The gender pay gap - the difference between what men and women are paid for the same role - has doubled from 2.9% in 2022 to 6.0% in April 2024. According to data pulled from over 1 million resumes in ...

BRIDGEPORT — Mayor Joe Ganim pledged his commitment “to ensuring all women feel supported and heard in their positions” after two high profile women in municipal government raised questions this week ...

All social inequalities, by definition, involve one group that has more and another that has less. Do people prefer describing inequalities in terms of advantage or disadvantage? Using multiple ...

Links between gender inequality, wellbeing, and involvement in #MeToo movement also unveiled Researchers have developed and validated a new tool for comparing gender inequality among different regions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shaping the Future of Work Through Leadership, Culture, and Inclusion. Women in leadership are often encouraged to "Lean In," a ...

This paper identifies five key issues that are important for the continued efforts to tackle gender inequality: (i) gender inequality needs to be distinguished from gender gaps. Not all gender gaps ...

A very good morning/afternoon/evening to all. And thank you for joining us today. Let me start by saying that this event on “Gender Balance in the Financial Sector” could not be more timely. Our world ...

We can never let it seem normal, or appropriate, when governments ban teaching topics that are controversial, in literature or science. Most of us old enough remember being appalled at the censorship ...

FREETOWN, October 3, 2024 - The World Bank today launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing gender inequalities and promoting gender ...