Disney and gender portrayal, the ultimate workplace perk, and other must-read gender stories

First Canadian woman on $10 bill: Black rights activist Viola Desmond. (CBC News)

More women on boards = higher dividend rates. (Reuters)

CEOs of 27 firms pledge to have 50% women in top roles by 2030. (Bloomberg)

Law firms risk losing corporate work unless they promote women. (Bloomberg)

Charted: the gender pay gap in every job sector. (Quartz)

Women make more money than men in only 4 places in the US. (Time)

India: Women directors lag male peers in pay and perks. (Economic Times)

Chile launches first gender parity initiative with help from IADB and the World Economic Forum. (IADB)

Women solar entrepreneurs drive East African business surge. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Sleep: tech startup offers ultimate workplace perk for new parents. (CIO)

The women ‘computers’ who revolutionised astronomy. (The Atlantic)

Optimistic women less likely to die prematurely of cancer or heart disease. (LA Times)

VR puts woman on beach during childbirth to help manage pain without drugs. (Quartz)

Can software help prevent sexual assault? (Wired)

Male partners responsible for deaths of most UK women killed by men. (Reuters)

Egyptian women taking to the streets in ’60s-style dress. Here’s why. (Al-Monitor)

Women already have it bad in South Korean politics. (Fortune)

Disney’s long journey from timid princess to empowered working woman. (The Conversation)

Women in Iceland: Leading the fight for equality
Source: Data from World Economic Forum, published by the BBC.

Quote of the week

“As women, we have to start appreciating our own worth and each other’s worth. Seek out strong women to befriend, to align yourself with, to learn from, to collaborate with, to be inspired by, to support, and be enlightened by.”

Madonna
Musician
Billboard Women in Music Speech, December 2016