10 must-read stories about gender

1. How female chief executives actually get to the top. Many in the Fortune 500 took mundane first jobs at the companies they now run. (Harvard Business Review)

2. India’s gender gap is among the widest in the world. Powerful female ministers should tackle this issue – and get men involved. (Daily O)

3. Amazing science, shame about the T-Shirt. Does it matter if the lead scientist in the comet-landing mission wore a shirt covered in half-naked women? Yes. (Slate) No. (USA Today)

4. Enough about the T-Shirt already. The real story is the death threats that inevitably followed when a woman dared to speak out online. (Jezebel)

5. Why it’s so crucial to get more women into science. The lack of a female perspective skews research and even damages women’s health. (National Geographic)

6. How Dropbox picked up the gender challenge. In under a year, it doubled the percentage of women working in engineering, product and design. (USA Today)

7. Female CEOs appoint more female directors. Many US companies run by women have multiple female directors. (Wall Street Journal)

8. Is Saudi reversing away from its ban on women drivers? Female activists are publishing photos of themselves driving on social media. (The National)

9. US Marine Corps puts a few good women to the test. A training group seeks to settle the question: can women fight alongside men? (Wall Street Journal)

10. Countries with greater gender equality win more Olympic medals. We know a level playing field is an economic win. It’s also a win on the… playing field. (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology)

Author: Ceri Parker, Associate Director, Forum Blog.

Image: A woman walks on Broad St. past the New York Stock Exchange during the morning commute April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid