Gender Equity

In 2022, women hold a record 145 seats in Congress. Despite major gains in the past decade, women are still significantly underrepresented in federal policymaking. By some estimates, it could take a…

A new study on how gender impacts access to credit services in Nigeria shows that 98 percent of Nigerian women are left out of formal credit markets. This research, conducted…

Over the past decade, there have been remarkable advances in the HIV prevention, treatment and epidemic control tools used by the global community working to address HIV. Investments in scientific…

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on one of the most controversial issues in the last 50 years. It overturned Roe v. Wade, the…

Recently, Surjit Bhalla took me to task for (supposedly) using female labor force participation (FLFP) as an indicator of women’s status. He argues that FLFP measurement reflects cross-national differences in definitions of…

Today, July 14, would have been Shafilea Ahmed’s 36th birthday. She isn’t here to celebrate it, however, because she was murdered by her parents 19 years ago in a so-called “honor…

Bodily autonomy, the ability for individuals to make choices about their bodies without fear, violence, or coercion, is not afforded to all people equally. Laws and economic and social barriers…

There’s a growing concern worldwide that the traditional method of allocating research funding through competitive review of grant proposals is too risk-averse. Faced with several times more applications than they…

Just like other momentous occasions in history, a likely topic of future conversations is “Where were you when the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade?” As it turns out, I…

Gender-neutral internet searches yield results that nonetheless produce male-dominated output, according to a new study. These search results have an effect on users by promoting gender bias and potentially influencing…

In August 2021, when my 62-year-old mother said hello on FaceTime, she was holding the side of her jaw, grimacing. She was in anguish, but kept repeating, “I’m OK, I’m…

of supply chain issues. Reports of a scarcity of the menstrual product, used by millions of women in the U.S., have combined with general inflationary pressure on the price of goods to…