Gender Equality

International Men's Day was inaugurated in the late 1990s in the Caribbean region before it spread to several other parts of the world.

A report that analysed 20 years of research into the practice found it could damage people's mental health. In the U.S., only 20 states and the District of Columbia have banned conversion therapy.

The U.S. Department of State issued its first U.S. passport with an "X" gender marker on Wednesday, joining a number of other countries that do so.

The Gender Policy Council will urge federal agencies to address the effects their policymaking has on women and girls, at home and abroad.

Women weren't recognized in the 2021 laureates lists from chemistry, physics and medicine despite their increasing numbers in scientific fields.

The progress on gender equality that has been lost to the pandemic is a blow. But the path to recovery is a wholesale embrace of gender equality.

First celebrated in 1971, Women's Equality Day is marked every year in the U.S. on August 26.

She posted a video to TikTok chronicling her experience which was dubbed the "shortest date in history."

The approved proposition recommends changing the terms "freshman," "sophomore," "junior," "senior," to first-year, second-year, third-year, fourth-year and beyond.

"When men speak up, they also foster awareness and acceptance about gender inequity as a shared problem, not a special interest."

The men's Div. I basketball tournament generates enough money to support 85 other NCAA championships, including women's basketball, which loses money.

The men's workout area looks like a Gold's Gym while the women's gym looks one small corner of a hotel room was cleared out so some yoga mats could be stashed.

Greene controversially hung the sign directly opposite the office of Illinois Representative Marie Newman, who spoke in Congress this week in support of the Equality Act.

Boys are being deliberately targeted by online groups that welcome extreme acts of violence against women, research shows.

One comedian tweeted, "in honor of international men's day i will watch one of the jackass films this evening."

Crises disproportionately hurt women and girls, and COVID-19 proves the rule.

Women are fifty-one percent of Unites States' population. But even with this year's gain, their political representation remains a fraction of their male counterparts.

"Most of my male colleagues don't get taken on in that way at all," Dr. Barbara Ferrer said when discussing the backlash and death threats female public health experts have received in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

About four-in-10 Republican men said that women's gains in society have come at the expense of men.

Equal Pay Day falls on March 31 this year. At the current rate of progress in the U.S., women won't catch up to men when it comes to how much they are paid until 2059. Here's a by-the-numbers look at the persistent gender wage gap.

No, the Trump administration is clearly not building "the world's most prosperous and inclusive society." But we can make sure next year's address will be a whole lot different.

The number of films with female leads or co-leads continued a trend noted last year.

Will the proposed amendment guaranteeing equal protection regardless of sex become part of the Constitution?

New York State enacted a law Monday that bans employers from asking prospective employees how much money they earned in previous jobs.

North America's gender gap will take 151 years to close—longer than Europe and Africa—according to a report from the World Economic Forum.

There are more than 400 "Nobody Is Above the Law" rallies scheduled across the country tonight.

The results, released on Women's Equality Day, showed that 38 percent of respondents thought sexism has become more prevalent in the Trump era.

The two professors allegedly both received above norm teaching ratings and were promoted at the same time.

A 1946 poll showed only 35 percent of Americans thought men and women could be equally intelligent.

"I have always aimed to use my passion to inspire others," said Pakistani soccer star Hajra Khan, who made six goals in the marathon match.