In conversations with her peers in her home state of Queensland, Australia, Madeline Price, 25, was struck by something odd: None of her friends or acquaintances believed gender inequality was a ...

Kristen Harknett ([email protected]), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Daniel Schneider, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Paid sick leave helps workers ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are prompting young women to leave rural areas like this for opportunities ...

The benefits of empowering women extend far beyond the immediate recipients of gender-related aid, fostering economic growth, political stability, and social cohesion. Recognizing these benefits, ...

Japan has more elderly adults than any major nation, and it is losing nearly a million people a year. By mid-century, an estimated 750 towns and villages may vanish from the map. One of the surest ...

Gender equality has come a long way in the past few years and decades. There are more women with access to education at the tertiary level, more women in senior leadership positions, and women’s ...

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forensic analysis of stone age human fertility to better understand why modern-day sperm counts are falling, and a project to support safe birth in rural ...

As the CEO of Roc Nation, I take my role as a leader in the music industry very seriously and know firsthand how gender inequality has plagued the sector for decades. Many top executives feel like ...

Gender inequality is accelerating young Japanese women's flight from rural areas to the cities, further depressing the country's already low birthrate.