16 must-read gender stories of the week

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

On average, male traders do worse than women and are more likely to trigger really big market crashes. It's hormonal.

Where are women more likely than men to work without pay? Almost everywhere.

Thirty years have barely shifted gender stereotypes in the US.

Many well-educated Arab women don’t have jobs. How can we change this?

Emma Watson doesn’t care if you call her a feminazi.

Is digital fluency the secret to closing the workplace gender gap?

Gender parity starts with the Internet. (Huffington Post)

Language policing and Twitter wars: is modern feminism failing? (Guardian)

Women still lag as lead authors in medical journals. Why it matters for their careers and for medical science. (Reuters)

Women’s Right to Pee. Lack of sanitation costs 6% of India's GDP. It's time men joined the campaign. (Reuters)

Russia is way out in front on women in the C-suite. (Bloomberg)

Women on Japan’s boards up by 70%, but still lag the rest of the developed world. (Bloomberg)

Nigeria’s young women find their voice in slam poetry. (Al Jazeera)

India’s Chandigarh wants to become a smart city for women. (Indian Express)

Five of China tech’s richest and most powerful women. (South China Morning Post)

International Women’s Day around the world. (Washington Post)

Statistics of the week:

24% the increased the probability of violence ending within a year when local women are included in a peace process.
The Guardian

Only 92 out of 585 peace agreements from 1990 to 2010 contained any reference to women
International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2010

Quote of the week:

“Building quality representation in local female leadership may be the key ingredient to a peaceful society as women are empowered to transform conflict.”

Laurel Stone
Researcher on conflict management, genocide prevention and women's security.
The Guardian