Financial and Technical Aid Allows Impoverished Women to Reach Their Potential

Bedassa Tadesse writes about battling gender inequality in third-world nations with needed financial and technical support.
Best practices include:

• Incorporate gender considerations in all development projects
• Engage men and boys
• Ensure that efforts are relevant and practical
• Respect the social, political and cultural contexts
• Encourage and strengthen governmental instituions
• Promote education for women and girls.

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Sexism Creates Cassandras

Josie Cox notes that sexism may have stifled the voice of a woman who anticipated the 2008 recession.

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Eliminating Hiring Bias

Sharon Florentine provides examples of how artifical intelligence helps eliminate gender, race and age bias in the hiring process.

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

The World Economic Forum predicts the future of jobs in a new report which examines the effect of technology on the workforce. Women have become a major part of the workforce as a result of automation and the proliferation of white collar job, and this trend will continue. Patrick Nelson offers a summary.

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"Ask Me" Video Highlights the Proliferation of Genders

Julia Schmalz and the Chronicle of Higher Education have created a video on the range of gender expression among students in U.S. public universities. While the video is very positive toward these students and their desire to be named as they wish, in the comments, many respondents perceived that potential administrative or housing accomodation requirements may be challenging on a small campus.

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Gender Bias

Teri Odom comments on the existence of gender bias even in peer-reviewed scholarly publishing.

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