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APRIL 8TH ARTICLES:
CRY's campaign is aimed at building awareness on the importance of India’s girls completing their secondary education and the positive correlation it can have on the inclusive socio-economic growth of the country.
Bangladesh’s investment in girls’ education pays off
An investment plan on girls’ education that Bangladesh conceived nearly three decades ago has paid off enormously – not only in increasing female enrolment but also in deterring early marriage.
MARCH 18TH ARTICLES:
The Gender Gap in Economics is Huge – It’s Even Worse Than Tech
If the ultimate goal of economic research is to develop and communicate lasting insights, this evidence suggests that the value and impact of the economics profession is not only failing women in economics, it is failing everyone.
New study says economics textbooks underrepresent women in both real-life and imagined examples -- and that fixing that could help attract more women to the field.
MARCH 11TH ARTICLES:
Is the Lot of Female Executives Improving?
Glass-ceiling index shows some progress in certain places. But not enough.
Husband Must Pay Wife $7,700 for Years of Housework, Chinese Court Rules
Some in China hailed the divorce court case as a breakthrough, but many noted that full-time nannies are paid far more.
FEBRUARY 25TH ARTICLES:
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open
Studies have found that the field is plagued by a singular problem of gender bias. The latest evidence comes from the types of questions posed at seminar.
Who won’t shut up in meetings? Men say it’s women. It’s not.
‘Manologues,’ ‘mansplaining’ and ‘manterrupting’ are hallmarks of the conference room.
FEBRUARY 11TH ARTICLES:
Why Economics Needs More Black Women
A conversation with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Fanta Traore, co-founders of the Sadie Collective.
The Economist Placing Value on Black Women’s Overlooked Work
Tracing community activism back a hundred years, Nina Banks says this labor by Black women should be counted as part of the economy.
