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Claims that women manage differently from—or better than—men are questionable Jun 6th 2015 | From the print edition Timekeeper ONE by one, the glittering prizes are falling to women. General Motors, IBM, PepsiCo, Lockheed Martin and DuPont are among a couple of dozen giant American companies with female bosses. Oxford University is about to follow…

Laverne Cox has gone from being bullied for acting feminine as a kid in Mobile, Ala., to starring in Orange Is the New Black and becoming a public face for the transgender movement. Nearly a year after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, another social movement is poised to challenge deeply held cultural beliefs

This is the third in a series of posts on data related the Millennium Development Goals based on the 2015 Edition of World Development Indicators.

Women make up nearly half of international fisheries workers, but they are often paid far less than their male counterparts – and sometimes not at all – when toiling in the $500 billion industry, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.

Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director General for Family, Women’s and Children’s Health through the Life-course, World Health Organization We’ve come a long way since 1995–and it is time to celebrate women and their achievements. But it is also time to take stock of how women’s rights are fulfilled in the world –especially the right to…

Women all over the world work more than men but earn 24 percent less, according to a report released by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) on April 27. Titled “Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights”, the report shows that women on average…

Male executives have a unique opportunity to help advance women in the workplace. MPW Insider is an online community where the biggest names in business and beyond answer timely career and leadership questions. Today’s answer for: Why is it important to have a mentor? is written by Gloria Cordes Larson, president of Bentley University.

Get ready to dispel the age-old notion that prehistoric men were nothing more than destructively savage cavemen. New studies show that not only is this presumption terribly false, but that prehistoric societies undoubtedly showed signs of gender equality that are infinitely more graceful than the ones of our society today. Led by researchers at University…

Both parents should be paid to spend time at home with their babies “IN AMERICA there is nothing we wouldn’t do for moms—apart from one major thing,” said John Oliver, a British-born comedian, in his television show, “Last Week Tonight”, on May 10th (Mother’s Day). The “major thing” he was speaking of is paid maternity…

Study shows that modern hunter-gatherer tribes operate on egalitarian basis, suggesting inequality was an aberration that came with the advent of agriculture The authors of the study argue that sexual equality may have proved an evolutionary advantage for early human societies, as it would have fostered wider-ranging social network (probably not including gardening).

STRASBOURG, France – Intersex children, or those born with characteristics of both sexes, must not be subjected to “normalization” surgery without their consent, the Council of Europe said Tuesday.

Both men and women only have 24 hours in every day. A new ADB report shows that how women decide to spend that time differs to men, and that is key to understanding why many women don’t join the formal workforce; and why, if they do, they are still likely to earn less than men…

Women in the Philippines are among the most empowered in the world, with the country ranking among the top 10 in terms of gender equity. The ranking is likely to improve further following the implementation of the Reproductive Health Law.

Stereotypically speaking, women talk a lot. Statistically speaking, men talk more – at least within professional settings. Men tend to speak more frequently, loudly and dominantly than their female colleagues, which has effectively silenced many women in the workplace. The hazards of speaking while female Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and Wharton business professor Adam Grant in…

Though Kleiner Perkins won fair and square, Ellen Pao performed a service. When the New York Times runs the verdict in a San Francisco sex discrimination suit as its lead story—above the fact that the Germanwings pilot suspected of deliberately killing 149 passengers concealed mental illness from his employer—you know that a case has struck…

The Philippines ranked ninth out of 142 countries in terms of gender equality, according to the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2014. As one of the top 10 countries, the Philippines keeps company with high-income Nordic countries, such as Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Perhaps surprisingly, several low-income countries such as…

by Fiona MacPhail, UNBC, March 21, 2015 The Philippines ranked ninth out of 142 countries in terms of gender equality, according to the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2014. As one of the top 10 countries, the Philippines keeps company with high-income Nordic countries, such as Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.…

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang yesterday joined the world in celebrating the annual International Women’s Day by recognizing the importance of women in nation-building.

FIRST a minimum wage, then a mandatory quota for women on corporate boards—and this just in the first few months of 2015. Germany’s grand-coalition government, which includes the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) as well as the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), has been busily reforming the labour market. Now a…

Women, Business and the Law 2014: Removing Restrictions To Enhance Gender Equality finds that while 42 economies reduced legal differences between women and men, 128 out of 143 economies studied still impose legal differences on the basis of gender in at least one of the report’s key indicators. The report also identifies 48 law and…

The Philippines has consistently scored well in global surveys on gender equality but how do these indicators translate to life for women on the ground? MANILA: The Philippines consistently ranks high in global surveys for gender equality, resting in the top 10 above all Asian countries.

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The government encourages women in all sectors of the society to take part in leadership and to drive for excellence MANILA, Philippines – “[What] we want is representation. We (women) comprise almost 50% of the country’s population; therefore we should be part of the leadership, the power and decision making.”

Boys are being outclassed by girls at both school and university, and the gap is widening Mar 7th 2015 | From the print edition Timekeeper “IT’S all to do with their brains and bodies and chemicals,” says Sir Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College, a posh English boarding school. “There’s a mentality that it’s…

You have been lied to and so have I. Blame our parents, teachers, and the last 20 years of business gurus for their deception. We have been aiming so hard for success — under the guise of “work/life balance.” There’s just one problem: we’ve been grasping for the wrong trophy.

MANILA – The Philippines has the highest proportion of women managers among Asian countries, according to a new study by the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities.

New study shows positive link between female leadership and business performance and urges boost from current 5 per cent of women in top positions.

IN 2015, the global community will mark the milestone year of several consensus and international standards agreements: the 20th year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the 15th year of the United Nations Security Council 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and the target year for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, among others.

Ladies, don’t celebrate that promotion or raise just yet. Working women in the United States still face a bigger wage gap than those in other countries.