Most kids associate sports coaches with men, but they should be coached by women as well. There’s no quick fix to change attitudes and address biases, though.
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While overt sexualisation of women in sports is now rarer, sports media needs a more diverse range of voices to help fight misogyny.
Women in Makoko, a floating slum in Nigeria, face challenges funding their fish trade. Literacy and financial inclusion programmes can make a difference.
Women are under-represented as NDIS participants and over-represented as carers. But the NDIS review ignored them.
Humanoid robots tend to be white or resemble white people. Here’s why this is a problem and what social scientists, designers and engineers can do about it.
News coverage focuses on female political candidates’ appearance and personal lives, disproportionately impacting them at the ballot box.
Of the 1.5 million children in English schools identified for SEN services, only one in three – 0.5 million – were girls.
From primary school to academic positions, despite some progress, gender inequality continues to be rife.
In my experience of university teaching, the title of the course seems to strongly influence the gender balance of the class.
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills claim to use science to justify a binary definition of sex based on certain traits. But the biology of sex and gender is not so simple.
Women’s representation in Zimbabwe’s parliament has declined in spite of a quota imposed in 2013.
Both major political parties have promised to introduce financial literacy to New Zealand’s curriculum. But is school really the best place to teach students about money?
To counter stereotypes and prejudices of women at work, we need to take a fresh look at leadership and encourage career-boosting mandates.
One researcher’s experience from a quarter-century ago shows why bias in AI remains a problem – and why the solution isn’t a simple technical fix.
A negotiation expert offers practical tips for getting the salary or promotion you want.
Women are severely underrepresented in tech. Strength in numbers – communities for women and women mentoring women – can counter tech’s sexist culture and help retain women in the field.
Artificial Intelligence comes with a litany of ethical risks and dilemmas. Some are universal, but some are unique to particular countries, like South Africa.
The news media provide a very particular case study of gender discrimination.
Sport and exercise psychology research studies – which inform the strategies athletes use to reach peak performance – have predominantly used male participants.
From primary care to cancer screening and insurance coverage, gender-diverse people still face many hurdles to getting good medical care.
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