Gender
Kids who go to gender-neutral preschools in Sweden are more successful
In some kindergartens in Sweden, dolls and baby strollers mingle freely with cars and wooden blocks. Children are encouraged to explore their full range of emotions, meaning girls are not expected to suppress anger, and boys are not pressured to swallow their tears. And as it turns out, Read More...
Solar-powered MP3 player supports a top priority: Educating third world women
As we noted recently girls’ education and family planning are the most important elements of a successful climate change strategy and poverty alleviation. However, educating people in very poor countries that don’t have electricity is a challenge—especially when the majority of the population Read More...
Female-friendly Uber alternative Safr lauches with mission to empower women
Positioning itself as a female-friendly alternative to Uber, Safr, a new Boston ride-hailing service that launched last month, faces an uphill climb to take market share from an industry leader. But with Uber’s seemingly unending stream of bad news this year, and a new report revealing that Read More...
Bronze statue of a defiant girl installed in front of the iconic Wall Street bull
Symbols count. On International Women's Day, the world's third-largest asset manager has installed a bronze statue of a defiant girl in front of Wall Street's iconic charging bull statue. Along with the statue, the manager stated it would vote against the boards if a company failed to take steps to Read More...
The five most-searched female world leaders, according to Google
While Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election, leaving one of the world’s highest and hardest of glass ceilings intact, 77 women in other countries have been elected president or prime minister in the modern era. Even after attaining office, these women have Read More...
A political party for women's equality
Women's equality won't just happen — not unless more women are put in positions of power, says Sandi Toksvig. In a disarmingly hilarious talk, Toksvig tells the story of how she helped start a new political party in Britain, the Women's Equality Party, with the express purpose of putting Read More...
BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?
The BBC has chosen its list of inspirational and influential women for 2016. They will bring you groundbreaking moments of defiance, new takes on fairy tales, stories of octogenarian cheerleading, and take you inside the world of e-gaming. Others will be exploring black feminism or taking part in Read More...
With Trump, a renewed call to radical feminist men
About 8 p.m. on Election Day, I got an email from my editor in Australia letting me know the press had received the first copies of my new book, The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men. “Books look good! Not so sure about election,” she wrote, reflecting the interest Read More...
Donald Trump, Brexit and what's happening with democracy
Many Americans have woken up questioning how the polls could be so wrong. And wondering why a man who, according to 60 percent of the population doesn't have the qualities to be a president, nonetheless was elected. They feel like many Brits did after Brexit. At that time the Belgium author David Read More...
Mom breaks into tears: “I got to vote for a woman for president”
On election night Tuesday, Hillary Clinton hopes to take the stage at New York City’s Javits Center, beneath a glass ceiling, as America’s first female president-elect. If the Democratic nominee is elected president, it will be a captivating moment, overflowing with emotion Read More...