Gone are the days when companies focused solely on maximizing share value and investors focused mostly on returns. These days, companies understand the need to provide value to all stakeholders, and ...

A new study has revealed the U.S. states where it is much harder to be a woman than a man. Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma have the greatest level of gender inequality, according to a new paper in ...

A new study shows why gender equality trends should be central when planning how societies adapt to and mitigate climate change. A new IIASA study shows why gender equality trends should be central ...

Previous research has asserted that women and men in gender-equal countries differ more in their preferences than women and men in less equal countries, for example by making more traditional ...

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not ...

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, ...

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 ...

Nonexistent body diversity on the catwalk. Stay-at-home girlfriends painting a life of financial dependence as aspirational. A 21-year-old actress being told she looks “old” in the media. The vibe ...

Legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality is becoming an uphill struggle against widespread discrimination and gross human rights abuses, the United Nations chief ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's top sports federations have pledged to achieve gender equality in pay for athletes and administrators as part of a blueprint issued by a local advocacy group. The ...