gender equality

Kerala will turn a major Thiruvananthapuram road into a women-only pedestrian space on Independence Day eve. Freedom at Midnight will combine public-space freedom, women-led organisation, culture and entrepreneurship.

Women now account for 50.1% of US nonfarm payroll jobs, only the third such crossover in historical data. But falling male participation, sector shifts, persistent pay gaps and July’s female …

Women’s participation in paid work is increasing, but their unpaid domestic, care and family labour remains largely unrecognised. The economy counts women when they enter payrolls while continuing to depend …

Care work was long treated as a private family duty, performed largely by women and excluded from economic thinking. It is now becoming a global policy, labour and investment priority. …

Feminist foreign policies have moved from a Swedish experiment to an international movement spanning development, peace, trade, climate and diplomacy. Their credibility now depends on whether governments apply feminist principles …

Morocco has become the first country in the Arab region and the second in Africa to adopt a national strategy for the care economy, covering unpaid care, care services, decent …

Genderwashing is the gap between what organisations say about gender equality and what women actually experience at work. Here is how to spot it.

Women in the EU still earn 11.1% less per hour than men on average. The gap has narrowed, but pay secrecy, pension inequality and weak accountability continue to hurt women’s …

Australia and the UK have released a joint statement after their third strategic dialogue on gender equality, calling for coordinated global action on women’s rights, gender-based violence, security and climate …

New research shows women’s leadership gains are beginning to slip. The decline reveals deeper problems in succession planning, sponsorship, feeder roles and enterprise decision-making.