gender equality

At current rates of progress, it will take 131 years to close the global gender gap, but some countries are much closer to achieving gender parity than others. Nordic countries occupy 4 of the report’s top-5 list of countries with…

As we move forward with STEM industries and leading the way, we must ensure that women and girls are no longer a minority, but instead widely represented at all levels. Eliminating stereotypical prejudices in engineering and supporting young girls who…

Still, many laws continue to inhibit women’s ability to enter the workforce or start a business—and even to travel outside their homes in the same way as men. In fact, on average globally, women have just three-quarters of the economic…

Current efforts to combat climate change leave women behind. But drawing women fully into the fight is a win-win—accelerating climate progress and advancing gender equity. Read more in BCG Why Climate Action Needs a Gender Focus By Zineb Sqalli, Shalini…

If women had the same tools as male farmers, Project Drawdown calculates that they could grow 20-30% more food on the same amount of land. That translates into 2 billion tons of emissions that could be avoided between now and…

Researchers looked at the anonymized data of 1.4 billion users in 217 countries, territories and autonomous regions and calculated the proportion of women and men ages 13 to 65 who actively used the social network. Places with a lower female-to-male…

Thanks to new studies coming out of neuroscience, we now know that there are no “biological” differences between male and female brains. Girls and boys now take math, science, and computer classes in equal numbers in secondary school. Read more…

Astonishingly, almost 90% of countries have one or more gender-based legal restrictions. In some countries, for example, women have limited property rights, while in others, husbands have the right to prevent their wives from working. Read more in We Forum …

The World Economic Forum recently ranked Bangladesh first in gender equality among South Asia nations for the second consecutive year. Under South Asia’s only female prime minister, the country is investing heavily in its women and girls. Read more in…

SAP met its goal of filling 25 percent of leadership roles with women this year. It has committed to hiring 650 people with autism by 2020; more than 110 have been hired so far. Read more in strategy business  Putting Humanity…