Gender Equality: Information, News, PublicationsGender equality is a fundamental human right and is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and sustainable developmenthttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/en-usTue, 14 Apr 2026 18:49:57 EDTSaudi Women's Pursuit of Reform Secures Citizenship RightsGender EqualityThe 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 menhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1202.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1202.phpFri, 28 Jun 2024 09:31:20 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Equality Progress Is StallingGender EqualityGender 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 Swedenhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1176.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1176.phpThu, 27 Jul 2023 11:45:17 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Inequality Among Scientific EditorsGender EqualityWomen are consistently underrepresented among editors, and female editors are less likely to publish their research in the journals they edithttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1125.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1125.phpMon, 16 Jan 2023 17:02:21 EDTSexualDiversity.orgMen Deterred from HEED Careers Due to Male Gender BiasGender EqualityBias 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 biashttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1119.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1119.phpSat, 24 Dec 2022 17:39:16 EDTSexualDiversity.orgEnding Gender Bias in Internet 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nicenesshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1041.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1041.phpFri, 21 Oct 2022 11:55:03 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Disparities in Science: Breaking the Glass Ceiling by Looking at CitationsGender EqualityUniversity of Southern California Information Sciences Institute researchers used artificial intelligence to study gender disparities in sciencehttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1034.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1034.phpWed, 05 Oct 2022 13:48:04 EDTSexualDiversity.orgMale Youth Feel the Most Threatened by Women's Rights AdvancesGender EqualityGender equality and sexism study reveals it is not the older generation but young men who have the most difficulty accepting advances in women's rightshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1030.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1030.phpMon, 26 Sep 2022 14:00:56 EDTSexualDiversity.orgRecruiting Male Allies Boosts Women at WorkGender EqualityWhen 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 workhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1022.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1022.phpTue, 13 Sep 2022 16:37:23 EDTSexualDiversity.orgDo Masculine Leadership Titles Undermine WomenGender EqualityDo masculine leadership titles undermine women’s leadership by reinforcing harmful stereotypes that positions of power are reserved for menhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1014.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1014.phpTue, 06 Sep 2022 18:03:55 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Equality: Ending Sexist Scheduling of Major Sporting EventsGender EqualityDespite 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 athleteshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1009.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/1009.phpWed, 31 Aug 2022 15:35:56 EDTSexualDiversity.orgBrilliance is a Male Trait According to Pre-teen KidsGender EqualityPre-teen children believe brilliance is a male trait, and this stereotype increases in strength up to the age of twelvehttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/995.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/995.phpTue, 26 Jul 2022 12:22:21 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Pay Gap Linked to Childhood Unpaid ChoresGender EqualityResearch reveals female later employment participation affected by taking on the weight of care burden in childhood, thus adding to existing inequality gapshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/993.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/993.phpThu, 21 Jul 2022 16:49:37 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGreater Gender 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Ghebreyesushttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/885.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/885.phpWed, 07 Mar 2018 16:19:32 EDTSexualDiversity.orgChina's Two Child Policy May Exacerbate Gender InequalityGender EqualityUBC sociology research suggests the new universal two-child policy could be negatively affecting women's status and gender equalityhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/873.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/873.phpFri, 23 Feb 2018 18:18:22 EDTSexualDiversity.orgCountries with Greater Gender Equality Have Lower Percentage of Female STEM GraduatesGender EqualityFindings could help refine education efforts and policies geared toward girls and science, technology, engineering and mathematicshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/869.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/869.phpThu, 15 Feb 2018 13:55:52 EDTSexualDiversity.orgWomen and Men in STEM Often at Odds Over Workplace EquityGender EqualityPerceived inequities are especially common among women in science, technology, engineering and math jobs who work mostly with menhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/858.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/858.phpWed, 10 Jan 2018 12:38:49 EDTSexualDiversity.org#NotOkay Twitter, Trump and Sexual Assault: A Call to Men for ActionGender EqualityTwitter 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 womenhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/856.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/856.phpMon, 08 Jan 2018 15:47:12 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender-Based Double Standards Persist Even in Performance Driven IndustriesGender EqualityPursing quality: how search costs and uncertainty magnify gender-based double standards in a multistage evaluation processhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/827.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/827.phpWed, 25 Oct 2017 13:40:47 EDTSexualDiversity.orgBiased Views of Girls Begin as Early as 4th GradeGender EqualitySave the Children reveals biased views on value of girls and their roles within the classroom and society begin to show as early as fourth gradehttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/816.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/816.phpFri, 13 Oct 2017 10:04:06 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Equality: Realizing How Far We Have to GoGender EqualityLargest 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 likehttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/810.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/810.phpTue, 10 Oct 2017 10:56:19 EDTSexualDiversity.orgReinforcing Gender Stereotypes - Macho Pursuits Dominate Assessments of Risky BehaviorGender EqualityWomen can be just as risky as men when the conventional macho measures of daring are replaced by less stereotypical criteriahttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/809.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/809.phpThu, 05 Oct 2017 11:44:24 EDTSexualDiversity.orgTopless Equality Challenges U.S. Courts On GoTopless 10th AnniversaryGender EqualityGoTopless organization will celebrate its 10th anniversary of fighting for constitutional topless equality on August 26thhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/778.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/778.phpWed, 09 Aug 2017 09:33:49 EDTSexualDiversity.orgWomen's Mental Health Damaged by Breastaurant EmploymentGender EqualityStudy 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 disordershttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/775.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/775.phpTue, 18 Jul 2017 14:00:34 EDTSexualDiversity.orgNo Evidence of Gender Bias in PhilosophyGender EqualityDespite a gender imbalance, there is no evidence for gender bias against women in securing tenure-track positions in philosophyhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/770.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/770.phpTue, 20 Jun 2017 11:37:56 EDTSexualDiversity.orgTopless Women in NY Celebrate 25 Years of Equal RightsGender EqualityAnniversary of court decision establishing women have the same right as men to go bare-chested in public places in New York Statehttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/763.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/763.phpThu, 18 May 2017 14:39:18 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Bias in Open-Source ProgrammingGender EqualityTo what extent does gender bias exist when pull requests are judged on GitHubhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/756.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/756.phpTue, 02 May 2017 12:18:37 EDTSexualDiversity.orgGender Diversity in Big Law FlatlinesGender EqualityDespite widespread implementation of diversity programs women account for only 30% of lawyers at firms in the Am Law 200https://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/755.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/discrimination/equality/755.phpMon, 01 May 2017 09:30:12 EDTSexualDiversity.orgFemale Equality in the Workforce: Rising Fast or Falling Short?Sexuality80% 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 todayhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/746.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/746.phpSat, 01 Apr 2017 10:28:00 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAlbuquerque Ranked Top Place for Gender EqualityLGBTQ News AmericaU.S. metros ranked by how far women have come to achieving gender equality with regard to owning a home, attending college and getting paidhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/news/us/742.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/news/us/742.phpFri, 24 Mar 2017 08:26:35 EDTSexualDiversity.orgCanadian Women Call for National Gender Equality PlanLGBT News CanadaWomen in Canada call for national gender equality plan after millions march for equalityhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/news/ca/693.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/news/ca/693.phpFri, 03 Feb 2017 09:29:45 EDTSexualDiversity.org