Inequality
Here's why gender equality is taking so long
Women's equality is still 170 years away. Why the delay? The answer may lie in unconscious bias, says the head of the Council of Women World Leaders.
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In India, women are using their phones to tackle inequality
In New Delhi slums, a charity is training women paralegals to represent residents being denied their benefits, helping them file grievances with the government through text messages.
Gender Parity
Gender equality? It starts with data
Mark Suzman, Chief Strategy Officer and President of Global Policy and Advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explores how investment in data can help drive gender equality.
Future of Education, Gender and Work
Why pay transparency is good for your employees and your business
Bridget Ansel discusses the positives of pay transparency in the wake of a roadblock in US law.
Future of Education, Gender and Work
Signing emails as a man, tampon tax and other top gender stories of the week
Also in this week's round-up: breaking records in space and charts that show gender inequality around the world.
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Why tackling the tampon tax just isn't enough
For many low-income women, savings of a few cents do not tackle the real problem: tampon products can be unaffordable altogether.
Future of Education, Gender and Work
7 charts that show gender inequality around the world
From the gender pay gap to a lack of family planning, these data visualizations illustrate the gravity of continuing sexism around the world.
Future of Education, Gender and Work
Women and ageism in tech and other top gender stories of the week
Also in this week's round-up: cognitive skills are better in women in gender-equal countries and why men and women aren't created equal — at least when it comes to drinking alcohol.
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Taylor Swift, 3D-printed ovaries, and other top gender stories of the week
Also in this week’s round-up: the first black woman to lead America’s West Point cadets and the study that proves men aren’t born more competitive.
Science & Technology
The African initiative teaching Chinese women to code
In the growing relationship between China and Africa, women and girls are completely forgotten
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Fake news, real women and other top gender stories of the week
Also in this week's gender round-up: the economics of dividing domestic work fairly and feminism in China.
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4 charts that show tech is still a man’s world
There's still a vast gender gap in top tech companies. But here's how that can change.
Future of Education, Gender and Work
Top jobs women don’t have, co-workers who interrupt and other top gender stories of the week
Also in this week's round-up: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg calls for policy changes to raise women’s pay.
Future of Education, Gender and Work
Why women aren’t CEOs, diversity in computing classes and other top gender stories of the week
Also in this week's round-up of gender news: our new report on speeding up gender equality in high-growth sectors and how Uber has closed the pay gap.
Engineering and Construction
Only 11% of architects and engineers are women. Let's build a new pipeline for female talent
As the World Economic Forum launches a new whitepaper on gender, engineer Naadiya Moosajee explains why she's out to change perceptions.