Gender
Melinda Gates: When money flows into the hands of women, everything changes
I have spent many hours talking with colleagues in international development about how to tear down the barriers that block women’s progress around the world. Now, we’re confronting the fact that every sector, including our own, has a serious problem with sexual harassment and violence. The Read More...
The dollar value of unpaid work done by women in America is mind-boggling
Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has a good idea for demonstrating the monetary value of ‘invisible work’ that women do on a daily basis. She put together a calculator programmed with hourly rates for typical household services, minus the fee charged by the company. If we put in all the Read More...
This Harvard economist revolutionized our understanding of why women earn less than men
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin has dedicated her career to researching women’s changing roles in the US economy. She’s studied everything from how the rise of birth-control pills have altered women’s approaches to marriage and education to why more women are working in full-time jobs past Read More...
How we can all give women a voice in the business world
It is true that women are more likely to be labeled negatively for the same actions that would make a man ambitious. But, the stereotypes go both ways. As a woman, it's using empathy as an advantage rather than a weakness. For men, it's important to remember that this applies, too. It's OK to be a Read More...
The myths that stand in the way of women leaders
If we want what’s been dubbed “The Year of the Woman” to be more than a slogan, we also need significant numbers of women heading our biggest companies and institutions, the organizations that can drive real change. And that won’t happen unless we recognize that the world still operates Read More...
For black women, femininity and feminism are not mutually exclusive
Serena Williams, the world’s most successful female tennis star, is constantly denigrated for not being feminine enough. Her body has been dissected in countless articles—the size of her buttocks, her muscular arms, and legs—and she has been accused of steroid use. She and her sister Venus Read More...
How adopting a symbol can help strengthen and unify the women’s movement
Similar to the women’s movement, the LGBTQ+ movement was fragmented into multiple, smaller groups, none of which had sufficient political influence to execute change or make progress on their agendas. However, once these groups identified the commonality of their goals and adopted the rainbow Read More...
Iceland becomes first country to ban pay discrimination on the basis of gender
Iceland has found a solution to closing the gender pay gap. The island-nation simply made it illegal as of January 1. The law isn’t complicated either: Under it, companies and government agencies employing at least 25 people will have to obtain government certification of their equal-pay Read More...
These 7 brave women show why ‘Feminism’ is the word of 2017
2017 was a busy year for the feminist movement. It was kicked off with the Women’s Marches that took place across the world in January, and was rounded off with #MeToo movement that brought harrowing accounts of sexual harassment and assault out in the open.That’s why it’s no wonder that Read More...
The challenge: Men teach gender studies and mostly women take them
Even though the course is called “gender studies,” the overwhelming majority of people attending such courses are women. The imbalance seems bizarre, especially when so many men are engaged in gender debates these days. So why do so few men enroll in gender studies Read More...