3/20/2017: Iceland Plans To Become World's First Country To Require Equal Pay For Women - 70-Year-Old Woman Runs 7 Marathons on 7 Continents in 7 Days

Today's Article: Iceland Plans To Become World's First Country To Require Equal Pay For Women
From: NPR
Readability Score: 11.2

"Gender equality benefits all of us," Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said on International Women's Day

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Readability Score: 8.1

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3/11/2016: International Women's Day: Sexism Rife in Textbooks, Says Unesco - Officers Break the Rules to Save Baby Wounded in Drive-By Shooting

Today's Article: International Women's Day: Sexism Rife in Textbooks, Says Unesco (12.6)
From: BBC

Sexist attitudes are "rife" in school textbooks used in developing countries, according to Unesco.

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