Gender inequality goes beyond visible and measurable gaps. Even subtle shifts in women’s job tasks after having children can ...

Researchers have developed and validated a new tool for comparing gender inequality among different regions of a country, highlighting links between gender inequality, well-being, and participation in ...

There is a kind of inequality that rarely makes headlines. Incomes rise and fall with the seasons, but wealth accumulates and ...

Progress toward narrowing the gender pay gap has mostly stalled, in part due to something researchers call the "gender promotion gap." "Women have noticeably lower promotion rates compared to men in ...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives and rights of refugee, displaced and stateless women and girls, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning on International Women’s Day today ...

Experts warn AI in hiring, education and services can deepen gender and social bias, urging inclusive data, safeguards, ...

Women already have a gender pay gap to contend with but experts say that’s also one of the factors leading to financial ...

Unequal power dynamics across society have resounding negative impacts on how women interact with cancer prevention, care and treatment. According to a new Lancet Commission, gender inequality and ...

It’s been just 53 years since the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the then-governing body of track and field and distance running, lifted the ban on women taking part in marathons. The following year, ...

Study finds that just 8% of all depictions of AI professionals from a century of film are women -- and half of these are shown as subordinate to men. Cinema promotes AI as the product of lone male ...

Gender roles are stereotypes regarding attitudes, attributes, and actions imposed on men and women based on gender. These kinds of preconceptions are usually harmful to society — yet, understanding ...