than anywhere else in the region -- yet misogynistic insults have littered its presidential race.   Read more »

Wall Street learns the high cost of sexist comments

Juliette Michel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 01:05 PM

The #MeToo movement recently reached dramatically into the world of high finance, as one prominent Wall Street figure learned after losing the management of at least $1 billion in assets over his disparaging remarks about women.   Read more »

Malaysian senator drops proposed anti-seduction law after backlash

Reuters
Posted at Aug 01 02:25 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian senator on Thursday apologized after proposing a sexual harassment law to protect men from being "seduced" by women into committing sexual crimes. Read more »

Bohol mayor on Duterte’s ‘panty’ comment: ‘It was clearly a joke’

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 06:08 PM

A woman who had been the subject of President Rodrigo Duterte's "panty" comment clarified Friday she was not offended and that she understood that the chief executive was merely joking. Read more »