Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conversations about equality are important—but real progress happens when the people who hold power are in the room.

Henrietta H. Fore, new UNICEF Executive Director briefs the press, Palais des Nations in January 2018. Photo by Violaine Martin/UN Geneva/Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ...

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In the last 50 years, women have been seeking gender equality. We have been moving into the public sphere reserved for men since the Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s, continually pushing for ...

A specific focus on the pressing issues affecting women, girls and transgender people around the world, and the critical work being carried out by women’s rights movements ...

Why do gender pay gaps and other disparities persist despite converging education levels and mounting evidence that the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa Houston covers financial issues that affect women in business. Despite significant progress over the past few decades, ...

Japan's January withdrawal of funding from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women highlights its aversion to addressing gender equality issues at home. Despite externally ...

Japan’s decision to end its contribution to the U.N.’s top gender equality body could hardly come at a worse time, both diplomatically and symbolically. Japan’s decision to exclude CEDAW from the list ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Women's professional groups, originally for advancement, often become mere gathering places, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wikipedia is one of the world’s most influential knowledge platforms. Ranking among the top ten most-visited websites globally – ...