The big exodus: how companies failed parents
Parents, and especially non white ones are leaving their employment massively, with most of them planning to start their own business, a recent McKenzie report found. The survey includes data
“Diversity” is the marketing word of the year 2021
Diversity has been chosen by members of US Association of National Advertisers (ANA) as the Marketing Word of the Year. It’s an absolute landslide! the association said. “The voting wasn’t
How is it like for women journalists in Russia?
”The underpaid media industry in Russia is mostly made up of women journalists. A lot of top managers, editors in chief and reporters are women – perhaps TV is the
Women in newsrooms: Canada gets it right
There is a women majority in Canadian newsrooms. 52.7% of all staff in the newsrooms identify as women compared to 46.7% who identify as men and 0.7% who identify as
Big equality gaps in the access to internet, says UN
Access to the internet still differs widely between rich and poor countries and considerably more men than women use the internet. The number of people who have used the Internet
Microsoft shareholders vote against management
Microsoft’s shareholders have backed a protest vote calling on the company to reveal more about its handling of sexual harassment claims, in the shadow of recent cases and the revelation
Women athletes need better protection on social media
Women athletes were the target of 87% of social media abuse during the Tokyo Olympics, according to a study from World Athletics. “These results raise concerns that existing safeguarding measures
Women’s mental health and safety pandemic’s victims
Women’s safety and metal health has suffered during the pandemic. A new report from UN Women shows 41% of women say their mental and emotional health have been negatively affected
She Figures 2021: women hold 60% of master degrees, but 25% of the top positions
The She Figures publication, first released in 2003 and updated every three years, presents data on gender equality objectives in the field of Research and Innovation (R&I) policy. This year’s
EU Commission to criminalize gender-based hate speech
The EU Commission will propose extending the list of ‘EU crimes’ to allow EU to criminalize gender-based hate speech and hate crime, the Commission’s vice president in charge of foreign