Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination remains ...

Women athletes have come a long way since the 1900 Paris Olympics, where they were first allowed to compete on the world’s greatest sport stage. They accounted for only 2.2% of all competitors then.

Legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality is becoming an uphill struggle against widespread discrimination and gross human rights abuses, the United Nations chief ...

The fight for global gender equality is nowhere close to being won. Take education: in 87 countries, less than half of women and girls complete secondary schooling, according to 2023 data. Afghanistan ...

Previous research has asserted that women and men in gender-equal countries differ more in their preferences than women and men in less equal countries, for example by making more traditional ...

The Italian fashion house received certification from Bureau Veritas for reducing its gender wage gap to under 10 percent. By Pino Gagliardi Deputy Editor, THR Roma Bureau Veritas, a world leader in ...

A new study has revealed the U.S. states where it is much harder to be a woman than a man. Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma have the greatest level of gender inequality, according to a new paper in ...

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not ...

As another International Women's Day approaches on March 8, I find myself reflecting on this year's theme: "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment." While the sentiment is noble, its ...

Last week, reports emerged that the G7 leaders meeting in Italy were grappling with issues related to gender parity, including the recognition of abortion as a fundamental right. Unlike last year, ...

A new study shows why gender equality trends should be central when planning how societies adapt to and mitigate climate change. A new IIASA study shows why gender equality trends should be central ...

In the last 50 years, women have been seeking gender equality. We have been moving into the public sphere reserved for men since the Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s, continually pushing for ...