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How much progress have we achieved in the global struggle for equal rights, and how much work remains? From worldwide suffrage campaigns to the rise of #MeToo and digital activism, we have marched slowly forward. But today, the fight for gender equality is far from over. Discover the noteworthy women, grassroots movements and historic ...

Ahead of International Women's Day, here's a look at some of the most inspirational and iconic speeches on women's rights from the Reuters archive. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Reuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from around the globe. Our reputation for accuracy and impartiality is ...

Over the years, the world has gotten closer to achieving gender equality. There is better representation of women in politics, more economic opportunities, and better healthcare in many places of the world. However, the World Economic Forum estimates it will take another century before true gender equality becomes a reality. What drives the gap ...

Data from the Human Biological Record has been used to explore women's status over the last 5,000 years.

This talk is my childhood story of how gender inequality shows up in the home and how systematic and culturally entrenched it is. I share that if we don't all start to intentionally dismantle it in the home then we are fighting a losing battle in the workplace, and will never achieve equality in our lifetime. Matshepo Msibi is the Executive ...

How far back in history do we have to look to find an example of gender equality?

Building on decades of experience working alongside governments, civil society and women and girls on the ground, UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 is a bold plan of action to accelerate the advancement of gender equality. The Strategic Plan 2022–2025 will guide UN Women for the next four years—with an eye toward the 2030 deadline to ...

Today we’re exploring another branch of conflict theory: gender conflict theory, with a look at sociology’s forgotten founder, Harriet Martineau. We’ll also discuss the three waves of feminism, as well as intersectionality. *** References Harriet Martineau: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives" edited by Michael R. Hill and Susan ...

From a plea to a founding father, to the suffragists to Title IX, to the first female political figures, women have blazed a steady trail towards equality in the United States. Explore famous firsts and figures in women's history with this timeline.

Gender is a concept invented by society. The biological limits of genders are decided by nature. But, why do societal constructs related to gender exist? Why are men and women limited to these gender roles? Why is this unfair? Watch the video and find out. 🚀 Win a NASA trip 🎓 Up to 100% Scholarship 💸 Cash Rewards 🏆 Be an All-India ...

Some people in Western cultures say that gender is binary and divided into male and female, and that gender fluidity is a recent phenomenon. But that isn’t the case everywhere. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM In some Indian, Native American and Aboriginal cultures gender is more fluid and has been for ...

Today we’re looking at how society becomes stratified along gender lines. We’ll discuss Raewyn Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinities and emphasized femininities. We’ll explore gender socialization in the home, media, and schools. Finally, we’ll explain how gender stratification results in different outcomes by gender in ...

In 1972, when Title IX was passed to help improve gender equality on campus, men were 13% more likely to get an undergraduate degree than women. Today, it's women who are 15% more likely to get a BA than men. That's just one of the startling statistics revealing how millions of young men today are struggling to understand how or where they fit ...

Find out about the fight for equality in the 1950s and 1960s with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

As the centennial of the 19th Amendment approaches, the milestone in women’s suffrage must also acknowledge the intersection of gender and racial justice in America, says Stanford scholar Estelle Freedman.

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential. Gender equality, besides being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and sustainable development.

2019 saw a record high of female protagonists in films.

#GenderInequality permeates healthcare. Medical studies excluded #FemalePatients for decades, while women’s symptoms have been dismissed for centuries. Hear the stories of 8 real women who have overcome a biased system at #CedarsSinai. Learn more: https://ceda.rs/39zg7NP Connect with us: https://twitter.com/CedarsSinai https://www.facebook ...

Iceland comes top in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index for the ninth year running. What's its secret?

In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new analysis of median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers.

Equality is when each person is seen as equal in the eyes of the law. A government that protects human rights makes one set of laws for everyone, not different laws for different people. Social justice is when each person can exercise their rights within a society. A government that promotes social justice ensures that everyone has physical ...

The World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-30, developed through extensive consultations with stakeholders, focuses on concerted action, financing, and programs at scale to end gender-based violence and elevate human capital, expand economic opportunities, and engage women as leaders.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2024 highlights the progress and challenges facing women in the workforce. Find out how far we've come – and what still needs work.

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Violence against women is often represented as a timeless and universal phenomenon, creating the view the problem is too large to fix, or that only the worst abuses are worthy of attention.

Women and mothers face a workforce gender gap that is an “emerging crisis”, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Gender Gap Report.

