Gender Equality

“The other side of the river” shows a young Syrian woman’s personal liberation within the context of a wider effort to establish democracy

Gender equality matters in both the formal and the informal economy, for example when it comes to finance

Why men are closer to achieving a good work-life balance than women

In Mexico, government rhetoric on women’s rights is better than what women experience in daily life

Tanzanian women are defying the gender stereotype and working as bus conductors

Local leaders in Malawi launched a campaign to end child marriages

Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks

Catholic nuns try to help young women in Zambia to escape poverty

Labour activist Nazma Akter assesses developments in Bangladesh’s textiles factories

Why Victorian norms still permeate South Asian laws