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JetBlue said Monday that CEO Robin Hayes will step down next month and be replaced by the airline’s president, Joanna Geraghty, who will be the first woman to lead a major U.S. carrier.

I have sent the link and I am waiting for my students to join the Zoom session. I am teaching them English. I receive a notification that my students are in the waiting room. I put a big smile, I let them in, and greet them in English.

In 2022, Korea mandated that listed companies with assets exceeding 2 trillion won must appoint at least one female member to their management teams. As a result, the percentage of female directors in Korea increased from 10.5 percent in 2016 to 14.6 percent in 2022, according to The Economist's data.

When Cara Ocobock was a young child, she often wondered at the images in movies, books, comics and cartoons portraying prehistoric men and women as such: "man the hunter" with a spear in hand, accompanied by "woman the gatherer" with a baby strapped to her back and a basket of crop seeds in hand.

Sudanese women have always been an inspiration to me. When the people of Sudan took to the streets to call for the ouster of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2019, women were at the forefront, leading the movement for democracy and change. It was estimated that women – who have long endured marginalization, harassment, and sexual violence in Sudan – made up as many as two-thirds of the protesters. Who can forget the viral image of the young protester Alaa Salah standing atop a car in a white toub leading a chant against the regime? After four months of demonstrations, the reign of President al-Bashir was ended.

The United States women’s national team (USWNT) went into this year’s World Cup looking like almost unstoppable favorites to do an unprecedented “three-peat” and claim their third consecutive title.

President Ebrahim Raeisi says unlike Iran, the Western countries have been violating human rights by using women as a tool and leverage against independent nations.

Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida's government approved on Friday a list of new senior and parliamentary vice ministers, devoid of any female members, in stark contrast to the reshuffled Cabinet lineup with a record-tying five women.

For Nina*, dal (stewed lentils) tastes like defeat, preparing it feels like a lost cause. “Sometimes, there is ‘too much salt’, sometimes there is ‘no salt’, so much so that salting is very stressful for me,” she says, recounting the harsh words her cooking receives from her husband of 27 years.

Education Minister Gabriel Attal says authorities are watching schools for signs pupils could be violating the newly-announced ban on the Muslim dress.