Gender

A girl uses her phone at Mao Live House during its last public concert night in central Beijing, China April 24, 2016. Mao Live House, a prominent live rock music venue in Beijing, shut its doors on the weekend, the latest closure to hit China's rock music scene. Owner Li Chi said the club, popular among fans of punk, metal and alternative rock since it opened nine years ago, was forced to close due to tighter rules on live performances. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj SEARCH "MAO LIVE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - S1BETBXEYAAB

Future Development

Mobile phones are key to economic development. Are women missing out?

Leora Klapper

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Up Front

Teenage girls in India: Aspirations and reality

Geetika Dang

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Sakiba Covic (L) and Semsa Hadzo walk through a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. Covic and Hadzo are the only female coal miners in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their job requires them to take daily measurements of air, gas and to supervise the general safety of the mine, according to local media. Picture taken March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E9371M2C01

FixGov

Toward gender equality and inclusivity in oil, gas, and mining

Kelsey Landau and Robin Lewis

Friday, March 29, 2019

People look at a globe which is a part of of an installation in downtown Copenhagen December 6, 2009. Copenhagen is the host city for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which starts from December 7 until December 18. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (DENMARK ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E5C61T3J01

Education Plus Development

Why Captain Planet should have been a woman

Christina Kwauk

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Reports

India

Difficult Dialogues: A compendium of contemporary essays on gender inequality in India

Shamika Ravi

Friday, March 8, 2019

Lucia Mayta, 43, and her daughter Luz Cecilia, 12, pose for a photograph inside their bodega in La Paz February 24, 2014. Lucia studied until the fourth grade of primary school, and knows how to read and write and do basic math. Lucia runs a bodega, and the family live in a back room. She hopes to build a house in the future. Luz Cecilia is in seventh grade and wants to be a singer. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'WOMEN'S DAY - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'REUTERS MOTHERS DAUGHTERS' - GM1EA370T5701

Report

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Eyerusalem Siba

Friday, February 15, 2019

Jan 3, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D, MA) is sworn in by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a member of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019 in Washington D.C. Mandatory Credit: Hannah Gaber-USA TODAY - 11935259

Campaigns & Elections

Black women are looking forward to the 2020 elections

Andre M. Perry

January 10, 2019

Kashmiri school girls react to the camera while walking back home after their class at Kanzalwan near the Line of Control in Gurez sector, 160 km (99 miles) north of Srinagar June 21, 2012. The Line of Control, or a military ceasefire line, divides India and Pakistan in Kashmir. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION) - GM1E86M04E001

Report

Mainstreaming gender equality and empowerment education in post-primary schools in India

Urvashi Sahni

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Report

Gender-sensitive pedagogy

Hawah Nabbuye

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Blog Posts

Oct 4, 2017; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus (33) dribbles in the second quarter against the Los Angeles Sparks guard Chelsea Gray (12) in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals at Williams Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports - 10327830

The Avenue

When it comes to sports, men and women don’t play on the same fields

Jenny Schuetz

March 25, 2019

Figure 2. Adding measures of skills does little to reduce the unexplained gender gap

Brookings Now

Charts of the week: The gender wage gap

Fred Dews

Friday, March 22, 2019

Workers are seen at their workstations on the floor of an outsourcing centre in Bangalore, February 29, 2012. India's IT industry, with Bangalore firms forming the largest component, is now worth an annual $100 billion and growing 14 percent per year, one of the few bright spots in an economy blighted by policy stagnation and political instability. Picture taken on February 29, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-OUTSOURCING/ REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E8450SWY01

Education Plus Development

Schooling and skills reduce gender wage gaps—but not completely

Dileni Gunewardena, Elizabeth M. King, and Alexandria Valerio

Monday, March 18, 2019

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Events

2019

Feb

Past Event

Panel Discussion | Teenage girls in India: Aspirations and reality

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

Girls' education research and policy symposium

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EST

Tiffin Talks | Reducing crime against women: Are alcohol sale restrictions effective?

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Closing the Gender Gap

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2013

Jacketed Women

Edited by Jane Bennett and Charmaine Pereira

2013

Sexed Pistols

Edited by Vanessa Farr, Henri Myrttinen, and Albrecht Schnabel

2009

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

Advancing women’s leadership around the world

Julia Gillard, Christina Kwauk, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Girls walk to school at the outskirts of Yangon

Podcast Episode

The women working to improve girls’ education

Dasmine Kennedy, Christina Kwauk, Armene Modi, María Cristina Osorio Vázquez, Damaris Seleina Parsitau, and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Maasai tribe elders and women gather for a forum organized by AMREF, and geared at sensitizing the elders and women towards an alternative rights of passage for young girls, that would stop female circumcision.

Education Plus Development

How young men can change the gender and social norms of the Maasai people to support girls’ education

Damaris Seleina Parsitau

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

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Gender

Mobile phones are key to economic development. Are women missing out?

Teenage girls in India: Aspirations and reality

Toward gender equality and inclusivity in oil, gas, and mining

Why Captain Planet should have been a woman

Reports

Difficult Dialogues: A compendium of contemporary essays on gender inequality in India

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Black women are looking forward to the 2020 elections

Mainstreaming gender equality and empowerment education in post-primary schools in India

Gender-sensitive pedagogy

Blog Posts

When it comes to sports, men and women don’t play on the same fields

Charts of the week: The gender wage gap

Schooling and skills reduce gender wage gaps—but not completely

Events

Panel Discussion | Teenage girls in India: Aspirations and reality

Girls' education research and policy symposium

Tiffin Talks | Reducing crime against women: Are alcohol sale restrictions effective?

Related Books

Closing the Gender Gap

Jacketed Women

Sexed Pistols

Multimedia

Advancing women’s leadership around the world

The women working to improve girls’ education

How young men can change the gender and social norms of the Maasai people to support girls’ education

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