Gender Equity

For many small businesses, especially those owned by women and people of color, navigating the existing COVID economy presents new opportunities and challenges — particularly when it comes to the…

Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most complex and widespread issues of our time. The causes vary, from how we’re raised to understand gender roles, to the unfortunate normalization…

The world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030. Full stop. According to the World Economic Forum, it will take 131 years at our current rate to reach full…

“We are living in a historical moment,” says Patricia Elias, Chief of Global Diplomatic Campaign for Every Woman Treaty, a diverse coalition of more than 3,800 women’s rights advocates working to end…

Isolated. Abused. Overworked. These are the themes that emerged when I invited nine Black women to chronicle their professional experiences and relationships with colleagues as they earned their Ph.D.s at…

Somalis are one of the tremendous patriarchal societies in horn of African, where men control the power unconditionally and women has no gentle space of participation and decision-making roles except…

What happens when flexible funding meets women’s funds? The answer lies in the potential to drive profound, lasting change. Women’s funds are crucial players in the drive for gender equality…

Land: A foundation for women’s economic empowerment Around the world, land is identity, heritage, a source of pride, and of course, a sustainable economic resource. Land is crucial in sustaining…

For society to advance gender equity, intersectional feminism must become part of the mainstream narrative and mindset. Philanthropy is our opportunity to be change agents, so that this statistic increases: Just 1.9% of philanthropic…

This paper finds that decreases in education spending affect the gender gap in time spent in child care, with women allocating more time weekly.

Vaccine skepticism, and the broader medical mistrust and far-reaching anxieties it reflects, is not just a fringe position in the 21st century.

The best starting point for creative solutions to gender inequity is seeing clearly where and why it exists.