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Why Unpaid Labor Is More Likely to Hurt Women’s Mental Health Than Men’s

Claire Cain Miller / The Lancet

Additional Sources: Gender differences in the association between unpaid labour and mental health in employed adults: a systematic review

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Girls ‘failed by discrimination’ and stereotyping in maths class

Additional Sources: Solving the equation: Helping girls and boys learn mathematics

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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Science by Looking at Citations

Julia Cohen / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Additional Sources: Gendered citation patterns among the scientific elite

Where are all the women and men?

Report: Women gained fewer US company board seats in 2022

ALEXANDRA OLSON / 50/50 Women on Boards

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Study finds no differences in performance between male and female surgeons

/ British Medical Journal

Additional Sources: Comparison of short term surgical outcomes of male and female gastrointestinal surgeons in Japan: retrospective cohort study

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Most Americans believe #MeToo has changed the climate around workplace sexual misconduct

Jennifer Gerson / Pew Research Center

Additional Sources: More Than Twice as Many Americans Support Than Oppose the #MeToo Movement

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More women are studying STEM, but there are still stubborn workplace barriers

Lisa Harvey-Smith / STEM Equity Monitor

Additional Sources: STEM Equity Monitor: Explore Australia's data on women in STEM

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The share of female managers in finance has increased but their earnings are still lagging far behind male managers

/ OSUVA Open Science

Additional Sources: Money, Merits and Gender : Essays on wage differentials