Over 150 statistics experts from around 40 countries will assemble in Tokyo from 14 to 16 November to discuss ways of improving data for evidenced-based gender policies. Coming on the heels of the UN ...

A common debate about gender roles centers on to what extent they are innate and biological and to what extent they are social and learned. Often, this debate pits science against the concept of ...

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the historic Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which set out specific principles and goals for achieving gender equality and empowering women, and as ...

In America and the U.K., the "gender pay gap"—the space that separates average male-worker wages from average female-worker wages—has been picking up steam as an important political topic, especially ...

Reporters and scientists uncover the truth about transgender medicine and the consequences of hiding results. Reporters and scientists have a lot in common. While methods differ, at the core, both are ...

In a now-classic 1994 paper, John Tooby and Leda Cosmides discussed an idea they labeled “instinct blindness”. One of the basic ideas of this paper is that our minds have evolved to become really good ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. Think the world is on the brink of achieving gender equality? Think ...

These myths pop up whenever a news story breaks about Caitlyn Jenner, an anti-LGBT “bathroom bill,” or a young transgender child. On their face, they seem as if they are common sense, yet science, ...

The Beijing Platform for Action (1995) highlighted the different needs of women and men, girls and boys. They are affected by policies in different ways and hence experience development differently.

It was deeply distressing to see the editorial spot given over Monday morning to the ignorance of a group that stokes prejudice against LGBTQ people (Monitor Opinion, June 24). It is acknowledged by ...

Reporters and scientists have a lot in common. While methods differ, at the core, both are a craft of searching for facts, often stubbornly hidden, and sharing those facts with the world. In theory, ...