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In 2024, I want to know if things are different. This time, I've broadened the scope of my research to talk about the wider creative industries, speaking to those working in branding, design and VFX.

In the last 50 years, women have been seeking gender equality. We have been moving into the public sphere reserved for men since the Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s, continually pushing for ...

Gender-based violence is a human rights violation. It is an unrelenting assault on human dignity, depriving people of their human rights. Freedom from violence is a fundamental hu ...

Prof. Sabrina Karim, government, introduced her award-winning book about how the gender power balances of the United Nations’ peacekeeping forces “prevent the peacekeeping missions from reaching their ...

Previous research has asserted that women and men in gender-equal countries differ more in their preferences than women and men in less equal countries, for example by making more traditional ...

The recent outburst against gender-based violence in South Africa is, in one sense, an oddity. For despite the ANC’s regular ...

In early February, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade released its new International Gender Equality Strategy. The strategy is designed to target Australia’s development assistance ...

17 January 2025 - Women and girls continue to face discrimination, gender stereotypes and societal biases dictating their place in society, their roles and their responsibilities. Women are being held ...

In the 2025 global gender gap index (GGGI), Japan ranks 118th out of 148 countries – still the lowest among the G7 nations and among the poorest performers globally. This is largely because of limited ...

Gone are the days when companies focused solely on maximizing share value and investors focused mostly on returns. These days, companies understand the need to provide value to all stakeholders, and ...

The paper examines whether recent labour law reforms deliver real gender equality or merely formal compliance. It concludes ...