In the Japanese workplace, women face discrimination, restrictive behaviour and appearance codes and a lower glass ceiling than elsewhere. Only a profound cultural shift will change that.
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Our new research has tracked the gender of artists working at Australian opera companies and found evidence of pervasive gender inequality.
Sexism and misogyny still rears its head in everyday interactions in the financial services industry, not just in the scandals that hit the headlines.
Women’s Day is used to draw attention to the issues women still face in South Africa.
Access to economic and education opportunities increases women’s ability to withstand and recover from financial shocks.
Gender disparities in sport extend to injuries too. Female soccer players are at greater risk for ACL tears than males and it is clear immediate action is needed to address the non-biological factors for the injury.
Despite greater gender equality, some women still prefer traditional gender roles in heterosexual relationships. We set out to discover why.
While positive change has been seen, especially surrounding this year’s Women’s World Cup, there is still much work to be done by organizations governing women’s professional sports.
A psychologist and a literary scholar analyse Faceless, a powerful novel about homeless children - and their mothers.
At the beginning of the pandemic, it was predicted that the shift to remote work would lead to more equal division of domestic labour. Recent research shows this was not the case.
The water crisis is a women’s crisis. Women need to be equal partners in the process of creating more just and effective water governance systems.
Breaking the cycle of eldest daughter syndrome: tips for families.
When government responses to a natural disaster do not address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls, women tend to lose trust in the institutions.
We will waste the potential of the pandemic if we don’t address the inequalities — specifically the gender inequalities — that it exacerbated and revealed.
Days of international observance recognize challenges facing marginalized groups or society as a whole, draw attention to them and create unity and mobilization around those problems.
Summing up the gender pay gap in one number hides how inequality affects different groups of women.
Labels that reflect our gender, racial or age-specific biases can often undermine others.
The tools for reach and influence that the internet provides might be unprecedented. But people like Tate are simply pedalling the age-old sexist views that fuel gendered violence.
Men and women both offer unique, valuable contributions to company boards. To reap these benefits, organizations should continue to increase gender diversity.
PrEP enables adolescent girls and young women to protect themselves from HIV without having to convince a partner to use a condom at the time of sex.
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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RBC Professor in Responsible Organizations and Full Professor, Concordia University
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Lecturer in Creative Industries, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Professor of European Politics and Society, University of Bath
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Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Oxford
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Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
