This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women are rewriting the story of India, and of the 21st century. Over the next two decades, the gains of India’s 650 million women will power global progress not only…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Barely one in 10 decision-makers in the venture capital world are women. The VCs “are starting to understand that that is not working for the majority of people,” Ellen Pao of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The newly appointed executive director of the United Nations Population Fund has described a situation of injustice when it comes to women and girls’ access to reproductive health and rights,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations’ current policy on sexual harassment and its internal processes to investigate such allegations “is not enough” by itself to combat the problem, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.K. shadow secretary of state for international development, Kate Osamor, called on aid organizations to think beyond “whistleblowing” policies and put in place measures that are “fit for purpose”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent campaign, #MeToo, has caught fire in response to another round of high-profile sexual assault allegations. Over the past several weeks, Hollywood’s troubles came screaming into the headlines with stories of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In their “locker-room conversations,” women entrepreneurs in India share stories about how, at meetings with their male counterparts, they are assumed to be second-in-command and not taken seriously. But Mayukhini…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Post-election, women are as divided as the rest of the nation. Some are celebrating, some hand-wringing, some mourning, some blaming—often blaming each other. Whatever your current mood, it’s clear that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The new Women, Peace, and Security Index released at the United Nations highlights huge regional and global disparities in women’s well-being, as well as a continuing lack of gender-disaggregated data limiting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CARE Enterprises is the investment arm of CARE, a women and girls-focused humanitarian organization. CARE announced the fund at the World Economic Forum. The organization also announced a collaboration with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Georgetown University there is a new NGO, Women on the Map (WOMAP), an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the role of women and girls in fields of technology and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The rising social and economic power of women venture is global mega-trend that venture capital is beginning to notice. A gender lens can mean different things to different investors. Included:…