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Research shows men's voices are heard in media reports far more frequently than women's. Here are some ways journalists and sources can improve this.
The equitable participation of women in public life is essential to building and sustaining strong, vibrant democracies.
The contributions that women in West Africa's fisheries make to the sector are widely un(der)paid, undervalued and largely invisible.
Drug abuse among women farmers in Adamawa State, north east Nigeria, is rising.
Women's philanthropy, which has always been very important, has remained invisible for a long time. There are many reasons for this paradox.
The UFC is eager to advertise its promotion of female fighters – while also paying them less and stoking a climate of fear to discourage unionization.
Whether they are winemakers, winery owners, cellar managers or sommeliers, women entrepreneurs are evolving in the wine industry - a traditional men’s world.
In criminology, there are many theories to account for why men are more likely than women to commit crimes – and they may hold the key to changing those figures.
After an Indian politician disparaged a woman for her lack of morals because she was wearing ripped jeans, an online protest erupted, reviving the original protest-culture of the ripped jean.
A Liberal male staffer masturbating on a female MP’s desk is merely a symptom of something very wrong in the Liberal Party’s attitudes to women, not the sum total of it.
If we are to transform the culture of Canadian political institutions, we must take immediate, deliberate and intentional action by engaging more women, BIPOC and marginalized people.
Across 29 countries, there are wide disparities between how women feel about going out alone and how men feel.
Clearly intended as a rhetorical device to highlight constraints on women's lives, the Green Party peer faced an extraordinary backlash.
Banks should consider and integrate women empowerment principles into their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Though initial reactions towards abortion were negative, there were displays of understanding and empathy when discussing why women have abortions.
In Nigeria, the unmarried, the unemployed, the less educated and those from the northern parts of the country were most susceptible to psychological challenges associated with COVID-19 lockdown.
Anthropologists believed that before the implementation of agriculture, men hunted and women gathered, but new evidence suggests that this might not have been the case.
Gender equality doesn't top any country's international agenda – yet. But ever more countries, including the US, are starting to discern that women's rights really are human rights.
Today, beer is marketed to men and the industry is run by men. It wasn't always that way.
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Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of Gender, Media and Sociology, University of Leicester
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Professor of Law, University of York
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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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