Gender
Bloomberg launches new gender-equality stock index
Investors can change the behavior of companies. But for that, they need information. This week, Bloomberg launched an index that scores financial-service companies on how well they treat women and whether they are promoting gender equality. The index, called the Bloomberg Financial Services Read More...
Hillary Clinton wants an administration that looks like America with a gender-balanced cabinet
This shouldn’t be the news it is: If elected president, Hillary Clinton says she wants that women make up 50 percent of her cabinet appointments. The Democratic presidential candidate was asked in a television interview whether she would follow the recent example of the Canadian prime minister Read More...
Why having more women on boards is good for the environment
In celebration of Earth Day, numerous companies will be promoting their "green" products and their efforts around sustainability and climate mitigation. The most meaningful and impactful initiative these same companies could pursue to promote sustainability, however, would be to ensure they have Read More...
How feminists took on the mainstream media and won
Go to the home page of Cosmopolitan.com, and you’ll find plenty of its signature man-pleasing sex tricks and lifestyle tips. There are photos of Miley Cyrus’s engagement ring, a list of sex positions for when you’re feeling lazy, and a quiz about baby showers. But these days, Read More...
Ex-Uber driver launches ride sharing for women
There was a time when concerned mothers would tell their teen children: Don't walk alone at night. Take a cab. It's safer. Then “a cab” became "an Uber”. Now parents and riders concerned about safety have another option: Chariot for Women, a ride-sharing service launching on April 19 Read More...
Tibetan Buddhist nuns take up feminism and seek equal status with monks
Religiously devoted and with a shaved head and flowing burgundy robes, Xinde Shijiamouni has all the trappings of a Tibetan Buddhist monk. But her serenity is troubled because, as a nun, she cannot reach the same clerical status as a man. In the harsh terrain and relative isolation of western Read More...
Why women entrepreneurs raise more money than men
Most Popular Created with Sketch. Mar 14, 2016 When a young college student drummed up a creatively feline approach to headphones back in 2014, she had no idea she was about to unleash a Cat Ear Headphone revolution. Wenqing Yan came to Indiegogo looking to raise $250,000 to bring her quirky Read More...
Justin Trudeau: Gender equality is an opportunity, not a threat
The new Canadian prime minister contributed an op-ed article to The Globe and Mail about gender equality. Trudeau concludes that despite great advancements over the past decades, still much needs to be done. He writes: “It is time for each of us to take action in our personal and our professional Read More...
After Gamergate, Anita Sarkeesian has a new focus: History's overlooked women
Four years ago Anita Sarkeesian was a Web designer who made feminist YouTube videos in her spare time. Her budget was small and so was her audience: The videos got a couple of thousand views at best. This was before she launched her first fundraising campaign. When Sarkeesian sought $6,000 on Read More...
The British frontrunner of feminism may get her statue at last
One painful reminder of the wrongs of history is presented by the statues in the squares of cities around the globe. Judging by thousands and thousands of statues across the world, humans are a species made up almost entirely of males. Of the 11 memorials in Parliament Square, London, for instance, Read More...