Mansplaining, female gamers and other must-read gender stories of the week
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Gender equality at work: not just a “nice to have”. (World Economic Forum)
The effects of austerity hit women twice as hard as men. (Guardian)
Report: Women in tech earn $0.94 cents to every $1 men make. (Tech Republic)
Have American women abandoned the battle for equal pay? (Entrepreneur)
Gender equality and infectious diseases: there’s a link. (World Economic Forum)
Why didn’t the United States elect a female president? (World Economic Forum)
Few women fight wildfires. It’s not the flames they are afraid of. (Washington Post)
New bill to tackle Egypt’s surge in rapes. (Al-monitor)
Women’s rights: a battleground for Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews. (NPR)
UN urges Switzerland to improve gender equality. (Swiss Info)
Kenya’s illegal abortions: herbs, knitting needles and coat hangers. (Al Jazeera)
UAE pushes for gender equality with new laws. (The National)
The inside world of two top female gamers. (BBC)
Sweden’s mansplaining hotline: even women will understand. (Guardian)
International Men’s Day. It’s finally all about the patriarchy. (Quartz)
Women in power and decision-making
Source: The World’s Women, 2015, United Nations
Quote of the week
“When I took my first interview with a big law firm in France, they offered me a great salary and said, ‘Of course, don’t expect ever to make partnership.’ And I said, ‘Why is that?’ And they looked at me with awed surprise and said, ‘Well, because you’re a woman!’”
Christine Lagarde
Managing Director, IMF
Women of the Year lunch, Los Angeles, November 2016
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