More women than men with bachelor’s degree in labour force
For decades there have been more women than men with a bachelor’s degree and now finally, women have overtaken men and account for 50.7% of the college-educated labour force in
Some improvement for investments in European female-founded startups
Venture Capital investment in European female-founded startups has been growing. This year, Euro 8.6 billion has already been invested in European startups with at least one female founder across 1,439
Improving for women in tech but more should be hired says Apple CEO
There are no good excuses for the tech sector not to employ more women, Apple CEO Tim Cook says. “I think the the essence of technology and its effect on
Investors paying more attention to femtech companies
Investors are clearly paying more attention to femtech and see the value in having dedicated companies for women’s health. Yet, not everyone feels the femtech label is an unalloyed good,
Melinda French Gates: gender equality delayed three generations
The world won’t reach gender equality until at least 2108—three generations later than we’d hoped, Melinda French Gates writes in Goalkeepers Report from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation referring to
A call for more women to develop Web3
Women continue to remain underrepresented and excluded as both leaders and industry participants on Web 3, the third generation of web technologies. Because existing Web3 companies are male-dominated, their products
UN Women reports lack of data delaying gender equality work
Despite the growing need for gender data to better understand and manage ongoing global crises and challenges, funding levels are scarce and remain far below what’s needed. It will take
UN report shows biased gender norms keeps women from tech studies
Globally, only 3% of information and technology students are women. Women are also a minority of students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at only 35% and this despite
MEPs stressing right to abortion in discussion about priorities
Progress on the European Union pay transparency directive is a priority, the Czech government said presenting priorities during the Czech presidency of the Union. At the presentation, several MEPs highlighted
One-in-three in the EU works as unpaid carer
We’ve not yet seen a meaningful or fairer redistribution of unpaid care duties within EU households, the European Institute for Gender Equality says in a pre-view of its Equality Index