Parents overestimate sons’ maths skills more than daughters’, study finds
Brief letters
Goodbye to gallery audio guides at last
February 2024
Opinion
More women are thriving in science – does that mean attitudes have changed?
Éliane Ubalijoro
More than half of British girls lack confidence learning maths, poll finds
October 2023
Dame Teresa Rees obituary
Social scientist and adviser on equality matters to the EU and Welsh government who strove to improve the position of women
March 2023
First Edition newsletter
Wednesday briefing: Five key issues facing women – from misogyny to the ‘motherhood penalty’
Female university graduates have bigger Hecs debts but earning less than men, research reveals
January 2023
The Zoom revolution largely benefited men. Is job sharing the way forward for women’s workplace flexibility?
Amy Bach
With the right match of people and division of responsibilities, workplaces may well find themselves getting two minds for the price of one
September 2022
Australian Politics
‘The prize is enormous’: can Australia achieve full gender equality?
We must raise boys’ attainment – but not at the expense of girls
If I mention the ‘modern male struggle’, do you roll your eyes? It’s time to stop looking away
Gaby Hinsliff
Offensive graffiti, attitudes targeted in NSW bid to improve conditions for female construction workers
August 2022
Lionesses’ legacy at risk as school PE fails girls, experts warn
In the past 10 years alone, 42,000 hours of PE lessons have been lost in secondary schools – and girls are the worst hit
April 2022
Underestimated: why young women are shying away from economics
Fewer young women are taking up economics study, and many who do are underestimating how good they are at it. It could have consequences far beyond the classroom
March 2022
Covid has intensified gender inequalities, global study finds
Researchers find women hit harder by negative social and economic impacts of the pandemic than men
August 2021
Girls overtake boys in A-level and GCSE maths, so are they ‘smarter’?
Girls storm last bastion of male academic attainment as experts question notion of the ‘gendered brain’
June 2021
Women in technology
Why aren’t more girls in the UK choosing to study computing and technology?
Johnson accused of hypocrisy over G7 girls’ education pledge
December 2020
Gender stereotyping is harming young people's mental health, finds UK report
Fawcett Society urges government to tackle stereotypes in education and advertising
July 2020
UK's white female academics are being privileged above women – and men – of colour
Kalwant Bhopal
Universities take easy route by addressing gender inequality while sidestepping awkward issue of race
