WeChat women, systemic sexism and other top gender stories of the week
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Saadia Zahidi
Managing Director, Centre for the New Economy and Society and Knowledge Communities, World Economic ForumChinese women killing it in WeChat commerce. (SupChina)
Why is Silicon Valley so awful to women? (The Atlantic)
Shareholder group forces companies to show their gender pay gap hand. (Bloomberg)
‘Sexism is systemic in tech’, Uber manager tells female engineer. (The Guardian)
Sexual assault case tossed out because woman didn’t scream. (Washington Post)
El Salvador’s law banning abortion in all circumstances may be overturned. (The Guardian)
Street harassment is a public health problem: The case of Mexico City. (The Conversation)
How to fix war-torn societies? Help women to work. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Robots seen taking 30 percent of UK jobs but women at lower risk. (Reuters)
Global female health tech brand gets $6 million boost. (TechCrunch)
Top 10 cities for women in tech: Silicon Valley is not No. 1. (TechRepublic)
Engaging Youth: A gender equality game changer. (Huffington Post)
European court ruling on headscarves sparks ire in Ankara. (Al Monitor)
Girls banned from airline for wearing leggings. (Washington Post)
Women of Twitter share their most infuriating mansplaining stories. (Huffington Post)
Women's share of technical jobs at tech firms.
Source: Bloomberg. Data supplied by companies
Quote of the week
“Governments must face the facts that women’s rights to exercise autonomy over their bodies and lives is critical to their economic empowerment.”
Shannon Kowalski
Director of Advocacy and Policy, International Women’s Health Coalition
Speaking at the UN the Commission on the Status of Women, March 2017
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