Research provides evidence that cisgender children (children who identify as a boy or a girl according to their assigned sex at birth) show clear patterns of gender development. By age three, they ...

While it was long-believed that our chromosomes determined an embryo’s gender from the minute sperm impregnated the egg. However, new research may contest these previous findings. Researchers from ...

"Gender incongruence" is the term used to describe a marked and persistent incongruence between an individual’s experienced gender and their assigned gender or biological sex. "Gender dysphoria," ...

Efforts to achieve gender equality will not only help sub-Saharan Africa revive its inclusive growth engine but also will ensure progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and help address the ...

UN Women, UNHCR, UNICEF, the Permanent Mission of Tunisia and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights co-hosted a side event during the 2018 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable ...

Despite making up nearly half of the country’s population, most women in Nigeria are still excluded from political decision-making, economic opportunities and social privileges. TOBA AGBOOLA reports.