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Largest all-female expedition braves Antarctica to fight inequality, climate change
Reuters ^
Posted on 11/29/2016 9:29:09 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Largest all-female expedition braves Antarctica to fight inequality, climate change
By Umberto Bacchi
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The largest all-female expedition to Antarctica, comprising 76 scientists, is due to set sail from Argentina on Friday in a quest to promote women in science and highlight the impact of climate change on the planet.
The international team will brave sub-zero temperatures to undergo a 20-day bootcamp on the frozen continent aimed at developing their leadership skills and challenging male dominance of senior scientific roles.
Women make up only 28 percent of the world's researchers and are particularly under-represented at senior levels, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says.
Yet greater female leadership is needed to fight climate change, which disproportionately affects women, according to Fabian Dattner, co-founder of the Antarctica initiative, Homeward Bound.
"Mother Nature needs her daughters," said Dattner, an Australian entrepreneur and leadership coach.
(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Japan; Mexico; News/Current Events; Russia; US: Alaska; US: District of Columbia; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: globalwarming
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Well La - De - Da............
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:30:26 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: Sub-Driver
Stay there and don’t come back
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:30:52 PM PST
by
Rebel2016
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:31:00 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Sub-Driver
Why, just yesterday, I sensed a lessening of inequality and global warming got better. Do you suppose . . . ?
To: Sub-Driver
So much blather, so little time.
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:32:14 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:32:24 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
To: Sub-Driver
If this inspires an all-female remake of The Thing, I’m gonna hurl chunks.
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:33:20 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Sub-Driver
Of course there’s a man along, in case something goes wrong.
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:33:31 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Sub-Driver
“Mother Nature needs her daughters”
NON-STOP PAGANISM! Absolutely disgusting!!! WHO is funding this nonsense???
To: Sub-Driver
Pure, unadulterated sexism with no shame
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:34:33 PM PST
by
map
To: Sub-Driver
Not a bunch of topless photos again in cold goosebumpy weather.
Sheesh, will we ever tire of this?
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:34:57 PM PST
by
jcon40
To: Sub-Driver
Many of sub-Saharan Africa's smallholder farmers - one of the groups hardest hit by more frequent and worsening drought linked to climate change - are women.
In other parts of the developing world, women and girls face the prospect of walking further to gather water as a result of climate change drying up riverbeds and groundwater supplies.
Natural disasters, which are expected to worsen with climate change, are also likely to kill more women and girls than men, a 2007 study from the London School of Economics showed.
I guessing this will be the 3rd year(4th year?) in a row, some climate change fanatics will have to be rescued from the climate in Antartica.
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:35:01 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(obama = Fredo smart)
To: Sub-Driver
“Yet greater female leadership is needed to fight climate change, which disproportionately affects women”
Climate change is sexist?
To: Sub-Driver
Great, now like everest, antactica will be littered with frozen corpsicles...
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:36:05 PM PST
by
GraceG
(Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
To: Sub-Driver
Let them go, let them go
Turn my back and slam the door
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:36:24 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
To: stylin19a
Better not call men to come in with helicopters and rescue equipment, that would be subjugation.
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:37:03 PM PST
by
LukeL
To: stylin19a
____Insert Natural Disaster here_______ women, children and minorities hit hardest....
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:37:08 PM PST
by
GraceG
(Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
To: Sub-Driver
Wait a minute here... I thought they were going to do scientist things, not corporate team building exercises...
I mean, this is just embarrassing. ‘We're going down to Antarctica to show that women can do science just as well as men can!’ Umm, you mean just as well as a climate scientist, obviously, as they too do no actual science on their expeditions, just simply pose for pictures when they see something that fits their agenda.
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posted on
11/29/2016 9:37:22 PM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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