Womens Chronicle

Another major study published in the journal Science has brought fresh data to understanding of why gender gap in STEM fields has not changed despite growing awareness and attempts to address the issue. The study was carried out for five years in 50 countries and gives a rather bleak picture of women’s plight in these […]

The 2024 Global Women’s Leadership Summit closed on the 19th of November in New York City, where women leaders in politics, business, and civil society to address the progress of the gender across the world. The conference that lasted for three days was presided over by more than 1000 delegates from 120 countries where some […]

This new study done by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) came out today shows improvement in women’s representation in political arena. The report that compared data collected from 193 countries establishes that women occupy on average 26. Less than 1 percent of the total seats in world Parliaments, which has been gradually rising over the past […]

Ladies’ games have got a brand-new way this week as so many significant league matches and occasions had record high hit ratios and record high sponsorship contracts. This popularity and monetary boost amounts to a new landmark in women’s sports which for a very long time has lagged behind men’s sports in both media and […]

Further straining women’s rights in digital world, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed legislation meant to better protect women from harassment online. Spearheaded by bipartisan Representatives, the Online Safety and Digital Equality Act offered in both chambers of Congress is an attempt to make companies answer for not mitigating gender-based harassment on social media […]

The 325th ‘Global Women’s Leadership Summit’ took place this week in Geneva, Switzerland with women leaders across the globe addressing current issues from climate change to women’s rights and freedoms. 56 The three-day conference with more than 500 participants from over 120 countries focused to contain such problems: For these challenges to be dealt with […]

The WHI has now initiated a historic program across the United States in a bid to combat the increasing maternal mortality ratios. The campaign is called ‘Mothers Matter’ which aims at increasing the awareness of the increased mortality of women during or after pregnancy, especially women of color and ensuring that there is the necessary […]

Recently, the National Women’s Law Center presented a new study done on the state of gender Pay gap in the United States across different sectors. The study based on a review of data of over 500000 employees in 50 states showed that women still receive 82% of the wages paid to men for similar work. […]