August 22, 2016

Too fat for TV?!

Last Wednesday, the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) suspended 8 of its female news anchors for being overweight. Local media reported that ERTU gave the women one month to lose weight (with paid leave) and said they could return to work when they had an “appropriate appearance”. (Photo Credit: https://goo.gl/sq2Ads) Female anchors were the only ones removed from their posts, which […]