Around the world, women and girls still face disproportionate discrimination, poverty and violence, as well as a lack of access to education, health care and property ownership, among other ...

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PHOENIX — The U.N.’s 193 member nations have made a commitment to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender equality. A political declaration adopted this month at the start of ...

Gone are the days when companies focused solely on maximizing share value and investors focused mostly on returns. These days, companies understand the need to provide value to all stakeholders, and ...

A bill to integrate gender equality into the executive, legislative and judicial elements in the public and broader public ...

Gender equality at work has barely improved over the past ten years, with paid work opportunities held back by women doing the bulk of unpaid work in the home, new research shows. Subscribe to our ...

3 October 2024 - Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024, the sixth joint publication by UN DESA and UN Women, was launched during the Summit of the Future week. The ...

Women remain significantly underrepresented in Europe’s hydropower sector, particularly in technical and leadership roles.

In the last 50 years, women have been seeking gender equality. We have been moving into the public sphere reserved for men since the Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s, continually pushing for ...

Australia's gender pay gap is costing an estimated $1.26 billion per week, according to a new joint report examining the ...

“National Girl Child Day 2026 serves as a reminder of the importance of empowering girls and fostering an environment of ...

This article is authored by Kalpana Ajayan, regional head, South Asia, Women’s World Banking.