Lahore’s Kinza turns ‘Abdullah’ after gender change surgery
Kinza was diagnosed with indeterminate sex eight months ago and her gender was successfully reassigned to male.
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Google moves to curb gender bias in translation application
Google said Thursday it was tweaking its translation application with the goal of reducing gender bias.
The move comes amid criticism that Google Translate often defaulted to masculine names when it converted text to another language.
"Over the course of this year, there's been an effort across Google to promote fairness and reduce bias in machine learning," product manager James Kuczmarski said in a blog post.
Up to now, the translate program provided only one translation for a query, often choosing the masculine…
Facebook accused of discrimination with job ad targeting
A complaint has been filed with the US government accusing Facebook and 10 other companies of using the platform's job ad targeting system to discriminate on the basis of gender.
Saudi body appears to retract call to end gender segregation
RIYADH: A Saudi body seems to have backtracked on a new initiative calling to end prayer-time store closures and gender segregation in public places - potentially divisive reforms for the deeply conservative kingdom.
Arabic-language newspaper Okaz reported that the Quality of Life program to improve life in Saudi Arabia had cited both practices as requiring “immediate change” in order to increase the public’s participation in its activities and boost investor confidence.
The article, published on Friday, was later…
Marvi appointed to seat of WB’s Advisory Council on Gender, Development
ISLAMABAD: Chairperson Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Marvi Memon has been appointed to a seat of World Bank's Advisory Council on Gender and Development.
Marvi, who is in Washington to attend the Annual Spring Meetings of World Bank and International Monetary Fund, said the appointment is an honour for her and the country.
She gave a briefing about the performance of BISP and urged the World Bank partners to use the National Data Registry compiled by BISP for their development programs.
Marvi Memon vowed to…
Woman says her marriage becomes stronger after husband changes gender
DURHAM: A woman disclosed how her marriage became stronger than ever after her husband told her that he wanted to live as a woman.
According to details, a 48-year old female Fiona Bosanquet in Durham county was shocked when her spouse Stephen told her that he wanted to change his gender and live as Stephanie. She opposed her husband's wish but decided to let him change his sex.
The couple have been married for 28 years and have four children Abigail, 27, Angela 24, Jack 18, and Amy, 16.
They first met on a blind…
Economic gender gap could take 170 years to close: WEF
GENEVA: The economic gender gap could take 170 years to close after progress towards parity between the sexes suffered "a dramatic slowdown", the World Economic Forum (WEF) said in a report on Wednesday.
Despite the fact women have made major gains in educational achievement -- catching or surpassing men in 95 countries -- women still earn less in exchange for longer hours, are less likely to have a job and are far less likely to have a senior or managerial post, the report said.
The Geneva-based WEF has tracked the…
Interprovincial moot develops roadmap to minimise gender wage gap
ISLAMABAD: An interprovincial moot on Friday developed a roadmap to minimize the gender wage gap from 36 percent to 10 percent in next three years in favour of women workers.
‘Tick here please’: Changing gender in Norway gets easier
OSLO: As the commander of a Cold War submarine tracking the Soviets, John Jeanette's dresses were stashed away in a locker reserved for top-secret documents.
Empowerment of women is an important ingredient in climate resistance: Chairman NDMA
According to Maj. General Asghar Nawaz, women are disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters and climate change.