Worklife
In New York’s Ratland, the Glass Cliff is Alive and Well
How a sorry affair over rats reflects an even sorrier state of women’s equality.
Gender equality
Media
When An Expert Is Needed, Media Still Quotes Mostly Men
Women account for about one in four subjects and sources in the media. What on earth is going on?
United Nations
Global Equality for Women and Girls is Grim. What Are We Doing About It?
In 2015, the U.N. established sweeping gender goals. Ten years on, they’re not even close to being met.
Economic Equality
The Pay Gap Has Always Been Bad. Now It's Getting Worse.
For the first time in over half a century, the gender pay gap in the U.S. has widened over two consecutive years.
DEI
DEI Is Something We All Rely On—Whether We Admit It or Not.
When companies are more inclusive, everyone profits. So when DEI gets shut down, it’s up to everyone to step up.
History Lessons
Why Can’t We Just Pass the ERA? It’s Complicated.
The Equal Rights Amendment is a simple 24-word piece of legislation. But it’s also a historic movement, more than a century in the making, that began with women’s suffrage and continues to this day.
Rights for Women
How to Make Your Mother Proud
History is rife with examples of women who effected change, then vanished into obscurity. When it comes to the story of how the 19th Amendment became a reality—irony be damned—it’s no different.
Sports
The Real Losers of the Paris Olympics Are the Stereotypes That Hold Women Back
Athletes at the Paris Olympics have challenged perceptions of what it means to be a woman in sport.
Sports
What Happened to the ‘Most Equal Olympics in History’?
Statistically, Paris 2024 may be the most gender-equal games ever—but the first few days have proven that there’s a long way to go before true equality is achieved.