This week is Transgender Awareness Week in New Zealand. It’s an important time, not just for trans people but for their family, friends, colleagues and the wider community. It’s a week when transgender people and their allies work to educate the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advocating issues like…
Excerpt A massive survey on workplace gender has been released, aimed at giving companies better insights into their female talent base. Champions for Change, a business group which champions diversity, surveyed more than 80,000 employees in 29 organisations, including some of New Zealand’s largest companies. It represents about 3 per cent of the New Zealand working population and will be conducted…
Excerpt In countries where women face more unequal treatment in society, young girls have a lower chance of survival, a new analysis finds. Gender inequality is linked to more deaths than expected among girls under the age of 5 compared with boys of the same age, especially in lower- and middle-income countries, says the study, published…
Excerpt From The Conversation: In the midst of social justice movements such as #MeToo, pervasive sexist and racist attitudes are being examined across all sectors, including academia. The earth, oceanic and atmospheric sciences, collectively known as the geosciences, are the least diverse of all within STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math). To examine this issue further,…
Excerpt From CNN: Women in the United Kingdom are learning for the first time exactly how much more their male counterparts are paid. Companies and organizations that employ 250 or more people in the United Kingdom were legally required to reveal their gender pay gaps by Wednesday. The numbers show the vast majority of businesses…