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According to a recent survey of members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 56 percent of members have noticed an increase in the number of mothers who are paying child support. 47 percent of members have noticed an increase in the number of women paying alimony to their former spouses. … [Read more...] about Who’s Paying? More Women Are Becoming Payors in Alimony, Child Support

Saujani is planning to expand the movement next year to several other cities, including Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. “We have to change what it looks like for women to be a coder, a technology entrepreneur,” she says. When girls are asked what they want to be when they grow up, “we want girls to raise their hands and say, ‘I want to be a coder.’ ” … [Read more...] about ‘Girls Who Code’ Seeks to Level the Playing Field for Women in Tech Sector

The Bench has since passed several orders demanding the response from States and Union Territories on various issues, and had, in February, 2016, issued guidelines for prison reforms. “The sum and substance of the aforesaid discussion is that prisoners, like all human beings, deserve to be treated with dignity,” it had then observed. … [Read more...] about Examine Measures For Rehabilitation Of Women Prisoners And Their Children: SC To Amicus Curiae [Read Order]

Building a team, sharing knowledge and changing culture were also high on speakers’ lists. Megan Mathias, an attorney at Stahl Cowen Crowley Addis in Chicago, advised lawyers to create the culture they wanted by naming core values; creating strategy that matches the culture; aligning team members, including leaders and those who have influence within the workplace; and defining metrics to measure the impact of the policy changes you seek. … [Read more...] about Women lawyers in legal tech careers say: Don’t feel you must go it alone

The legend goes that since the deity is in the form of a Naisthik Brahmachari, young women should not enter temple so that not even a slightest deviation from the celibacy observed by the deity is caused by the presence of such women. And interestingly all of us in Kerala born post 1970s know of this legend solely from a movie titled ‘Swamy Ayyappan’ which was released in 1975. Whatever it may be, the legend reflects an age old prejudice against women, where a woman was seen as a taboo for spiritual and religious sanctity. She was seen as a potential spell that would any time snatch away the celibacy of men, and mind you celibacy alone rendered those men powerful in matters of God. In such a backdrop she had to be ousted from the divine spaces. … [Read more...] about Ban On Entry Of Women In Sabarimala Temple