Women in Congress, 1917-2017
Free access to this reference book from the Library of Congress. It includes essays and statistics designed for the general public which trace the history of women’s representation in the US parliamentary system.
Gender Pay Gap reporting is now compulsory…
… for employers with 250 or more staff. To find out about the new system see the UK government website and read the legislation. Alternatively see the video announcement via Tweet from Justine Greening Other resources on this subject: Acas guide The Fawcett Society see it as a great opportunity. But highlight issues. The Guardian commented that this […]
The Gender Gap in Internet Access
On 15th March 2017, the Broadband Commission Working Group on the Digital Gender Divide launched its final report Recommendations for action: bridging the gender gap in Internet and broadband access and use. This has some focuses specifically on the Internet as a means to increase women’s empowerment. It also includes a useful bibliography of links […]
Global Gender pay gap
For details on the Global Gender Pay gap see the recent United Nations Stop the Robbery campaign which has been launched on social media It is supporting the http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/csw 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13th – 24th March, 2017, […]
Dangerous Women Project
Research project from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. It has been curating 365 responses to what it means to be a’ dangerous woman’ between International Women’s Day 2016-2017. Read (under News) contributions from biographers, scholars and more covering arts, literature and politics. See this example on Not Just a housewife […]
Economic arguments for gender equality
Great economic evidence in favour of Gender equality was published in this recent report from the EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality) which quoted the data that on average improved gender equality in EU nations would to lead to an increase in GDP of about 12% by 2050. This is supported by the World Economic Forum […]
8th March is International Women’s Day
The theme this year is be bold for change. The Women’s Library Digital Collections has the full text of Mary Wollstonecraft- A vindication of the rights of woman 1798 Virginia Woolf – A room of one’s own The LSE Archives has materials relating to suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. View an online exhibition of her writings, […]
‘Closing the Gender Pay gap would take 95 years’
Across OECD nations at current rates of progress according to the latest PWC Women in work report. It estimates that closing the gap could increase total female earnings by US$2 trillion. The report reviews progress made and ranks OECD nations. The UK is currently listed as 13th in 2015. At the top of the ranking are Iceland, […]
Violence Against Women in Elections
A new framework of guidelines as been issued by IFES which will help officials monitor, assess and respond to gender violence during elections. Other useful international organisations examining women and political participations include the IPU they have up to date figures on women’s parliamentary representation worldwide. They also maintain a free bibliographic database where you […]
Art under attack 2016
Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016. The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016. It includes coverage of music, visual arts and performance. There is data on suppression of LGBT and women’s art. Censorship by state and non state […]
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