The gender pay gap - the difference between what men and women are paid for the same role - has doubled from 2.9% in 2022 to 6.0% in April 2024. According to data pulled from over 1 million resumes in ...

This paper identifies five key issues that are important for the continued efforts to tackle gender inequality: (i) gender inequality needs to be distinguished from gender gaps. Not all gender gaps ...

All social inequalities, by definition, involve one group that has more and another that has less. Do people prefer describing inequalities in terms of advantage or disadvantage? Using multiple ...

We can never let it seem normal, or appropriate, when governments ban teaching topics that are controversial, in literature or science. Most of us old enough remember being appalled at the censorship ...

BRIDGEPORT — Mayor Joe Ganim pledged his commitment “to ensuring all women feel supported and heard in their positions” after two high profile women in municipal government raised questions this week ...

A very good morning/afternoon/evening to all. And thank you for joining us today. Let me start by saying that this event on “Gender Balance in the Financial Sector” could not be more timely. Our world ...

Bedassa Tadesse does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Family conditions -- specifically, how similar one's social status and background is to one's parents' status -- may play a bigger role in determining how easily an individual can shift into a ...

It’s easy to see gender inequality as perpetuated by a few toxically masculine men, but gender bias is embedded in our social systems in many subtle ways too. One system that scientists have been ...