However, Wikipedia's decision-making community processes also amplify gender bias. The "Systemic Problem" Hypothesis: ...

Gender equality was supposed to reduce gender stratification and segregation in academic and professional pursuits. Instead, ...

When Prime Minister Mark Carney cut the position of cabinet minister of women and gender equality and youth, or WAGE, on March 14, Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah was in New York—ironically to attend the United ...

Michele K. Donnelly has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Brock University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Brock University ...

South Korea’s “Me Too” movement sparked discussion on gender equality issues and discrimination, laying the groundwork for a new wave of feminism to take root, and even challenging those previously ...

In his first major move as Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney eliminated roughly a third of all cabinet positions, including the crucially important Minister of Women and Gender Equality. This ...

Japan's January withdrawal of funding from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women highlights its aversion to addressing gender equality issues at home. Despite externally ...

Nomin Chinbat, the Mongolian minister of culture and chair of the ICAPP Women’s Wing, speaks at the ICAPP meeting on Aug. 5, 2023. Credit: Mongolian People’s Party The seventh annual meeting of the ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This guest article prepared by Koike Yuriko in February 2023 is part of the Asia ...

Wikipedia is one of the world’s most influential knowledge platforms. Ranking among the top ten most-visited websites globally – just after Google and YouTube – it attracts over six billion monthly ...