A group of students has filed a lawsuit in the New York County Supreme Court against #YeshivaUniversity, claiming that the school violated the city’s human rights law by denying them the right to form a recognized #LGBTQ student club.
#IF20GenderEquality

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/04/27/yeshiva-university-students-file-lawsuit-get-lgbtq-student-club-recognized/

.@atonioguterres urged everyone to “recommit to the goal of equal access for young #women and #girls to opportunities in #science, #technology, engineering and math” on #InternationalGirlsinICTDay.
@UN_News_Centre #IF20GenderEquality #IF20Innovation

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/04/1090402

Today on #DiscoverViewpoints, read from Audrey Kitagawa of @InterfaithWorld on the power dynamics that drive #GenderInequality and the marginalization of women in some #religious communities.
#IF20GenderEquality

➡️ https://blog.g20interfaith.org/2021/04/27/power-dynamics-in-the-perpetuation-of-gender-inequality/

Church attendance is generally good for people’s health, unless “you are a #woman at a church that bars women from preaching or other leadership roles,” according to a study by @ASR_Journal.
@RNS #IF20Wellbeing #IF20GenderEquality

https://religionnews.com/2021/04/19/sexism-in-church-may-be-bad-for-womens-health-new-study-finds/

A new @UN report finds that almost half of all #women in over 57 countries don’t have the power to make choices regarding their healthcare, contraception, or sex lives. @UN_News_Centre #IF20GenderEquality

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/04/1089702