Subtle sexism that pervades everyday life often gets shrugged off. But research shows it can still have lasting psychological ...

Inequality plagues the lives of women all over the world, and female athletes are no exception. The difference in what female professional athletes make compared to their male counterparts is one of ...

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Women health workers lost ground on equality during the pandemic, according to a new report from Women in Global Health. While 70% of the health care workforce around the world is made up of women, ...

Unequal power dynamics across society have resounding negative impacts on how women interact with cancer prevention, care and treatment. According to a new Lancet Commission, gender inequality and ...

“The colored woman of to-day occupies, one may say, a unique position in this country,” Anna Julia Cooper wrote in 1892. A Black feminist and liberation activist, Cooper made a radical proposal: to ...

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Journalist Ida B. Wells was one of the first women The New York Times profiled for its 'Overlooked' series, about people who should have received obituaries. Scott Olson/Getty Images Gender ...

Over the past century, the height gap between men and women has grown even wider. A recent study by Professor Lewis Halsey of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Taarini Kaur Dang is a venture capitalist, speaker, and book author. Gender inequality has been a hotly debated topic in recent ...