A speech expert wonders what this says about the pressures women in leadership roles feel – and the broader cultural impulse to police the way women speak and sound.
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A study of 3,000 companies found a correlation between local ‘social capital’ – which measures such variables as voter turnout and census response rates – and more women on corporate boards.
There is a pervasive message from fashion, tech and the media that women can change their lives if they could be more confident.
Many Indonesian women want to pursue higher education, but structural barriers remain.
Dating apps like Bumble have tried to shake up the gender dynamics of dating. Some users say their efforts fall flat.
Child care workers are at the center of the food insecurity crisis in America. In 2020, nearly one-third of them were food insecure.
Three female academics discuss how women are forging new pathways in faith leadership throughout religions that traditionally have been patriarchal.
The pandemic increased housework and childcare for women. It also exacerbated the work that keeps households and families running: the mental load.
What can we take away from this epic fail of a reboot as a society that continues to undervalue women and shun open discussions of age, class, race and sex?
Many early stories praise her work ethic and devotion. But with Mrs. Claus usually hitting the North Pole’s glass ceiling, some writers started to push back.
The modern home is a digital home – so why are mothers who game so overlooked?
The pandemic has increased vulnerability and poverty for female-headed households more than for male-headed households.
Scott Lucas, foreign policy expert, and Kambaiz Rafi, political economy researcher, discuss potential developments in Afghanistan under the new Taliban government.
Eight academics from across the world interviewed around 150 women about their stories of migration – revealing the threat many experience at every stage of their journey.
Our research revealed around 40% of women with endometriosis have neuropathic pain – a type of pain that doesn’t respond to traditional pain treatments.
She never ages. Her visage morphs. And yet women used to write letters to this brainchild of advertising executives, a cultural icon who still looms large in the nation’s imagination.
Women’s climate knowledge is often overlooked, despite it being a vital resource for adapting to a warming world.
Why do women freeze their eggs? My research shows it’s for a range of reasons, and not always due to a desire to become a mother.
Some suggest women’s lack of competitiveness relative to men is one reason for the persistent gap between how much men and women earn.
A survey of 251 women engineers who graduated from college in the 1970s sheds light on the experiences of these professional pioneers.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
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Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Law, University of York
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Reader in Gender Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona
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Professor of Sociology, The Open University