Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

14 must-read gender stories of the week

Image: REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

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

Women tackling climate change and gender inequality.

Where are the women in computing?

 What happened to the women in computer sciences?

Half of women on boards support quotas. Their male colleagues say no.

Girls avoid maths, even if their mothers are scientists.

PayPal to hold all-male panel on gender equality in the workplace (The Guardian)

Tracking gender equality in media in Silicon Valley. (Vice)

Men read online abuse to women sports writers. But will trolls listen? (Slate)

Vague feedback is holding women back. (Harvard Business Review)

Qantas releases a uniform for women pilots, for the first time. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Dior sparks outrage over photo for demeaning Korean women. (Jakarta Post)

Women in academia systematically kept from succeeding. (Quartz)

The ‘Avon’ Lady model of social selling adapted to deliver basic healthcare in parts of Africa. (NPR)

Women are less likely to participate in cardiac rehabilitation. (Reuters)

Etsy defies tech sector’s lousy record on gender diversity, but not on racial diversity. (Wired) 

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

Sign up for free

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Share:
World Economic Forum logo

Forum Stories newsletter

Bringing you weekly curated insights and analysis on the global issues that matter.