Women have been left out of history books. To set the record straight, a new app uses augmented reality to “add” the missing women into school textbooks in California.

Kate Whiting 22 Mar 2019

Gender Parity

George and Amal Clooney are a mission to secure equal rights for everyone

The couple's foundation plans to launch a project to monitor trials and create an index to track which countries use courtrooms to oppress minorities and government critics

Belinda Goldsmith · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 20 Mar 2019

Space

The first all-female spacewalk is set to happen later this month

Astronauts Christina Koch and Ann McClain will walk outside the International Space Station as members of Expedition 59 - currently planned for March 29.

Kate Ryan · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 20 Mar 2019

Gender Parity

Women are the modern literary heroines. This is why

The way women are portrayed in films is changing - but what about in fiction?

Sally O'Reilly · The Conversation 19 Mar 2019

Gender Parity

England to fund free sanitary products for school and college girls

More than 137,700 girls missed school in 2017 due to "period poverty"

Paul Sandle · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 19 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Berlin transit agency offers women's discount on Equal Pay Day

Berlin's BVG transit authority will be offering women a discount of up to 21% on their fares, to highlight the country's gender gap.

Andrea Shalal · Reuters 18 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

How governments can use gender budgeting to improve equality

"Overall, gender budgeting can make a real difference in people’s lives."

Lisa Kolovich and Zohra Khan · IMF Blog 18 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

How to save the internet, why women are paid less and other top stories of the week

Meet 2019's Young Global Leaders and find out why we’re living in the Asian century.

Adrian Monck 15 Mar 2019

Healthcare Delivery

Women tend to be diagnosed with disease later than men

On average, women get diagnoses later in their lives than men when they contract a disease, a new study in Denmark suggests.

Cecilie Krabbe · Futurity 15 Mar 2019

France

France says ‘oui’ to feminine job titles

After decades of holding out against the feminization of job titles, the guardians of the French language have made an historic U-turn.

Douglas Broom 13 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Mind the (gender) gap: why we should stand together on inclusion

How can we create a world where differences are respected and honoured to the extent that they really don’t matter? We may need to stop dividing our efforts, writes Beth Bovis.

Beth Bovis 13 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

A question following International Women's Day: where does 'she' belong?

We need to build educational and business environments for the future in which women can thrive and fulfil their potential. Monitoring, measurement and analysis can help us get there.

Alison Kay 13 Mar 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Switzerland ranked as best country for women's rights, according to the OECD

Denmark, Sweden, France and Portugal were the next best-performing countries in the OECD's Social Institutions and Gender Index.

Lin Taylor · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 13 Mar 2019

Arts and Culture

A must-read list: The enduring contributions of African-American women writers

African American women writers throughout the 20th century touched on many topics which were controversial and sensitive at the time.

Nancy Kang · The Conversation 12 Mar 2019

Fragility, Violence and Conflict

The vital role of women in creating a lasting Afghan peace

Excluding women from peace processes has serious repercussions for women’s rights post-conflict, especially in Afghanistan, where women’s rights remain precarious, argues this SIPRI report

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 10 Mar 2019

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