Gender equality was supposed to reduce gender stratification and segregation in academic and professional pursuits. Instead, ...

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 ...

Although inequalities persist, over recent decades, substantial progress has been made towards achieving gender equality. In the EU this progress is due to legislation, the integration of gender ...

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Schnall is a journalist who amplifies women’s leadership. Top row, from left: Fatima Goss Graves, Ai-jen Poo, Stacey ...

In the last 50 years, women have been seeking gender equality. We have been moving into the public sphere reserved for men since the Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s, continually pushing for ...

Despite making up nearly half of the country’s population, most women in Nigeria are still excluded from political decision-making, economic opportunities and social privileges. TOBA AGBOOLA reports.

The Council is calling for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the digital age, with a focus on the risks and opportunities presented by AI. In today’s conclusions, the Council proposes ...

In his first major move as Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney eliminated roughly a third of all cabinet positions, including the crucially important Minister of Women and Gender Equality. This ...

These are arguably the most feminist and female-friendly countries on earth, where gender equality is at its highest and women can rest assured their rights and protections are top priority.