The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy

This is the book you have to buy:

Try to get your copy as soon as possible!

Malala Yousafzai

And talking about women ...

Listen to her and come to the next class with her 3 main ideas.

French women to walk out of work in protest against gender pay gap

Les Glorieuses, a weekly feminist newsletter in France, has called on women across the country to walk out of their jobs at precisely 4:34pm on November 7 to protest against income inequality in the workplace.

Women in France earn around 15.1 percent less than men, according to the latest data from the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat, which Les Glorieuses has calculated to mean women will be essentially working for free for the rest of the year after 4:34pm on November 7.

“As of 4:34pm [and 7 seconds] on November 7, women will be working ‘voluntarily’,” the organisation said in a statement on its website. “We call on women, men, unions and feminist organisations to join the movement… and to hold events and protests in order to make income inequality a central political problem. By tackling this subject, we’re showing that the gender pay gap is not just a ‘woman’s issue’.”

The demonstration, which has been dubbed #7NOVEMBRE16H34, was inspired by a similar initiative in Iceland last month, during which thousands of women protested against the country’s 14 percent gender pay gap ending the workday 14 percent early at 2:38pm.

ust two days after the walk-out in Iceland, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published a report that found if the global economic gender gap continues to shrink at its present rate, it could take up to 170 years before it closes.

But Les Glorieuses said it’s not willing to wait that long for equal pay, and has called on women across France to take a stand. At the time of publication, 1,800 people had committed on Facebook to participating in #7NOVEMBRE16H34, while an online petition garnered nearly 1,400 signatures.

To read more, click here: FRANCE24

Steve Jobs at Standford University

This is Steve Job's commencement speech at Standford University

You have to watch it and do the gap filling exercise. I corresponds to the forst 8 minutes, more or less.  Then watch it again and focus on the second part. Take some notes and write down the main ideas he mentions and remark the ones you find more inspiring or motivating.

We'll put it in common in the next class.

What about going to the cinema?

When?
 Thursday 3rd November

What films?
20:00H  A QUIET PASSION (V.O.S.)
21:45H  THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (V.O.S.)

Where?
 CINES SÉPTIMO OFICIO. BURGOCENTRO DE LAS ROZAS

How much?
Just 5€

Tiny New Zealand town with 'too many jobs' launches drive to recruit outsiders

Kaitangata, in South Island, offers attractively priced house and land packages in hope of tempting city-dwellers to relocate

A tiny New Zealand town has a unique problem – too many jobs, too many affordable houses and not enough people to fill them.

So the 800 residents of picturesque Kaitangata, in the South Island, have launched a recruitment drive to lure new residents to the town.

The scheme involves offering house and land packages in the rural community for an attractive NZ$230,000 (£122,000) in the hope that Kiwis struggling with life in big cities will be tempted to relocate.

Bryan Cadogan, there mayor of the Clutha district, which includes Kaitangata, estimates there are upwards of 1,000 jobs vacant in his district and local residents are unable to meet demand.

He said: “When I was unemployed and had a family to feed, the Clutha gave me a chance, and now we want to offer that opportunity to other Kiwi families who might be struggling.

“We have got youth unemployment down to two. Not 2% – just two unemployed young people.”

The major employers in the Clutha district are linked to primary industries – including a dairy processing plant and freezing works – and for many years they have been forced to bus in workers from the provincial hub of Dunedin, which is over an hour away.

“I despair over the way many Kiwi families are forced to live these days,” said Cadogan, who is a born and bred local.

Click here to read the original article: The Guardian