Climate Action
How digital fashion offers to resolve the environmental impact of fast fashion
Fashion is responsible for about 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions and uses huge amounts of water. But the digital fashion industry offers a respite!
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
'Sexist' data is holding women back, Bill and Melinda Gates say
Because women in developing countries are primarily seen as wives and mothers, most of the data about them focuses on their reproductive health, not their earnings and assets, they said.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Women overlooked and undervalued in medicine according to research
Medical research is skewed towards the needs of men, with almost three quarters of biomedical research papers failing to consider differences in outcome according to sex
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
5 times that British star Andy Murray made sport more female-friendly
As Andy Murray looks to hang up his tennis racket for good, it's worth taking a look at the positive impact he has made in making the sport a female-friendly place.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Paintings of working women by a leading suffragette acquired for Britain
Four paintings by one of Britain's most famous suffragettes, Sylvia Pankhurst, documenting the conditions of female workers in the early 20th century, have been bought by the Tate gallery.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
100 years after the first female MP was elected to parliament, British women push for equality
A century after Britain's first election in which women voted and stood for parliament, female activists called on Friday for further reform to achieve equality amid abuse and prejudice.
Education and Skills
Doing the dirty work - do women mop up workplace mess?
Data shows no evidence for the so-called 'glass cliff' – a theory suggesting women are often only brought into senior positions at times of crisis
Education and Skills
The first global women's disability award aims to break stereotypes
Her Ability award wants to put a spotlight on disabled women's achievements to combat the idea that they are passive victims
Education and Skills
20 million girls in developing countries lack adequate contraception
Unplanned and unwanted pregnancies in developing countries can cause serious health implications and perilous futures.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Female executives are closing the gender pay gap with men
Recent statistics from The Pay Index shows that the earning gap has fallen sharply in Britan and the US betwen March and September.
Education and Skills
The executive gender pay gap is closing - but women are still seriously unrepresented
Female CEO's are still paid considerably less, in spite of the gap narrowing.
Supply Chains and Transportation
How does bike-sharing really impact cities?
Dockless bikes are being trialled across a number of cities, with some reporting back mixed opinions.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
We've made significant progress on poverty, but we still have a long way to go
Without significant shifts in policy, about 480 million people - some 6 percent of the world - will remain in extreme poverty in 2030.
Education and Skills
Less than half of the world's refugee children are enrolled in school
A new report from UNHCR shows that four million displaced children are going without an education.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Streets in Brussels are being re-named - with residents' suggestions
Streets in a Brussels district are undergoing name changes at the recommendations of the general public.