Detailed analysis of 1,300 movies finds that women actors earn an average of US$1.1m or 25% less than their male colleagues.
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Male and female artists have different perspectives to offer - and no less so within the photography world.
Saudi women may now travel without a man's permission, easing one of the most repressive aspects of the country's 'guardianship' system. Women in Saudi Arabia gained the right to drive last year.
Does having children make the goal of fairly dividing work at home more elusive?
Poverty, traumatic experiences, and gender inequalities, directly increased HIV-risk behaviours such as having unprotected sex and having multiple sexual partners.
Survey of 3,000 players in 33 different countries outlines how difficult it is for women footballers.
The child support grant, as a policy instrument, cannot work alone in ensuring that young people thrive and succeed.
The contested law also defines the jurisdiction of traditional leaders in terms of territory. But traditional community boundaries are actually set by personal relationships.
Most young women we interviewed said they gained pleasure watching sexually explicit material, but their focus was often on their male partner's needs, desires and expectations, rather than their own.
This is transcript of part four of the India Tomorrow series from The Anthill podcast, on women and gender politics in India.
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🎧 Part 4 of India Tomorrow digs into what life is like for women in India.
A country's tax policies say a lot about what it values – and some of America's tend to promote inequality.
The action plan offers no information about budgets, oversight, clear standards for measuring progress or accountability mechanisms.
There are at least eight different ways to view gender equality. And this helps us understand why one of the biggest challenges for workplace gender equality is defining and measuring success.
A brutal rape at Pamplona's 2016 running of the bulls outraged Spain. Then came #MeToo. With ever more Spaniards taking up the feminist mantle, schools – many of which are not coed – lag behind.
Teaching young children about the history of gender and offering them more options for identity expression would help to curb gendered stereotypes and sexism.
Progress on gender pay issues in finance especially has been too slow, fragmented and uneven.
Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency to combat rape and sexual violence.
Post conflict recovery is largely driven by the assumption that as soon as conflict ends, normality returns.
In Myanmar, spousal abuse is legal and stigma stop most women from reporting sexual violence. A bill championed by feminists but long stalled in Parliament may soon give women their basic rights.
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