Young men make up the majority of black people killed by police in the US. That’s fed a perception that black women are somehow shielded from the threat of police violence. They aren’t.
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Women have been disproportionately disadvantaged in this pandemic – and the only way to fix that is to bring more more women, especially Coalition women, into parliament.
The gender bias scale could help companies and other organizations better measure how women experience and perceive gender bias.
Algorithms are only as good as the people who make them.
In the absence of live sport, curated lists have abounded- but they have been mostly by men, featuring men’s sports.
Small signs, big questions and a fabulous wardrobe. How the world’s most famous doll is calling out art’s deeply entrenched male bias.
Media firms, management consultancies, business schools and economists are envisaging a new version of capitalism - but they all approach it from a skewed starting point.
Women with less income and less education may be hurt most by gender discrimination.
Men still dominate the science media landscape, among both quoted sources and the writers themselves. Confronting this problem is not a job just for women, or just for the media - it’s for everyone.
Scientific research can be a daunting career choice for women of colour, according to a recent survey which found they face a “barrage of brief, everyday racial slights” at work.
Gender stereotyping might be funny, but it’s no joke. A public health professor explains why she took action against everyday sexism when she heard it in a radio advert.
Predictions about how a woman presidential candidate might fare in 2020 are largely speculation, writes a political scientist, because there isn’t enough experience to base those predictions on.
Scholars say a ‘critical mass’ of representation is necessary to overcome ‘token’ status. That’s exactly what we saw at the Democratic debate in Atlanta.
For every 100 men, up to 25 have raped or pressured a woman into sex.
For most of the Victorian era, people thought it was normal for men and women to be treated differently, and judged by different standards.
Women face a number of socio-economic challenges that make it harder for them to access higher education.
Community members see gender portrayals in advertising as out of step with contemporary society.
Artificial Intelligence can perpetuate existing social imbalances in a harmful manner. Can this undesirable scenario be avoided?
The fundamental problem with AI is it is often riddled with society’s existing biases and prejudices.
Consciousness-raising is a laudable goal for the AFL, but on race and gender issues, it needs to lead to clear actions, not just words.
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