London Film Festival Turns Spotlight On Gender Equality

The BFI London Film Festival opens Oct. 7 with “Suffragette,” the story of the Brit women who fought for equal rights to vote a century ago. It is clear, though...

Shakira And Angélique Kidjo Support A New Development Era For Children

Shakira and Angélique Kidjo celebrated the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals last week with powerful performances before an audience at the United Nation...

YFR Launches Mans’s World, For Gender Equality At 6th Jagran Film Festival

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Sheryl Sandberg: When Women Get Stuck, Corporate America Gets Stuck

Using the talents of our full population is critical, writes Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg At the current pace of progress, we are more than 100 years away from gender eq...

Why Valuing Caregiving Is Key To Closing The Gender Gap.

In the United States, the revolution for equality between men and women is stuck halfway. Over the past 50 years, women’s roles have changed dramatically, with almost...

Gender Inequality In The Workplace Is Men’s Work Too

If you are a man in the workplace in 2015, you are probably disturbed by what you read about the second-class status of women in many businesses, and even more troubled by ...

UN Rights Chief: No Country Has Achieved Gender Equality

The High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] on Tuesday stated [press release] that no country has achieved full equality between men and women and urged the 4...

Why Incentive Pay Makes The Gender Gap Worse?

The persistence of a gender gap in wages is shaping the debate over women’s equality in the workplace and underscores the challenge facing policymakers as they consid...

Lack Of Women Professors Means Research Grants Are Skewed Towards Men

New research has shown that when women working in the social sciences apply for a research grant, they are just as likely as men to win funding. But while there is equality...