This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last month, United Nations leaders said that women continue to be underrepresented in key decision-making opportunities on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 on women…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black girls are one of the most untapped resources we have in this country. They are underestimated, under celebrated, and face issues that are not addressed or even acknowledged. Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Farming is a physically demanding job, no matter your body type. Women, however, are at a particular disadvantage when it comes to farming equipment. “These were designed for people of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many of us painfully remember that abrupt moment in May when we received the news that Peter and Jennifer Buffett had eliminated NoVo Foundation’s gendered violence program and let go…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research links the Affordable Care Act’s elimination of out-of-pocket costs for contraception with fewer births, especially among low-income families. Nearly half of pregnancies in the US are unplanned, and there’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As schools grapple with longstanding racial inequities brought into sharp focus by recent cases of police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic, one problem stands out: Black girls often face both…
Madam C.J. Walker was an early twentieth century Black philanthropist known as America’s first self-made woman millionaire. “Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow,” a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the world — including in the U.S. — equitable access to education isn’t always a guarantee. From birth, many girls begin an uphill trek through gendered injustices to reach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When women at a Sri Lankan garment factory started to develop coughs and fevers, few took it seriously — the South Asian island had few cases of the coronavirus and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Female authors are underrepresented as sole and first authors and as members of authorship teams in readings for undergraduate college courses, research finds. “Women are underrepresented as authors on course…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Claudia Goldin, former head of the American Economic Association, called the period beginning in the mid-1970s the Quiet Revolution (PDF) in women’s labor. The ranks of female workers had grown steadily after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. LONDON, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Making sure all girls are finishing secondary education by 2030 could boost the gross domestic product (GDP) of developing countries by 10% on average…