Transformative change toward gender equality requires a concerted effort. This involves further investments, further changes in law and policies, further interventions to shift social and gender norms ...

Research provides evidence that cisgender children (children who identify as a boy or a girl according to their assigned sex at birth) show clear patterns of gender development. By age three, they ...

Joanne Sandler is the Ad Interim Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). She guides efforts to implement rights- and results-based programmes in support of ...

Amartya Sen, often referred to as the father of the concept of ‘human development’, reminds us of a quote by H.G. Wells, where he said that “human history becomes more and more a race between ...

Women face multiple barriers during their entire life, resulting in gender gaps in education, skills, labor force participation, wages, wealth, and agency. Aligned with SDG 5's objective of achieving ...

Success lies not in rigid gender-based education but in creating diverse learning environments that can accommodate various ...

Editor’s Note (3/31/25): This article from 2022 describes attacks on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Such attacks have increased in recent years, and many U.S. states have passed ...

The recent FIFA Women’s World Cup was nothing short of exhilarating, with the final match between Spain’s victorious La Roja team versus England’s Lionesses leaving fans on the edge of their seats. A ...

Did you know that 2022 marks 10 years since the publication of the World Bank Group’s World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development? Over the last decade, progress has been achieved ...