15 must-read gender stories of the week

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

Where do women work longer hours - Europe or America?

This is how much income women lose when they have children before 25.

Turning the page on literary sexism.

Women in tech aren’t all 'the-face-of-all-women-in-tech'. (The Guardian)

CEO succession: where are all the women? (Forbes)

What work looks like for women in their 50s. (Harvard Business Review)

“If women were allowed to ride camels, perhaps we should let them drive cars.” (Quartz)

The Thai sex scene: where women are sold like meat. (New York Post)

Indigenous Aymara women scale Bolivian mountaintops in traditional dress. (Reuters)

Women work like machines in India's textile mills. (Reuters)

Jewish women’s group attempt blessing at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. (Your Middle East)

Harriet Tubman to feature on the US$20 bill, in a few years. (Wired)

South African business women have a #bitchswitch? (Quartz)

Chinese scientists build robot goddess, and make her subservient and insecure. (Yahoo)

How many tampons does an astronaut need in space? (The Atlantic)

Statistic of the week:

2.8% of incoming CEOs at the world's largest companies in 2015 were women.
10 women among the 359 incoming CEOs, the lowest share since 2011.

2015 CEO Success Study
Strategy& with PWC

Quote of the week

“But the truth is, putting Tubman’s face on an American paper bill matters because representation matters. The bill, which is expected to be released in 2030, will show the face of a revolutionary black woman who escaped slavery, founded the Underground Railroad and fought to make her life and her country better.”

Lilly Workneh
Black Voices Senior Editor
The Huffington Post, April 2016