A decade ago, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the latest legislative effort to close the persistent gap between how much women and men earn. Here's why it hasn’t made much of a difference.
There are many genes involved in shaping not just our biological sex, but also our gender identity.
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It's not about trauma or how you were raised: evidence now points to a biological basis for transgender, and to the action of particular genes in that determination.
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Chhaupadi, the practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from their home, often to a cow shed, is still practised in some areas of Western Nepal.
For women who work in education, the risks of workplace violence are especially high. New research shows rates of assaults have more than doubled between 2002 and 2015.
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Violence-related injuries at work are on the rise in Canada. New research shows that it is women who suffer the most and especially those working in education.
Hindu right wing supporters backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party march to protest women entering the premises of Sabarimala temple, in South India, Kerala, Jan 3, claiming ‘respect for traditions’.
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The recent controversy, sloganeering and protests about Sabarimala temple in the Indian state of Kerala obscure the way that the media have used stereotypes of women and caste again and again.
Kelly O'Dwyer faced opposition as she attempted to advance the interests of women within the Liberal Party.
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The backlash against the Gillette ad shows how painfully little distance we as a society have covered since the #MeToo movement.
Canada’s Minister of the Status of Women Maryam Monsef is pictured in the Library of Parliament on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Feb. 28, 2018.
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A survey done of transgender people right after they read a story on the government's move to deny transgender identity shows the emotional impact that denying that identity can have.
A number of initiatives for Australian women in STEM got off the ground in 2018.
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The Athena Swan charter commits research institutions to create a gender inclusive workplace, through taking action and being held accountable. 15 Australian institutions are now bronze awardees.
Twenty-nine-year-old Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman to be elected to Congress, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Striking 20th-century garment workers wore their best dresses and hats to send a message that they had the right to be taken seriously and have their voices heard.
Girls who are more confident in their math skills are more likely to pursue math-intensive degrees.
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More and more countries are relying on the approach of transparency rather than regulation. Depending on local specificities, the results to date remain mixed.
For centuries, Pulter’s manuscript lay untouched at the University of Leeds’ Brotherton Library.
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In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science and loss. Her manuscript was just published in a free digital archive.
New toilet blocks in Mathare Valley informal settlement in Nairobi.
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Women in developing countries are burdened by the lack of access to proper toilets in their homes, communities, schools and public spaces.
Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib became one of two Muslim women to be elected to Congress in the recent midterm elections. How voters gender-identify has an impact on how they vote.
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Men and women are not unified voting blocs. We must consider how voters identify themselves in terms of gender to truly understand how women and men think about politics.
Rwanda holds the world record in share of female MPs.
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Women identify more with their government representatives based on ethnicity rather than gender.
Magnus Hirschfeld, on the right, sits with his partner, Tao Li, at the fourth conference of the World League for Sexual Reform in 1932.
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Physician Magnus Hirschfeld advocated for those he called 'sexual intermediaries.' His activism began before World War I – and ended only when the Nazis came to power.