Where Are The Women?Women Experts Are Left Marginalized, Unquoted by Media in Covid19 Reporting Women have had limited influence over the framing, and policymaking, around the crisis, one report found. By Rajvi Desai
Where Are The Women?Chinese TV Drama Sparks Debate About the Invisibilization of Women in the Covid19 Fight Despite women making up a majority of frontline workers, their experiences are curiously absent from Covid19 narratives. By Rajvi Desai
Her Name Is25 Historic Women Authors Who Used Male Pseudonyms Will Be Published Using Their Real Names Historically, women authors wrote under male pseudonyms so their work would be taken more seriously. By Aditi Murti
Women To The RescuePope Francis Appoints Six Women In Senior Roles To Oversee Vatican Finances These are the most senior roles ever filled by women in the Vatican's history. By Aditi Murti
Unequal ImpactILO: Job Losses Due to Covid19 Have Already Disproportionately Hit Women Previous crises have shown that when women lose their jobs, their engagement with unpaid care work increases, which then makes it harder for them to re-enter the workforce. By Anubhuti Matta
Step It UpInternational Olympics Committee Announces Near Gender Parity Throughout Its Administration The goal, according to IOC, is to achieve full gender parity across all aspects of the games by the 2024 Paris Olympics. By Rajvi Desai
She Can FightHunter‑Gatherer Women Were Warriors, Not Just Nurturers, Say Scientists Some women were buried with their weapons, upending assumptions about gender roles in prehistoric societies. By Aditi Murti
Combating Gender BiasWomen Officers Can Now Pursue Lifetime Careers in the Navy: Supreme Court The Indian military is gradually inching towards gender equality. By Devrupa Rakshit
Equal Pay For Equal WorkU.S. Soccer Claims Male Players Are More Skilled Than Women, Deserve More Pay Sponsors like Coca Cola are condemning the U.S. Soccer Federation's comments regarding the women's team's equal pay lawsuit. By Rajvi Desai
Combat ReadySC Rules Women Officers Must Be Allowed to Command Army Posts The ruling is in response to the Centre's argument against women's participation citing physiological differences and gender roles. By Rajvi Desai
Joint FamilyBoth Parents’ Work Lives Affect Kids’ Growth, but Research Won’t Tell You So Most research on effects of working parents on kids focuses on mothers, reinforcing the stereotype that moms should be caretakers. By Rajvi Desai
Armed And Dangerous‘The Forgotten Army’ Glosses Over Fraught Relationship Between Feminism and the Military The military doesn't value all life equally -- so how could it ever offer true equality? By Rajvi Desai
Stepping UpStudy: Public Praise Encourages Women to Lead in Male‑Dominated Fields "There is not enough attention paid to the efforts of high-achieving women, partly because they are less likely than men to self-promote their abilities," researchers say. By Liesl Goecker
Miles To GoWomen Are Sole Founders of Less than 6% of All Indian Start‑ups: RBI Cultural bias against women business leaders impairs their ability to seek funding. By Pallavi Prasad
Looking AheadTechnology Can Help Solve India’s Problem Retaining Women in the Workforce 'Bridgital' solutions use technology to enable access and generate employment -- starting with childcare. By Natarajan Chandrasekaran & Roopa Purushothaman
No KiddingThe World Would Be a Better Place If Women Ran It, Barack Obama Says "There would be less war, kids would be better taken care of and there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes," with women in charge, said the former U.S. president. By Liesl Goecker
Bringing Home The BaconMen More Stressed by Higher‑Paid Wives Than by Being Sole Breadwinner, Study Finds Gender stereotypes of men being breadwinners make it hard for them to cope when women contribute equally or more to household income. By Liesl Goecker
Playing It SafeStudy: Women View Competition More Negatively Than Men Do The latest study looks at how the gender gap in competitiveness translates into the gender pay gap at work. By Pallavi Prasad
