16 must-read gender stories of the week

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

Could gender diversity help companies be more innovative?

Can ‘digital fluency’ help women close the workplace gender gap?

How can African women achieve their economic potential?

Lessons in women’s leadership from lacrosse and basketball.

Agenda in Focus: Women and Work -- the system is broken, so how can we fix it?

International Women’s Day 2016. Everything you need to know. (International Business Times)

Turkish police break up Women’s Day rally with rubber bullets (Reuters)

Why Loiter? Indian women reclaim public spaces. (Reuters)

Older women are invisible in the workplace. (The Guardian)

US Supreme Court hears major abortion rights case with three women on the bench, for the first time ever. (Huffington Post)

Uber is teaching drivers in Pakistan how not to sexually harass women (The Daily Pakistan)

Why companies that take pride in diversity programs still wind up hiring white guys. (Quartz)

Why educating women in sexist nations may not create the change you’d expect. (Quartz)

Is the ‘tampon tax’ fair? (NPR)

YouTube, with UN, appoints change ambassadors to champion and empower women. (Emirates 24/7)

Seven YouTube creators celebrate 100 years of Incredible Women.(YouTube)

Statistic of the week:

Every 10 minutes, somewhere in the world, an adolescent girl dies as a result of violence.

International Day of the Girl Child
UN Women

Quote of the week:

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.”

Melinda French Gates, 2003
Powerful Voices Annual Luncheon