Bank of America, SVB Financial, and First Republic add men to their boards. Female directors remain below the 35% high mark set this year.

Gender parity in graduate programs remains elusive, but Wharton's progress marks an important step towards that goal.

For the first time in 25 years, the world’s most-populous nation will be ruled by a 24-member Politburo comprised exclusively of men for the next five years.

Japan is set to change a 19th-century law deciding the paternity of a child born after divorce, in a bid to reduce the number of babies who remain unregistered and face difficulty in accessing healthcare and education. It will will also end a ban on pregnant women remarrying within 100 days of divorce, ostensibly imposed to avoid disputes over paternity.

Ten men, two women were among those awarded with a Nobel this year. While the track record for women has been improving this millennium, the majority of awards still go to men.

Voters in Quebec set a record by electing women to 46% of the seats in the legislature, the highest ever for a Canadian province. The previous record was 43% in British Columbia’s election in 2020.

“We know the economic growth that is unlocked when moms no longer have to choose between having a family or advancing their career,” the prime minister said at a news conference.

“We know the economic growth that is unlocked when moms no longer have to choose between having a family or advancing their career,” the prime minister said at a news conference.

This year’s collegiate basketball tournament has a new twist: Amateur players can now make money from endorsements, and some female athletes stand to make more than the men.

Employers are designing workplace infrastructures around abortion care after several U.S. states implemented or proposed near-total bans on the procedure.

Employers are designing workplace infrastructures around abortion care after several U.S. states implemented or proposed near-total bans on the procedure.

In a 2020 survey conducted by the Royal Economic Society, more than 50% of respondents said they found the climate in economics aggressive. Less than half found it respectful, and a third of women said they had been subjected to inappropriate sexually-related behavior, according to the survey of 181 academic economists.