12 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
Ellen Kullman steps down as DuPont CEO and the number of women CEOs in the Fortune 500 drops by almost 5%. (Reuters)
Tu Youyou: China’s first Nobel Laureate in Science and the 12th woman Nobel Laureate in Medicine, ever. (South China Morning Post)
Are tech companies growing up? Microsoft, Adobe, and Netflix increase parental leave. (Business Insider)
Do women lead differently? (World Economic Forum)
It’s confirmed (again): Women, more than men, adjust careers for family life. (Pew Research Centre)
47,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions. Are abortion rights under attack around the world? (Foreign Policy in Focus)
Fight or flight? Women, STEM and mental health. (The Conversation)
Want more women developers? Try naming your school after a pioneer woman programmer. Holberton did. (TechRepublic)
Health services and information about contraception crucial for young Kenyan women in urban slums. (The Conversation)
Why are there (almost) no women in sports journalism? (European Journalism Observatory)
“I reported my rape, and they told me it never happened.” One woman’s story. (BuzzFeed)
Why do female comedians disappear after dark? (The Conversation)
Statistic of the Week: Nobel Prizes, 1911–2014
Number of Nobel Prizes awarded: 567
Number of Laureates: 889
Number of women Nobel Laureates: 47
Number of Nobel Prizes awarded to women for scientific pursuits: 15
Quote of the Week
“…in many forums that I have shared, I have noticed that when a woman speaks, people start chatting or looking at their emails or doing something else. It is very, very strange.”
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC
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Author: Saadia Zahidi is a Senior Director, Head of Gender Parity and Human Capital and Constituents at the World Economic Forum
Image: A woman walks through Brookfield Place off Bay Street, on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Toronto, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
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