Previous research has asserted that women and men in gender-equal countries differ more in their preferences than women and men in less equal countries, for example by making more traditional ...

A new study reveals that sex differences in academic strengths are found throughout the world and girls’ relative advantage in reading and boys’ in science is largest in gender-equal countries. Gender ...

Takaichi is set to be Japan’s first female prime minister – but she and many other female lawmakers are socially conservative ...

In a new study published in Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers found that gender stereotypes associating men with career and women with family are more pronounced in economically ...

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not ...

Gender equality is vital for a peaceful and sustainable world. Thirty years since the Fourth World Conference on Women was held, and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted, some ...

A new study has revealed the U.S. states where it is much harder to be a woman than a man. Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma have the greatest level of gender inequality, according to a new paper in ...

Sanae Takaichi’s rise is both a breakthrough and a paradox. She is about to become Japan’s first woman prime minister, yet ...

Flexible work arrangements are “non-negotiable” for reaching gender equality in the workplace, according to a June 30 report from UN Women. According to UN Women surveys about time use, women do three ...