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gender gap

A student at the chalkboard
Education
Decades before they choose a career, girls think being ‘really, really smart’ is for boys
Rachel Ignotofsky
Books
Fighting the STEM gender gap with stories of trailblazing female scientists
Policewomen
Conflict
US spending millions to train women police officers worldwide. What about at home?
Runners compete in the Women's Marathon during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Sports
See 120 years of struggle for gender equality at the Olympics
Sports
Want to win more medals in Olympic games? Close your gender gap.
A man sweeps the floor of his house in Alberta, Canada.
Development
Hey dads: How much housework do you do compared to other fathers?
A baby
Development
Chart: The alarming rise in maternal mortality in the US
Netherlands forward Lieke Martens (11) controls the ball against Japan defender Azusa Iwashimizu (3) during the second half in the round of sixteen in the FIFA 2015 women's World Cup soccer tournament at BC Place Stadium.
Sports
The strong connection between gender equality and a kickass national women’s soccer team
The percentage of computer science bachelor's degrees conferred to women has been dropping since mid-1980s.
Education
Women will be extinct in the computer science world if this trend continues
A Japanese college graduate publicly promises that she will do her best in trying to find work during a job-hunting rally at an outdoor theatre in Tokyo.
Business
Japanese women push back against leaning in
Lawrence Summers, former US treasury secretary and Harvard president, ignited a firestorm on gender issues a decade ago this month.
Culture
Larry Summers ‘may have done a service to women’ with his sexist remarks
Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams were paid significantly less for their work in "American Hustle'' than their male co-stars.
Culture
How Jennifer Lawrence keeps getting American Hustled by Hollywood
Female scientist
Science
Is the notion of ‘innate genius’ widening science’s gender gap?