Although the terminology we now use to describe gender would have been alien in the 18th and early 19th centuries, the concepts were understood by many.

More than six decades after the U.S. banned gender-based pay discrimination, American employers continue to pay women less than men.

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG Why do we think there are only two genders? Because there are cultures that believe there are many more than two genders. And what’s the difference between sex and gender? Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge ...

In this Global Citizen guide to global issues, find out more about female empowerment and gender inequality. Girls and women are essential to building healthier, better-educated and sustainable communities, yet they’re too often afflicted with some of the harshest aspects of poverty. Watch more Global Citizen guides to global issues: https ...

Kathryn Hughes explores the role of women in middle class Victorian society. Highlighting the conflicted and restrained behaviour expected of women between being learned but not too intelligent, beautiful but not sexual, Kathryn reveals the expectations on 19th-century women. She also explains how women such as Florence Nightingale and ...

Whilst adult women challenge unfairness in the workplace, children as young as seven have their own gender gap, new research shows. The research suggests that the gender stereotyping begins early and shapes lives – limiting the choices women have later in life, with not enough choosing science and maths as core subjects to study ...

Watch our full conversation with professor Kimberlé Crenshaw: co-founder of the African American Policy Forum, as she gives a keynote session on the unique struggles faced daily by women and girls of colour, the ongoing need for gender equality, racial justice, and well-being in our modern world. Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw: the academic who ...

“Gender inequalities in health in the Americas” Men and women have different health needs and face different barriers to health

It's more complex than women earning 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Read the full article by Sarah Kliff: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/1/12108126/gender-wage-gap-explained-real Check out the studies: http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/goldin/files/dynamics_of_the_gender_gap_for_young ...

if someone told us two decades ago that gender inequality in the workplace would cease to exist, we'd believe them. but it's 2021 and the path to leadership for women continues to be painfully slow. no, we're not saying men have it easy - we're just saying all genders need to come together to close this gap. #taketheleap and join us in our mission.

Laura is joined this week by celebrated academic, organizer, and advocate Professor Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, who is perhaps best known for coining the term intersectionality. In order to use this moment effectively and strategically to change culture, according to Crenshaw, we have to build movements that use genuine intersectional analysis ...

50 years after the passage of Title IX, female students and athletes still struggle to reach equality in important ways. RELATED: Here's how Title IX is used to protect trans students, female athletes https://bit.ly/3qOI0f9 Despite the progress ushered in by the landmark Title IX law, colleges and universities consistently devote fewer ...

Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews 'All That Stands In The Way' is a BBC documentary following the lives of four teenage girls in Jordan, Lesotho, Iceland & UK in an effort to understand the roots of gender inequality. There is no country in the world where men and women are equal. Contact reporter Ros Atkins on Twitter @BBCRosAtkins ...

It's been going on for longer than you think

Machines can discriminate in harmful ways. Here's how we fix the problem

All around the world, girls are being denied their right to an education just because of their gender. In poverty-ridden areas, cultural beliefs such as it is a waste of money to send daughters to secondary school, or they are deemed as more valuable if they were put to work/married lead to these beliefs. Ashvita Saxena, using true anecdotes ...

When Paris last hosted the Olympic Games in 1924, just over 4 percent of the competitors were women. A century later, the International Olympic Committee dubbed the 2024 Games the “gender-equal Olympics.” But that’s not the whole story. Stephanie Sy speaks with Cheryl Cooky, a professor of American studies and women’s, gender and ...

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What are gender stereotypes and gender equality? Do gender stereotypes have a right to exist? What is the situation in Ukrainian society? Who will benefit from gender equality? See simple answers to these questions in our new video on gender equality.

If trends continue, women won't have equal pay to male counterparts until 2050. That's right, we said 2050. More SHOCKING milestones in the history of women's rights here - watch, share, and watch again. (You may have to - marital rape was outlawed in all 50 U.S. states when?! SMH.) Fore more can't-miss videos, subscribe to the Refinery29 ...

Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviours, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender. What do you know about all this? Leave your comment ...

Every day, lesbian, gay, bi, trans (LGBT) and intersex kids – and other children seen as defying gender stereotypes - are bullied at school, at home and in their community. Bullying can take many forms –from taunting and name-calling to brutal violence. Children who experience this kind of abuse have a higher risk of anxiety, loneliness ...

The activist, feminist art collective began protesting inequality at New York museums in 1985. Now, their work appears in them.