17 must-read gender stories of the week

Welcome to your weekly digest of stories about how the gender gap plays out around the world – in business, health, education and politics.

Keep an eye out for the the Global Gender Gap Report 2015 this Thursday November 19. All the details, videos charts and graphics will be available on the World Economic Forum’s website.

“Suddenly it strikes me. I’m the only woman in the room.” Ida Auken, Member of the Danish Parliament, on closing the Nordic nation’s gender gap. (World Economic Forum)

Radical, extremist, patriarchal. The spread of ISIS has sent ripples throughout the Muslim world, with sexuality and men’s power over women at its core. (World Economic Forum)

“The solution is so simple, it’s extraordinary.” With three million girls at risk every year, can we end female genital cutting in a generation? (World Economic Forum)

No balance, no bonus. Virgin Money chief says link bank bonuses to bank gender balances. (The Guardian)

Men’s Lib! Why men need to become a little bit more like women. (New York Times)

LGBT power: Lloyd’s of London’s CEO is the first woman to top LGBT power list. (The Independent)

Women in tech vs women techies: what does the tech gender gap actually look like? (Huffington Post)

The women who fought to be war correspondents.  (LA Times)

18 countries where women need their husband’s permission to work. (World Economic Forum)

Women in banking earn 40% less than their male peers. (The Independent)

In which country is your boss more likely to be a woman? (World Economic Forum)

Which countries have had a female leader? (World Economic Forum)

When it comes to gender equality, there’s the Nordic countries, then everyone else. (Quartz)

Which top business schools have the most female students? (World Economic Forum)

India: will gender training curb sexual attacks? (Sydney Morning Herald)

March against gender violence in Spain. (Global Voices)

Nabila Mounib, first woman to lead a major political party in Morocco. (AlJazeera)

Statistic of the Week:

Percentage fall in maternal deaths since 1990, globally:

44%

World Health Organisation

Quote of the Week

“If there had been more gender balance and diversity pre-crisis we would still have had a crisis, but I bet you it would have been less rocky, less bumpy and less painful.”

Jayne-Anne Gadhia
CEO, Virgin Money

Image: A woman holds an umbrella as she walks during the traditional Feria de Abril (April fair) in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo