Glass Ceiling & Gender Diversity

Al ULA, Saudi Arabia – Abeer al-Howayan despaired of ever working after spending eight years trying to find a job that would put her chemistry degree to use in the Saudi Arabian town of Al Ula. She eventually abandoned her scientific ambitions and turned to selling homemade … [Read more...]

As a global feminist fund, we recognize and affirm that there is no gender justice without racial justice. Today and always, we stand with those marching for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and all Black people in the U.S. and around the world who have been killed and … [Read more...]

COVID-19 has humbled us as a global community. Much of what we thought we understood about the world—down to what and who are considered “essential”—has gone out the window as life is fundamentally altered. As President of Global Fund for Women, I am … [Read more...]

BERLIN – The coronavirus crisis is likely to widen the gender pay gap in Germany as more women are cutting their hours to look after children due to the closure of schools and nurseries, a survey showed on Thursday. In households with at least one child under the age of 14, … [Read more...]

ROME — Every evening when health experts updated anxious Italians in televised briefings about their nation’s devastating coronavirus outbreak, the lineup of authoritative figures included only one woman: the sign-language interpreter. And not a single woman was among … [Read more...]