Gender Equality Related Content
UK gender gap in health: How can remote monitoring create fair female healthcare?
Natalie Duffield explains how Inhealthcare – a UK leader in digital health and remote monitoring – is helping NHS organisations to develop and deliver technologies that can help close the gender gap in health outcomes and provide fair access to women’s clinical services.
How social institutions and institutionalized practices impact entrepreneurial activity
Jennifer Jennings is one of Canada’s leading researchers at the intersection of gender, entrepreneurship, and the family embeddedness of entrepreneurial activity.
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Is there an innovation gender gap amongst entrepreneurs?
Professors Strohmeyer, Tonoyan, and Jennings examine the innovation gender gap amongst entrepreneurs, citing the importance of a Jack (or Jill)-of-all-trades skillset.
Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Women as hunters too
Recent findings challenge prehistoric gender roles that have long portrayed men as hunters and women as gatherers but new research destroys this concept.
Female entrepreneurs: Do women run their businesses differently than men?
Dr. Jennifer E. Jennings from the University of Alberta shares findings from several of her research studies examining whether women entrepreneurs organize and manage their business ventures in ways that are distinct from those led by men.
Investment in women’s sports and the importance of female empowerment
The Women’s Sports Investment Accelerator, a novel initiative by the Department for Business and Trade, is set to elevate investment in women’s sports.
Latest abortion pill ruling rolls back FDA’s efforts to make the pill more accessible
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that access to the abortion pill, Mifepristone, should be restricted potentially affecting countless women around the country.
Awareness of climate change inequities persists among U.S.
Many Americans fail to grasp the impact of climate change inequalities, with over a third believing it affects all groups equally, hindering efforts towards climate justice.
Why must we increase representation for female entrepreneurship?
Although we live in a diverse world working towards equal opportunities, the statistics show that females are less likely than males to start businesses. Shalini Khemka, CBE, explores why female entrepreneurship is essential to foster sustainable economic growth.
Essentiality of diversity in STEM education
Nadeem Ahmad, Founder and Managing Director of Templeton and Partners, discusses his thoughts on the essentiality of diversity in STEM education.
Exploring the intersection of motherhood and STEM careers
As more women balance the obligations of motherhood with professions in STEM, the confluence of motherhood and STEM careers is a subject of growing relevance.
Reducing menopause stigma at work could improve women’s career progression
Positive conversations around the impact of menopause can help mid-life women to thrive in the workplace by reducing menopause stigma.
Gender inequality in computer science begins in early elementary-school years
Researchers find that gender inequality in computer science begins for girls as early as the third grade.
Gender and racial bias in the NHS: Disparities in specialty training
Racial bias in the NHS is affecting those able to apply and get into specialty training programs, exacerbated further by disparities in gender.
Spotlight: Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
Open Access Government places Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy under the spotlight.
Why do the effects of an anti-ageing drug differ with gender?
The effect of the anti-ageing drug rapamycin differs in male and female fruit flies, find researchers, who seek to understand how sex influences the development of age-related disease.
Providing opportunities and empowering women to become #Incharge
The #InCharge movement highlights the steps both education and career services need to make 'empowering women' a reality in the workplace.
How businesses can address the lack of gender diversity in senior roles
Gender diversity in senior roles is a topic of increasing importance in the business world, with women still significantly underrepresented in leadership positions.
The Baroness Casey Review: Racism, misogyny and homophobia in policing
The Baroness Casey Review demonstrates a rigorous scratch of the surface exposing institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia within policing.