Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conversations about equality are important—but real progress happens when the people who hold power are in the room.

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Women's professional groups, originally for advancement, often become mere gathering places, ...

In conversations about development, empowerment and human rights, gender equality is too often framed as a “women’s issue” ...

In 2024, I want to know if things are different. This time, I've broadened the scope of my research to talk about the wider creative industries, speaking to those working in branding, design and VFX.

Previous research has asserted that women and men in gender-equal countries differ more in their preferences than women and men in less equal countries, for example by making more traditional ...

17 January 2025 - Women and girls continue to face discrimination, gender stereotypes and societal biases dictating their place in society, their roles and their responsibilities. Women are being held ...

The recent outburst against gender-based violence in South Africa is, in one sense, an oddity. For despite the ANC’s regular ...

Prof. Sabrina Karim, government, introduced her award-winning book about how the gender power balances of the United Nations’ peacekeeping forces “prevent the peacekeeping missions from reaching their ...

EU-funded researchers are investigating recent push-back against gender equality measures, seeking to understand its motives and impact, to provide practical solutions. For Zoe Lefkofridi, a professor ...