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North America | United States | Career

Women Sue F.B.I., Claiming Discrimination at Training Academy

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Women who were once F.B.I. recruits sued the bureau on Wednesday, accusing it of running a “good-old-boy network” at its training academy that discriminates against women, in some cases because of race and disabilities in addition to gender, and sets them up to fail. Male instructors at the academy in Quantico, Va., exposed the women beginning in 2015 to a hostile work environment, sexual harassment and inappropriate jokes, according to the lawsuit. One woman said that an instructor referred to an African-American female trainee as “spaghetti head,” a reference to her braids. The woma
North America | United States | Corruption

Nearly half want Hillary to stop campaigning

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The weight of all of Hillary Clinton’s many scandals and alleged crimes is catching up to her in the polls. Growing national security questions about Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of State are drowning out much of her message as a presidential candidate and causing many of her fellow Democrats to worry about the future of her campaign. Is it time for Clinton to put her campaign on temporary hold? Voters are almost evenly divided on that question: the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters
South Asia | India | Business

Security concerns lead to drop in women’s employment

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A study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India says that the number of employment opportunities for women has decreased in the last two years. The report blames the downturn on the economic slowdown, and safety and security concerns. The female workforce declined by 26.5 percent in sectors that require night shifts and in units which are located in the outskirts of major cities. Long hours of commuting is also a factor that deters women.
Europe | Germany | Culture

70 women, including 9 schoolgirls, left Germany to join ISIS – report

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More than 70 German women, nine of whom are schoolgirls, have left their home country for Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State, the president of the German Domestic Intelligence Service (BFV) said. According to Hans-Georg Maassen, 40 percent of those women are under the age of 25. While the recruitment of young girls and women by the Islamic State is not a rare phenomenon, Maassen warned that jihadists have lately focused on luring females to join the 'caliphate' via social networks. Jihadists blog on the internet and are active on forums, where they look for women showing an intere

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