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Billionaires richer men, poorer women
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Billionaires richer men, poorer women

According to the Oxfam report, the wealthiest have doubled their fortunes during the pandemic. 252 men own more wealth than the one billion women and girls in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean combined. "In 19 months of pandemic the fortune of billionaires in the world has increased more than during the last decade" is one of the main data of the latest report from Oxfam International., the NGO which fights against the poverty. Entitled “Inequality kills” this 2022 report, revealed at the world economic summit in Davos, is dizzying. On the one hand, the world's 10 richest men have seen their overall wealth double during the pandemic, following a surge in stock and real estate prices. And since the beginning of the epidemic, the world has had a new billionaire every 26 hours. ...
Vote to recognize endometriosis as a long-term condition
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Vote to recognize endometriosis as a long-term condition

The National Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution providing for the inclusion of the disease in the list of exonerating long-term conditions. Emmanuel Macron announced a national strategy. “Big victory in the Assembly for the millions of women who suffer from endometriosis! My resolution in the LFI niche is adopted unanimously. It paves the way for the reimbursement of care, sick leave, for the sick. Pride and joy for affected women”: Clémentine Autain, LFI deputy for Seine Saint Denis posted this tweet as soon as the resolution was adopted by 111 votes this Thursday morning. Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects one in 10 women. This still poorly understood gynecological condition causes severe pain and heavy periods. Long ignored or treated as a fatal...
Ayesha Malik, first female Supreme Court justice
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Ayesha Malik, first female Supreme Court justice

In this conservative country, the appointment of this magistrate could improve the real rights of women. Ayesha Malik notably distinguished herself by deciding to ban virginity tests on women victims of rape in 2021. “This is a historic day for the emancipation of women in Pakistan” tweeted Zartaj Gul-Wazir, the Minister of the Environment. Justice Ayesha Malik, 55, was appointed on January 6 to sit on the Supreme Court of Pakistan. This appointment must be confirmed by a parliamentary group indicates the English daily The Guardian. Ayesha Malik is the first and only woman to join the highest judicial body in this country, which has only 15% of female judges in the courts, and only 5% in the high courts. His appointment was not unanimous: refused last year, it narrowly passed in ...
in Rennes, professionals at the end – Liberation
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in Rennes, professionals at the end – Liberation

AngerArticle reserved for subscribersMagistrates, lawyers, clerks demonstrated across the country on Wednesday to express the deep malaise gripping the sector. At the Rennes court, the understaffing is particularly glaring.An express gathering, for a timed trade. At 1:15 p.m. this Wednesday, in front of the Parliament of Brittany, which houses the Rennes Court of Appeal, there were still only about twenty of them, a little worried about being so few. At 1:30 p.m., a crowd of around 200 people is there: clerks, magistrates in red or black robes, mixed with lawyers who have come in large numbers to support them. The public prosecutor and some presidents of appeal chambers made the trip.In Rennes, as before many courts in France, part of the legal world has come together to denounce "a...
Vaccination of 5-11 year olds, the United States saved from bankruptcy, Boris Johnson disavowed … The news of this Wednesday – Liberation
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Vaccination of 5-11 year olds, the United States saved from bankruptcy, Boris Johnson disavowed … The news of this Wednesday – Liberation

Find the main news of this December 15.NewsThe time has come... for childhood vaccines. Several European countries - Greece, Spain and Hungary in particular - are launching their vaccination campaign this Wednesday for children aged 5 to 11. Only the Pfizer vaccine is currently authorized for this age group in the European Union, in a weaker version than that given to adults. In France, children “at risk” can also be bitten since today. For the others, it will still have to wait a few weeks.No payment default for the United States. The elected members of the American Congress agreed overnight to raise the debt ceiling of the United States, thus removing the catastrophic threat of a default in payment by the world's leading economic power. There was urgency: the maximum amount of ind...
Domaine Forget International Festival |  Salut d’amour by Marie-Nicole Lemieux
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Domaine Forget International Festival | Salut d’amour by Marie-Nicole Lemieux

A lot of emotion at the last concert of the Domaine Forget International Festival in Saint-Irénée, which also marked the end of the mandate of Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who for 10 years was the Charlevoix institution's ambassador. Posted on August 22, 2021 emmanuel bernier special cooperation Les Violons du Roy, a long-time collaborator of the Domaine, had been entrusted with the mission of sharing the stage with the contralto. Jean-Marie Zeitouni directed the phalanx, enriched by the contribution of supernumeraries ...
COVID-19 |  Israel studies antibodies in children three and older
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COVID-19 | Israel studies antibodies in children three and older

(Netanya) Israel on Sunday launched a campaign of coronavirus serological tests for children aged three and over to study the antibodies developed by unvaccinated young people on the eve of the start of the school year. Posted on August 22, 2021 Despite the increase in the number of contaminations in the country linked to the Delta variant, the Israeli government wants to avoid postponing the start of the school year, scheduled for 1is September. Israel has started the vaccination of children over 12 years old and this campaign of serological tests is aimed ...
Facebook and media royalties |  Divide and rule
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Facebook and media royalties | Divide and rule

Last May, we learned that 14 Canadian media, including The duty and the National Independent Information Cooperative, had signed a personalized agreement with Facebook regarding royalties for journalistic articles circulating on the platform1. Posted on August 22, 2021 Samuel Lamoureux PhD candidate in communication at UQAM At the end of July, we also learned that three other media, including the Globe and Mail, had also reached an agreement with the American company2. However, far from representing ...