Closing digital gender gap and stressing STEM education for women
The necessity of closing the digital gender gap is emphasized in a declaration adopted by the UN’s commission on the status of women. It underscores women’s and girls’ right to
Companies significantly downsizing DEI policies
Most of the largest publicly traded alternative asset managers in the US have removed significant portions of language related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from their annual filings
The gender gap in online newsrooms
Only 27% of the 171 top editors across 240 online news brands are women despite that, on average, 40% of journalists in the 12 markets are women. This is a
Science and tech a focus for International Women’s Day
“By bridging the gender gap in accessing and shaping science and technology, we clear the remaining bottlenecks to equal opportunities and create technology that serves more people and the planet”,
Higher percentage of women in EU Parliament than in US Congress
All federal programs promoting diversity, equity, inclusion should be scrapped according to one of the first executive orders by new US president Donald Trump. Just a couple of weeks after
UN Women holding tech sector accountable for online harassment of women
As technology mediates more of our daily lives, it is also being weaponised to harm women and girls in new and alarming ways. Although not a new phenomenon, technology-facilitated gender-based
Researchers warning women could be left behind in AI-economy
Women could get left behind in an AI-driven economy as they are under represented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), according to two researchers at London School of Economics.
Widening gender gap in European ICT research
“Europe’s innovation potential is at risk. While women outnumber men in university education, they remain strikingly underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers and leadership”, according to a
How AI can be used to fight gender discrimination
Diversity ambitions are being downgraded – especially after President Donald Trump scrapping DEI policies. However, AI could help governments assess the potential gender impacts of proposed laws and help prevent
How states use social media to target exiled women human rights defenders
Social media should invest in special programs for high-risk targets such as women human rights defenders in exile or in the diaspora. These women are targeted through digital transnational repression