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A gender equality philanthropic initiative spearheaded by Melinda Gates’ investment company, with support from MacKenzie Scott, has announced 10 project finalists for $40 million in funding slated to be awarded this summer. The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge, which is hosted by … [Read more...] about $40M gender equality fund by Melinda Gates, MacKenzie Scott picks finalists

HARARE, Zimbabwe — There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Molly Manatse doesn’t like to be singled out for her gender. “It has always been known as a male job, but don’t say I am a female driver. We are just drivers, we do the same job,” insists 31-year old … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe’s women battle gender discrimination amid pandemic

Administrators at Columbia University apologized to a former professor who said she was ousted after complaining about a student’s “rape jokes.” Ericka Hart — a racial-justice and gender-rights advocate and sex educator who taught courses at Columbia’s School of Social Work … [Read more...] about Columbia apologizes to activist Ericka Hart after racism, transphobia accusations

Katy McAvoy hoped she would have more time for her job search after her 5-year-old daughter started in-person kindergarten in mid-November after months of virtual learning due to the pandemic. But the school near Grand Rapids, Michigan closed again a week later as COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Pushed out by pandemic, women struggle to regain footing in US job market

BRUSSELS — The European Union executive wants to force employers to be much more open about how much their staff earn to make it easier for women to challenge wage imbalances and close the gender pay gap. Even though the gender pay gap across the 27-nation bloc has been reduced … [Read more...] about EU wants employers to report pay levels to fix gender gap