Welcome to your weekly digest of stories about how the gender gap plays out around the world – in business, health, education and politics.
All US military combat roles now open to women. (New York Times)
#HackaHairDryer: IBM takes women in tech back to the 1950s, says Twitter. (TechCrunch)
Most men don’t see gender inequality. Hypothesis 2: Men are blind. (Hypothesis 1 is worse.) (World Economic Forum)
Wanted: CEO warriors on corporate boards. (The Huffington Post)
Are women doing all of the ‘office housework’? (World Economic Forum)
13 women who transformed the world of economics. (World Economic Forum)
Asia Pacific more optimistic about gender equality at work than US, Europe. (International Business Times)
How men and women see climate change differently? (World Economic Forum)
Violent TV and domestic violence: is there a link? (The Conversation)
Gender equality can lift annual global GDP by 26%. (FT.com)
Women’s health ‘an afterthought’ in humanitarian response, says the UN. (The Guardian)
The black women leading South Africa’s wine revolution. (The Daily Beast)
7 ways to champion women in 2016. (Without having to be one.) (Mashable)
Statistic of the Week
Female Genital Mutilation:
More than 125 million girls and women alive today have been cut in the 29 countries in Africa and Middle East where FGM is concentrated.
The World Bank
Quote of the Week
“If NASA launched a person into space today, she could soar past Mars, travel all the way to Pluto and return to Earth 10 times before women occupy half of C-suite offices. Yes, we’re that far away.”
Sheryl Sandberg
Wall Street Journal
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Author: Saadia Zahidi is a Senior Director, Head of Gender Parity and Human Capital and Constituents at the World Economic Forum
Image: A woman crosses a street while using a mobile phone in Bern March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer
