UN population fund says lack of empowerment affects every aspect of life for women in the world’s 48 least developed
Read more
Category: Gender Inequality
The gender pay gap means that more women will be in poverty later in life – but there is something the government can do
This week’s report by IFS illuminates the persistence of the gender pay gap. It highlights that women in paid work
Read more
Analysis: Obama Building a Legacy on Gender Equality Issues
Gender equality is one of those issues that President Barack Obama takes very personally. “We’re going to keep pushing until
Read more
Group calls on Trudeau to appoint gender-balanced Senate
A group of Canadian women has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the Senate gender-equal. 82 women signed an open
Read more
Where Girls Are Missing Out on High-School Sports
Forty-three years ago, a federal law was passed requiring what today seems like a no-brainer: gender equality in schools. Over
Read more
Fighting domestic violence through early education
KELOWNA, B.C. – When more men view women as equals, violence in relationships will be reduced, according to an American
Read more
Gender inequality in the workplace goes beyond the “pay gap”
It’s 2016 and women are represented in nearly every profession. The wage gap narrowed to less than 5 percent, according
Read more
Iceland announces men-only UN conference on women, gender equality
Iceland is announcing a U.N. conference on women and gender equality – and only men and boys are invited. The
Read more
This Is The Surprising Career Path Of Many Women
Leaning in? They’ve been doing it for decades. The workforce might be a woman’s world as much as a
Read moreGender inequality
Social Problem—Gender inequality-Zhiyue Liu (William) Gender inequality is one of the most serious problems in the world today. Gender inequality
Read more
What Gender Inequality Looks Like in Collegiate Sports
This week marks the commencement of March Madness, the NCAA’s knockout basketball tournament that’s so captivating it can result in
Read more
#ClothesWithoutLimits aims to empower children, break free of gender stereotypes
MONTREAL – What do you do when you’re shopping for your daughters and everything on the rack is pink and
Read more
Conakry hairdressers dispense cut-and-dried contraceptive advice to women
Fatoumatah Bah is cornered. Sitting in front of a tinsel-ringed mirror in Miskaa Salon, her head is bent forward, two
Read more
Vancouver woman draws inspiration from Oscar winner to promote gender equality
Actress Patricia Arquette inspired many with her acceptance speech addressing gender and pay equality at last month’s Academy Awards, but a Vancouver woman is taking
Read more
Giving birth in Guinea: a life or death lottery bereft of midwives and medicine
A baby was born, took one breath, then left the world again. No amount of the midwife pumping his legs
Read more
What Gender Pay-Gap Statistics Aren’t Capturing
In discussions of the gender-pay gap, there’s one counter-argument that comes up a lot: The gap isn’t real, because after
Read more
Gender equality: more than half of women fear their gender will hurt their career
More than half of female students believe gender may hold them back in their career, a study has found. Only
Read more
Jack Monroe: ‘I want to be treated as a person, not as a woman or a man’
It was only three years ago that Jack Monroe burst into the public consciousness. She was 24, a single mother living in
Read more
Why politicians are asking the wrong questions about gender inequality
ONE issue that virtually every Democratic presidential candidate has weighed in on this year is the wage gap between the
Read more
‘Girl talk’ or ‘career exploration’? Texas school’s gender segregation peeves parents
“Girl talk” and “more girl talk” for girls; college, career and finances for the boys — that’s the split curriculum for
Read more
Homeland’ Director Lesli Linka Glatter Finds Hollywood Gender Inequality ‘Unacceptable’
No women were nominated for Outstanding Drama Director at last year’s Emmy awards, when the Academy president spoke about TV
Read more
How to end the UK’s gender pay gap
More than three decades after the equal pay act, the gender pay gap still stands at about 19%, with the
Read more
Google wants new emojis to represent professional women
In a proposal to the Unicode Consortium, which controls specifications for emojis, Google says it wants to create a new
Read more
Montreal city councillor lobbies for more women on Canadian bills
MONTREAL – Move over Wilfrid Laurier, Robert Borden and William Lyon – there’s a new woman in town and one
Read more
You See This Gender Bias On The Road Every Day
The next time you’re walking down an unfamiliar block, take a moment to look at the street sign — chances
Read more
A Solution To Closing The Gender Gap Is Literally In The Palm Of Your Hands
Women in certain countries are less likely than men to own a key tool for fighting gender inequality: smartphones. A recent
Read more
Gender equality: more than half of women fear their gender will hurt their career
More than half of female students believe gender may hold them back in their career, a study has found. Only
Read more
Year in Review: The Biggest Stories About Gender Inequality at Work
Gender inequality in the workplace continued to be a subject of contention this past year. Companies from Netflix to Goldman
Read more
Threat of marriage hangs over young Malian refugee girls in Mauritania
Tinalbaraka Amano has done well to adapt to life in the desert. Three years ago, the 16-year-old had her own
Read more
Gender Inequality and Women in the Workplace
Such inequality is hardly unique to the United States, however. In the following Q&A, Mary Brinton—sociology professor at Harvard University
Read more