The Compounding Damage of Gender-Based Wage Inequality
Experiencing early wage discrimination can set women back again and again, as small-percentage raises prevent them from ever truly breaking the cycle.
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Closing the Global Gender Gap in Access to Financial Services
The percentage difference between women and men with bank accounts hasn't shifted in seven years. Experts say better products need to be made to address this problem.
A New Tradition: Inside An All-Female Coffee Growers’ Cooperative in Honduras
The group is utilizing sustainable agroforestry techniques to revitalize their region and tackle food insecurity.
‘Medical Symptoms That Medicine Can’t Hear’: A Conversation With Maya Dusenbery
In her new book, Dusenbery provides a comprehensive and much-needed look at how sexism in the medical field is hurting women.
Women Are Being Left Out of South Africa’s Minimum Wage Increase
While looking to lessen wage disparities, the government has instead enacted legislation that leaves behind a large swath of female workers.
Girls in the Ivory Coast Share the Burden of Teenage Pregnancy
An unplanned child used to derail the education of girls in the country, but a new approach is helping young mothers stay in school.
Could a Female-Only Ride-Hailing App Actually Work in Mexico?
After a Cabify driver was accused of murdering a college student near Puebla, Mexico, appetite for an "Uber for women" continues to grow.
Life After Mugabe: Women in Zimbabwe Push for Political Power
During the hardline president's 37-year regime women were largely forced out of politics. Will things change under new leadership?
How Living in a Black Female Body Incites Perpetual Attack
From the time they are just children, black women in America face a set societal perceptions and actions that can have devastating effects.
A Female Representative Just Flouted the House’s Unwritten Dress Code
This is not the first time Representative Martha McSally has protested government-issued dress codes.