Dr. Ellen Currano's patience ran out after a male colleague was praised for an idea she'd voiced moments before, and she started the campaign to raise awareness of the equality issues in ...

Kate Ryan · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 23 Aug 2019

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There's a major mental health gap for gender minority college students

College students who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and nonbinary face enormous mental health disparities relative to their peers, research finds.

Jessica Colarossi · Futurity 23 Aug 2019

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Switzerland has work to do on gender equality in the workplace

The gender pay gap in Switzerland needs closing. Swiss women earn approximately 20% less than men, highlighting the need for a gender equality rethink.

Reuters Staff · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 22 Aug 2019

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Melinda Gates’ 'Equality Can't Wait' campaign wants to eliminate the gender pay gap

Melinda Gates has called on stand-up comedians to use homour to draw attention to the issue of gender parity and equal pay.

Cassie Werber · Quartz 21 Aug 2019

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The #MeToo movement is actually portraying men as more powerful

Media coverage of the #MeToo movement often portrays accusers as sympathetic, but with less power and agency than their alleged perpetrators, according to new research.

Virginia Alvino Young-Carnegie Mellon · Futurity 21 Aug 2019

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Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they’re just doing more work

German researchers compared the abilities of 48 men and 48 women in how well they identified letters and numbers and here's what they found.

Leah Ruppanner · The Conversation 16 Aug 2019

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Traditional Kolam art is giving South Indian women more economic opportunities

Kolam, a traditional Indian drawing is giving women a new way to earn money and setup businesses.

Anuradha Nagaraj · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 16 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Gender equality at home falls when children arrive. What can be done?

76% of childless couples are not gender traditional in their division of labor, while only 45% of couples with children are.

Laurie DeRose · The Conversation 13 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

The fight to kill a silent killer of women

This new study indicates that anemia can be significantly reduced in as little as ten months, a nutritional disorder that disproportionately affects women of child-bearing age in developi...

Muttaquina Hossain · Project Syndicate 13 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Australia welcomes transgender women to play elite cricket

Australian cricket's governing body will allow male-to-female players to compete if their testosterone has been below a certain level for at least a year.

Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 12 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Over 40 million people are trapped in sexual exploitation, UN says

The trafficking of women into sex work is one of the most widespread and abusive forms of modern-day slavery

Nneka Chile and Angela Ukomadu · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 09 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Actress Emma Watson launches UK sexual harassment helpline

One in two British women has experienced sexual harassment in the workplace but four fifths did not report it says research

Emma Batha · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 09 Aug 2019

India

In India, restricted access to water could damage your marriage prospects

Across rural Bundelkhand, parents are dismissing marriage proposals for their daughters, as water shortages leave local men hard-up and their wives facing a harsh life.

Annie Banerji · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 09 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Getting girls into schools is only the start of closing the education gap

Getting girls into classrooms remains hugely important in some of the world’s poorest countries, and it can be achieved with targeted measures like, for example, making daily commutes safer.

Manos Antoninis · Project Syndicate 09 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

This is why less than a third of the UK's cyclists are women

Cycling brings with it benefits for both the rider and the environment, so it's important cyclists feel safe and encouraged to saddle up.

Katja Leyendecker · The Conversation 08 Aug 2019

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Female paleontologists are so fed up of sexism they're wearing beards

There's a major mental health gap for gender minority college students

Switzerland has work to do on gender equality in the workplace

Melinda Gates’ 'Equality Can't Wait' campaign wants to eliminate the gender pay gap

The #MeToo movement is actually portraying men as more powerful

Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they’re just doing more work

Traditional Kolam art is giving South Indian women more economic opportunities

Gender equality at home falls when children arrive. What can be done?

The fight to kill a silent killer of women

Australia welcomes transgender women to play elite cricket

Over 40 million people are trapped in sexual exploitation, UN says

Actress Emma Watson launches UK sexual harassment helpline

In India, restricted access to water could damage your marriage prospects

Getting girls into schools is only the start of closing the education gap

This is why less than a third of the UK's cyclists are women

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