16 must-read gender stories of the week

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

The ageing population is a threat to women’s economic welfare.

Women in tech ask for lower salaries than men do.

Does your country’s tax system leave women worse off?

Online hate targets black journalists and women.

Will the next UN secretary general be a woman? (Euractiv)

Iranian woman MP barred for shaking hands with an unrelated male. (The Guardian)

Twitter’s gender-neutral parental leave. (The Guardian)

How to get more money than your male peers: ask for it. (Money)

Women have their collective corporate acts together. (Slate)

Is lack of confidence the career killer for women? (CIO.com)

Unpacking #Blackgirlmagic: a hashtag that is having a moment. (The Guardian)

Thingification: feminism and the digital age. (Quartz)

A woman is murdered every two hours in Brazil. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Dame Helen Mirren: Women should chase men’s roles. (BBC)

Why do more than 20,000 Indian housewives commit suicide every year? (BBC)

India not set to cash in on the ‘demographic dividend’. (Bloomberg)

Statistics of the week: Women in tech, sales and marketing

7% higher salary offers for women with less than 2 years experience compared to equivalent men.
3% lower salary offers to women overall.
69% of salary offers to men in this sector are higher than offers to female equivalents.

Women, Work and the State of Wage Inequality
Hired.com, April 2016

Quote of the week

“When I joined four teammates in filing a wage-discrimination complaint against US Soccer late last month, it had nothing to do with how much I love to play for my country. It had everything to do with what’s right and what’s fair and with upholding a fundamental American concept: Equal pay for equal play.”

Carli Lloyd
Why I am fighting for equal pay
New York Times, April 2016