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