(RNS) — The Hindu holiday of Raksha Bandhan, which falls on Saturday (Aug. 9), has long followed a familiar custom: a sister ...

Business leaders have a vital role to play in further advancing the cause of gender balance at all levels of business in ...

An 18-year-old Minnesota high school student claimed she needed to prove that she has breasts to a Buffalo Wild Wings ...

“Gender equality” sounds good but has not worked over the last 50 years because it is not an effective strategy to upend the patriarchal system of relationships, beliefs, and values embedded ...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile calls for united efforts in eliminating gender inequality while boosting economic ...

Gender equality is defined by USAID as “a state in which both men and women have equal opportunity to benefit from and contribute to economic, social, cultural and political development; enjoy ...

112 years after Clara Zetkin’s proposal was met with unanimous approval in Stockholm, women have still not achieved equality – and the UN estimates that at our current rate, it will take ...

A report by the G7 gender equality advisory council last year found that globally, women and girls do on average three times more unpaid care and domestic work than men and boys, which in turn ...

In ­Sweden, gender equality follows the same logic as the country’s most famous capitalist exports, H&M and Ikea, which is that everyone should be able to afford nice things.

Activism on issues related to gender or gender equality is particularly common among Democratic women with at least a bachelor’s degree. Four-in-ten Democratic women who are college graduates say they ...

Skylines in major cities dimmed this week to promote gender equality. The demonstration kicks off a #MorePowerfulTogether campaign, sparking a global dialogue about equality in conjunction with ...