Uttarakhand, a mountain state in North India has passed an ordinance to give land ownership rights to daughters and wives of male landowners. The ordinance is aimed to “facilitate the…
In November, the coalition government in Germany passed a law to close the gender gap in board level executives. The new law reverses an unsuccessful, voluntary system established in 2016…
Pampers has announced its commitment to install 5,000 changing tables in public restrooms across North America by 2021 as part of its “Love the Change” campaign towards more inclusive parenting….
Pampers has announced its commitment to install 5,000 changing tables in public restrooms across North America by 2021 as part of its “Love the Change” campaign towards more inclusive parenting….
The UK’s advertising supervisor, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has banned advertisements containing “harmful gender stereotypes” that cause serious or widespread offence. Advertisements like those showing women unable to park or…
Guinness will be giving 26 weeks off with full pay to new fathers, to match their current maternity benefit. This is to align with the five-year strategy of Ireland’s Children’s Minister’s Katherine…
Gender inequality is one of the most pervasive development challenges, intersecting with economic inequalities, class, race and public health. The Sustainable Development Goals recognize this intersectionality. SDG5 focusses specifically on…
Iceland Airwaves, a festival this November, is one of 109 music festivals that have joined the Keychange Initiative to address gender inequality at live music events. With more than 50% of Iceland…
As Eileen Townsend writes in the New York Times, drag artists are going beyond gender politics into the realm of the post-human, alien and apocalyptic. One performer is ‘Hungry’: the creation of…
The global sportswear giant Nike has unveiled a performance hijab made from breathable and lightweight fabrics designed for female Muslim athletes. The new garment is expected to be welcomed by women who…
‘Whether you like it or not, I want these marriages to be terminated’, Theresa Kachindamoto, the appointed Chief of Malawi since 2003, told the 900,000 population of the Dedza District,…
Legislation passed by North Carolina and Mississippi’s state legislatures in March forbids transgender individuals from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. North Carolina has also made it unlawful…
