Researchers used data from more than 150 countries to connect gender equality and life expectancy. They hope their findings can help policymakers set priorities in public health and other areas.

Missouri was ranked the fifth-worst state for gender equality, with bottom-10 finishes in each category.. The state's lowest ranking was in political empowerment, finishing in 48th place. Of ...

The so-called gender-equality paradox has been a recurrent but controversial thesis in social research over the past decade. It assumes that when both women and men have more freedom to do what ...

Gender equality has morphed into merely giving women the right to choose between motherhood and a career—it's not about men changing. Skip to main content Mobile Navigation.

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination ...

Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma have the worst gender equality of all U.S. states, with Massachusetts, California and Maine being the best.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack ...

In his first major move as Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney eliminated roughly a third of all cabinet positions, including the crucially important Minister of Women and Gender Equality.

Although inequalities persist, over recent decades, substantial progress has been made towards achieving gender equality. In the EU this progress is due to legislation, the integration of gender ...

Milestones in Gender Equality. Advancing the economic, political, and personal rights of women in the U.S. By Ronni Sandroff. Updated February 22, 2025. Reviewed by. Robert C. Kelly.