Presidential nomination, breast-feeding selfies and other must-read gender stories of the week

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

A woman has won a major American political party’s presidential nomination. This has never happened before. (Vox)

Three women could be the break-out stars of the 2016 convention. And they are all black women. (Washington Post)

These newspapers illustrated Hillary Clinton's nomination with pictures of her husband. (Boing Boing)

Tokyo elects first female governor. (BBC)

7 women on feminism in China. (Mashable)

UN: Over 100 sexual assault cases in South Sudan's Juba (Al Jazeera)

Women’s health: test less, talk more. (NPR)

Violence against women in film is not the same as violence against men. (The Guardian)

Are investors squeamish about putting money into women's health? (Fast Company)

4 startups changing the conversation about women's health. (Business News Daily)

Women can start a business with half as much money as men. (New York Magazine)

Female leaders, media bias and the company share price. (BBC)

Firms are hiring women in key finance leadership roles. (Economic Times)

8 ways to make your corporate women's network successful. (Huffington Post)

6 books Emma Watson thinks you should read. (Word Economic Forum)

The UN endorses breflies. (Breast-feeding selfies.) (Reuters)

9 non-threatening leadership strategies for women. (The Cooper Review)

Source: UN Women, 2015

“Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.”

Constance Baker Motley
First female, African-American federal judge, 1966