This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two years ago, McKinsey reported that achieving gender parity in India by 2025 would have a greater economic impact than in any other region in the world. The report, “The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An estimated one in five women is sexually assaulted in college. In my experience at college and in my circle of peers, this figure rings true. I have heard countless stories…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every day, women are targeted, monitored, harassed, intimidated, stalked, and threatened by offenders misusing technology. In a 2014 survey of victim services providers by the National Network to End Domestic Violence, 97 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Google diversity story needs a reframe. So let’s talk instead about building great businesses and investing to make companies stronger, more innovative and ultimately more profitable. The now infamous…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Department of Education officially revoked the Obama administration’s guidance on college sexual assault, offering interim guidelines on how universities should handle the issue. Democratic Senator Patty Murray said in a statement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of single mothers in college more than doubled between 2000 and 2012, but a minority of those mothers who enrolled actually graduated, according to a new report. More than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Aside from the physical injuries, domestic violence inflicts trauma and toxic stress in its victims, and sadly, many view this as an unsolvable fact of life. One in four women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For a country that has given rise to a powerful philosophy of peaceful civil disobedience, India has had multiple female heads of state and is a backbone of the tech…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Good news for the women’s philanthropy sector: Sheryl Sandberg has added another $100 million in Facebook stock to a Donor Advised Fund she uses to fund causes she cares about,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’ve paid any attention to social media you’ve seen #MeToo, the viral hashtag that women have used to acknowledge, even in two simple words, that they’ve experienced sexual harassment and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can the world experience more equality, innovation and a brighter future? It starts by empowering women with more opportunity. In his 2010 book, “Half the Sky” Nicholas Kristof, an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are societies in which marriage is highly unequal and exploitative, but there are others in which marriage is more equal, less permanent, more favorable to women. If marriage is…