17 must-read gender stories of the week

Welcome to the weekly digest of stories about how the gender gap plays out around the world – in business, health, education and politics.

Is this what’s holding women back in the boardroom?

Do women get less credit when they work in a team?

81% of girls in this country think domestic violence is justified.

How women economists are penalized for working with men.

Why do men think other men are more intelligent than women.

The largest myth of all is that work is optional for women. It’s not. (Washington Post)

No one knows the number of missing or murdered indigenous Canadian women. Estimates keep rising. (BBC)

Apple’s shareholders vote on diversity in senior management. (NPR)

Women desperate for Zika abortions seek mail-order pills. (New York Post)

US gynaecologists suggest a compromise on FGM: ’genital nicks’. (Reuters)

Confused why women don’t report sexual assault? Ask Kesha. (Huffington Post)

For sale: Classic late 20th century gender price gap. Overused, but with a good 40 more years to go. Men make 25% more than women selling on ebay. (LA Times)

How one woman’s app is changing politics in the digital age. (The Guardian)

Will women see a break in Hollywood’s ‘celluloid ceiling’? (Washington Post)

Why women don’t write business books: Imposter syndrome and time issues. (The Guardian)

How older women are reshaping the US job market. (Wall Street Journal)

Where is that $10 bill with a woman on it? (CNN Money)

Statistics of the week:

53% of countries offer at least 14 weeks maternity leave. 48% offer paternity leave provisions.

The World’s Women 2015
United Nations Statistics Division

Quote of the week

“Many of us can’t make it without lead-parent husbands… If you have a lead-parent husband, celebrate him!”

Anne-Marie Slaughter
Author and New America Foundation president
Powerful Women Summit, October 2015