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
For The Nth TimeReport: Women Earn Only 59% of What Men Earn Over Their Lifetimes Significantly, women with Master's degrees and PhDs earned less than men of the same age with undergraduate level qualifications in the U.K. By Pallavi Prasad
Limited OpportunitiesOnly 37 of Every 100 Jobs Created in India in 2019 Went to Women Believe it or not, it's an improvement over 2018. By Liesl Goecker
Double standardWomen CEOs Judged More Harshly for Ethics Violations Than Male Peers, Study Finds The conclusion reflects some of society's most deeply held stereotypes about male and female leadership. By Liesl Goecker
What Lies BeneathAge Is the Biggest Obstacle to Women’s Success at Work, Report Finds Surveys and conversations with more than 1,500 working women reveal race, physical appearance, and physical ability also hamper women's progress. By Liesl Goecker
Gold Stars OnlyMale, Female Employees Less Receptive to Feedback from Female Bosses, Study Finds The researcher says employees aren't ignoring female leaders' input, they're just conditioned to expect praise from women. By Liesl Goecker
No RespiteReport: Women Freelancers Face Larger Gender Pay Gap Than Those Employed Full‑Time Ironically, women are increasingly taking up freelancing in search of better income than that offered by full-time employment. By Pallavi Prasad
