Neurosexism, presidents, pay gap protests and other must-read gender stories of the week

Record number of women of colour in US Senate. (ABC News)

Gender pay gap protest stops work at top French offices. (The Guardian)

Work four months for free? American women do. (World Economic Forum)

23% of new partners at Goldman Sachs are women. Highest proportion ever. (Bloomberg)

Diverse teams are smarter. (Harvard Business Review)

Why is it so hard for a woman to become President? (The Atlantic)

Women still do more household chores than men. (BBC)

Gender equality in India: What works, what doesn’t? (Huffington Post)

The digital gender divide in the world’s poorest countries. (World Economic Forum)

Neurosexism is holding back gender equality. (The Conversation)

Most child deaths concentrated in 10 Asian, African nations. (Thomson Reuters)

Indian housewives: collateral damage in fight against black money. (Quartz)

Longer waits, longer journeys: Uber, Lyft discriminate. (Time)

Saudi advisory council rejects study on women driving. (Express Tribune)

Women swear as much as men – so here’s to equal-opportunity cursing. (The Guardian)

The global environment for female entrepreneurs
Source: Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index

Quote of the week

“I do not demand equal pay for any women save those who do equal work in value. Scorn to be coddled by your employers; make them understand that you are in their service as workers, not as women.”

Susan B Anthony, (1820–1906)
Suffragist, abolitionist, author and speaker, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.