Where are all the women and men?

Taxi Drivers are Mostly Men. These Women Entrepreneurs Want to Change That

Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg

Virtually all taxi drivers everywhere are men. But growing numbers of women drivers are trying to change that.

Where are all the women and men?

Half of women who work in tech leave the field by age 35

Zlati Meyer / Accenture and Girls Who Code

Additional Sources: Resetting Tech Culture

Where are all the women and men?

COVID-19 Medical Papers Have Fewer Women First Authors Than Expected

/ eLife

Additional Sources: Meta-Research: COVID-19 medical papers have fewer women first authors than expected

Where are all the women and men?

Black Women Reach Record Numbers in Down-Ballot Races

Kelly Dittmar and Glynda C. Carr / Politico

Black women are making history and not just at the presidential level this year. With the last state primaries before November 3rd held last week, the Center for American Women and Politics reports that a record number of Black women will also be major-party nominees for the House of Representatives this year.

Where are all the women and men?

‘Record’ rise in student nurses including 30% more men

Megan Ford / Nursing Times

The 3,150 men starting nursing courses this year was the highest number ever and represented a 30% rise from last year.

Where are all the women and men?

Japan is a ‘democracy without women’, says ruling party MP

Justin McCurry / The Guardian

“Women make up half of Japan’s population and 40% of the LDP [Liberal Democratic Party] grassroots membership. If women do not have a place to discuss policies they want enacted, Japan’s democracy cannot help but be biased.”