The World Economic Forum published its Global Gender Gap Index 2010 earlier this month. Scandinavian countries are leading the way with Iceland taking the top spot just in front of Norway, Finland and Sweden. These ...

Women are getting more seats at the table. And women are gaining a voice in companies and government. However, women in leadership continue to be under-represented and the rate of progress for women remains slow. ...

Avant le XX ième siècle les femmes n’avaient aucun droit car considérées comme des êtres inférieurs ne pouvant décider pour elles-mêmes. C’est surtout vrai pour les femmes mariées. Par exemple ce n’est qu’en 1942 en ...

In terms of equality, some progress was made in 2012 including the United Nations ban (finally) on genital mutilation and the agreement, obtained in-extremis by the European Commissioner Viviane Reding, for a quota on gender ...