The allegations are similar to many made around the world of gymnastics.
A formal apology is a good start for the gymnastics community, but it’s about actions rather than words as those who have experienced abuse in the sport seek redress. Gymnastics New Zealand chief executive Tony Compier on Wednesday formally apologised for the abuse many in the community had experienced. That followed the release of an independent review that highlighted the extent of the “insidious culture” within the sport, uncovered by a Stuff investigation in August 2020. Former Commonwealth Games gymnast, turned leading academic and advocate, Dr Georgia Cervin said it’s great to see the apology but “we re yet to see the understanding of the harm being suffered”.
Created: February 04, 2021 07:26 PM
On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks made a decision that changed the course of the nation when she refused to give her seat to a white passenger on the bus. On Thursday, busses across the country recognized Parks for that decision by reserving seats in her honor, including in Duluth.
“It was because of her legacy that we can ride the bus and sit in any seat we want to,” Henry Banks, a community leader said.
Banks and others gathered at the Duluth Transit Center on Thursday afternoon to remember Parks. The demonstration fell in line with what would have been Parks’ 108th birthday and what is Transit Equity Day.
Today, Feb. 4, is the birthday of Rosa Parks, whose act of resistance in refusing to give up her seat on the bus sparked the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1956.
This Feb. 4, we plan to join the Labor Network for Sustainability on Transit Equity Day as they connect Rosa Parks’ act of nonviolent resistance to the rights of all people to high-quality public transportation run on clean energy. You should, too.
“Urban transit systems in most American cities have become a genuine civil rights issue because the layout of rapid-transit systems determines the accessibility of jobs.”
We are thinking of this Martin Luther King Jr. quote as Black History Month begins because 65 years after Rosa Parks’ act of resistance, transit equity is still being fought for. Access to safe, reliable, environmentally sustainable, and affordable transit is still threatened by lack of funding even while it is more important than ever.
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Out of 101,000 newly unemployed in Italy, 99,000 are women
03 Feb, 2021
The covid-19 pandemic inequalities
If there were any doubts left about the fact that the pandemic was amplifying social inequalities, ISTAT has handled them.
Data on Italian employment was recorded starting in the summer, with the end of the first lockdown, and since autumn the situation has worsened even more due to the second wave and new regulations. In December, a month that would normally be sparkling with work between Christmas and end-of-year vacations, employment fell by 101,000 units, a tragic number in itself, but made even more worrying by the gender breakdown with which this occurred.