Gender Equality Publications

Gender Equality Publications

Saudi Women's Pursuit of Reform Secures Citizenship Rights - The research comes as Saudi Arabia's women can now drive, travel abroad without a male guardian's permission, apply for passports, and are almost on equal footing to men.

Gender Equality Progress Is Stalling - Gender equality recovers to pre-pandemic levels but pace of progress has slowed with Iceland remaining the most gender-equal country, followed by Norway, Finland, New Zealand and Sweden.

Gender Inequality Among Scientific Editors - Women are consistently underrepresented among editors, and female editors are less likely to publish their research in the journals they edit.

Men Deterred from HEED Careers Due to Male Gender Bias - Bias against men in health care, early education, and domestic (HEED) fields have been documented, and the current study sought to gauge the impact of that bias.

Ending Gender Bias in Internet Algorithms - Many internet algorithms are based on stereotypes, leading them to associate the sciences with masculinity and the arts with femininity.

Pursuit of Equality and Remote Work - A new report from Institute for Gender and the Economy looks at remote work, the pursuit of equality, and the future of work.

Stereotype of Middle Age Women as Less Nice Can Hold Them Back at Work - Research finds even as they achieve more job power and capability; middle-aged women can be held back by a perceived lack of niceness.

Gender Disparities in Science: Breaking the Glass Ceiling by Looking at Citations - University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute researchers used artificial intelligence to study gender disparities in science.

Male Youth Feel the Most Threatened by Women's Rights Advances - Gender equality and sexism study reveals it is not the older generation but young men who have the most difficulty accepting advances in women's rights.

Recruiting Male Allies Boosts Women at Work - When women and men raise their voices together in the workplace, managers are more likely to support gender equity issues, such as equal pay for equal work.

Do Masculine Leadership Titles Undermine Women - Do masculine leadership titles undermine women’s leadership by reinforcing harmful stereotypes that positions of power are reserved for men.

Gender Equality: Ending Sexist Scheduling of Major Sporting Events - Despite progress in gender equality in sports, female match finals are invariably considered a warm-up for men's sending message that women are second-class citizens and athletes.

Brilliance is a Male Trait According to Pre-teen Kids - Pre-teen children believe brilliance is a male trait, and this stereotype increases in strength up to the age of twelve.

Gender Pay Gap Linked to Childhood Unpaid Chores - Research reveals female later employment participation affected by taking on the weight of care burden in childhood, thus adding to existing inequality gaps.

Greater Gender Diversity in Companies Deliver Better Employee Experiences - The employee attitude data integrated with Bloomberg data on gender-related programs and practices to examine linkages between gender-diversity policies and employee opinion.

Sexual Objectification Influences Visual Perception - It has been suggested that sexually objectified women or men are visually processed in the same fashion of an object.

Gender Equality Must be at the Core of Health for All - 2018 International Womens Day statement by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

China's Two Child Policy May Exacerbate Gender Inequality - UBC sociology research suggests the new universal two-child policy could be negatively affecting women's status and gender equality.

Countries with Greater Gender Equality Have Lower Percentage of Female STEM Graduates - Findings could help refine education efforts and policies geared toward girls and science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Women and Men in STEM Often at Odds Over Workplace Equity - Perceived inequities are especially common among women in science, technology, engineering and math jobs who work mostly with men.

#NotOkay Twitter, Trump and Sexual Assault: A Call to Men for Action - Twitter campaign #NotOkay included a large number of tweets by both women and men calling on men to shut down locker room talk that is degrading to women.

Gender-Based Double Standards Persist Even in Performance Driven Industries - Pursing quality: how search costs and uncertainty magnify gender-based double standards in a multistage evaluation process.

Biased Views of Girls Begin as Early as 4th Grade - Save the Children reveals biased views on value of girls and their roles within the classroom and society begin to show as early as fourth grade.

Gender Equality: Realizing How Far We Have to Go - Largest study of women in the workplace reveals we do not fully see the barriers women face, and we have a low bar for what equality looks like.

Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes - Macho Pursuits Dominate Assessments of Risky Behavior - Women can be just as risky as men when the conventional macho measures of daring are replaced by less stereotypical criteria.

Topless Equality Challenges U.S. Courts On GoTopless 10th Anniversary - GoTopless organization will celebrate its 10th anniversary of fighting for constitutional topless equality on August 26th.

Women's Mental Health Damaged by Breastaurant Employment - Study reveals women who work in restaurants that require their bodies to be on display through revealing uniforms may experience higher levels of anxiety and eating disorders.

No Evidence of Gender Bias in Philosophy - Despite a gender imbalance, there is no evidence for gender bias against women in securing tenure-track positions in philosophy.

Topless Women in NY Celebrate 25 Years of Equal Rights - Anniversary of court decision establishing women have the same right as men to go bare-chested in public places in New York State.

Gender Bias in Open-Source Programming - To what extent does gender bias exist when pull requests are judged on GitHub.

Gender Diversity in Big Law Flatlines - Despite widespread implementation of diversity programs women account for only 30% of lawyers at firms in the Am Law 200.

Female Equality in the Workforce: Rising Fast or Falling Short? - 80% of Americans say female leaders have to work harder than men to prove themselves - Harris Poll examines how Americans believe women are faring in the workforce today.

Albuquerque Ranked Top Place for Gender Equality - U.S. metros ranked by how far women have come to achieving gender equality with regard to owning a home, attending college and getting paid.

Canadian Women Call for National Gender Equality Plan - Women in Canada call for national gender equality plan after millions march for equality.