Gender Equality

When employers reward ‘ideal’ workers, gender equality suffers

An article from The Conversation.

By Shireen Kanji, Professor of Work and Organisation, Brunel University London

The importance of good childcare services for gender equality

Professor Ingela Naumann at Fribourg University discusses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on childcare arrangements and family wellbeing, and how it highlighted gendered care norms.

Ingela Naumann, Fribourg University

New Zealand makes history with gender parity in cabinet

‘Clearly, it is nice to have a cabinet that reflects the New Zealand population.’

By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

UK launches gender equality plan but critics call funding a ‘drop in the ocean’

Foreign secretary’s new strategy branded ‘meaningless’ in face of parliamentary inquiry into impact of slashing overseas aid.

By Kaamil Ahmed

Why we need gender equity, not just equality

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day campaign is ‘embrace equity’. But what is gender equity, and how can we achieve it in the workplace, to the benefit of businesses?

By Emma Crabtree

International Women’s Day: global opinion remains committed to gender equality, but half now believe

Ipsos unveils a new global study carried out in 32 countries in collaboration with the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London for International Women’s Day 2023.

Jessica Bruce, Public Affairs and Olivia Ryan, Public Affairs

Britons increasingly scared to speak out on women’s rights, data shows

The share of the public who feel this way has doubled in five years.

The emptiness of International Women’s Day

Against glass-ceiling feminism.

By Nina Welsch

Two in five Britons think championing women’s equality discriminates against men

The recent rise of misogynistic views pushed by the likes of influencer Andrew Tate demonstrate the battle to achieve gender equality is far from over, campaigners say.

By Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent

‘Motherhood penalty’ leaves British gender equality worse than Poland and Hungary

Childcare costs put UK behind 13 other OECD countries for workplace equality.

By Eir Nolsøe

International Women’s Day 2023: have gender gaps narrowed?

In its latest global gender gap report, published in July 2022, the World Economic Forum found that the global gender gap had slightly narrowed between 2021 and 2022. Despite this, it contended that the Covid-19 pandemic had caused a ‘generational loss’ in closing the gap. This article details the findings of the report and some of the actions taken by the government to try to support the education of women and girls in the UK and worldwide.

By Eren Waitzman

How the ‘chore gap’ is still holding female founders back

By Aria Babu

Girls worldwide lag behind boys in mathematics, failed by discrimination and gender stereotypes – UN

Girls worldwide are lagging behind boys in mathematics, with sexism and gender stereotypes among the root causes, according to a new report published today by UNICEF.

A climate crisis is becoming a crisis for gender equality

Sian Norris reports how news that East Africa’s drought is entering its fifth year spells danger for women and girls.

By Sian Norris, Chief Social and European Affairs Reporter

The Lionesses roar: what next for equality in football?

Carrie Dunn, author of a history of women’s football, speaks to experts about gender equality in the sport – and finds that the issues within the game are found across society.

What is the ‘pink tax’ and how does it hinder women?

By Spencer Feingold, World Economic Forum

Gender gap: these are the world’s most gender-equal countries

Iceland has once again been named the most gender equal country, topping the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2022.

Fawcett’s 2022 Sex and Power Index reveals that less than 1/3 of UK’s top jobs are filled by women

The Fawcett Society is today publishing its 2022 Sex and Power Index – the biennial report which charts the progress towards equal representation for women in top jobs across the UK. Yet again, the report reveals the pace of change is glacial in the majority of sectors and shows that women are outnumbered by men 2:1 in positions of power.

Women and men at work

An extract from: Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review

By Alison Andrew, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics, Monica Costa Dias, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Camille Landais, London School of Economics

Do consumers support gender pay equality?

268 years. At the current speed of gender parity changes, that is the number of years we will take to close the economic gender gap globally, according to the World Economic Forum.