Women On the Board – Poverty Initiative
California becomes first state to require women to be on corporate board
The measure requires at least one female director on each board of California-based corporations by the end of next year. Companies would need up to three female directors by the end of 2021, depending on the number of board seats.
The Democratic governor referenced the objections and legal concerns that the law has raised.
“I don’t minimize the potential flaws that indeed may prove fatal to its ultimate implementation,” Brown wrote in a signing statement. “Nevertheless, recent events in Washington, D.C. – and beyond – make it crystal clear that many are not getting the message.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/4502326/california-women-required-on-corporate-board/
California Becomes First State to Mandate Female Board Directors
Law could run into legal challenges; opponents say legislation runs afoul of constitutional principles
California became the first state to require companies based within its borders to put female directors on their boards, adding to pressure on boardrooms across the country to give more women a seat at the table.
Discrimination and poverty linked, says B.C. NDP report into poverty reduction
Poverty and discrimination are closely linked, according to a report released Thursday that compiled the results of provincewide public consultations.
The What We Heard About Poverty in B.C. report is the result of public input on B.C.’s first official poverty reduction strategy.
Much of the report’s information came from feedback the government received from B.C. residents during community meetings held across the province from Nov. 2017 to March 2018.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/poverty-reduction-discrimination-1.4744865
B.C. vows to cut poverty rate by 25% in 5 years
The provincial government introduced legislation Tuesday that aims to cut B.C.’s overall poverty rate by 25 per cent, and the child poverty rate by 50 per cent, in the next five years.
B.C. is the last province in Canada to develop such a reduction strategy.
“We are confident that while those targets are bold, we have the capacity to meet those targets,” said Shane Simpson, the minister of social development and poverty reduction
“It is the law now and we have an obligation to do that.”
‘Breathtaking homicidal violence’: Latin America in grip of murder crisis
Region has experienced 2.5 million murders since 2000 and report paints bleak picture of extreme violence and deteriorating security
Latin America has suffered more than 2.5m murders since the start of this century and is facing an acute public security crisis that demands urgent and innovative solutions, a new report warns.
“The sheer dimensions of homicidal violence are breathtaking,” says the report by the Igarapé Institute, a Brazil-based thinktank focused on security and development issues.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/26/latin-america-murder-crisis-violence-homicide-report
3 Gun Control Quotes from Dictators
Dictators agree, an armed population cannot be controlled. Disarming the population is critical to establishing a tyrannical government.
https://lockedback.com/3-gun-control-quotes-dictators/
Gun Control: A Tyrant’s Tool in World History
Gun control is a tool that individual tyrants and various colonial rulers the world over have used to place—and keep—entire populations in a defenseless and subjective posture.
Three examples that clearly illustrate the truth of this are Cambodia, China, and Nazi Germany.
Cambodia became a protectorate of France in 1893. And according to the Texas Review of Law and Politics (TRLP), the French government first introduced gun control into country in 1920, when they “restricted” the carrying of firearms. In 1938 “a rigorous system of gun licensing” was also put in place. After this, the gradual but certain chipping away at gun rights continued until—by 1953—”gun possession for self-defense, target-shooting, or collecting was banned.”
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2014/11/10/gun-control-a-tyrant-s-tool-in-world-history/
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