Tomoko Yoshino, Rengo’s first female leader, said that the proportion of women in management positions is low in Japan.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Schnall is a journalist who amplifies women’s leadership. Top row, from left: Fatima Goss Graves, Ai-jen Poo, Stacey ...

Previous research has asserted that women and men in gender-equal countries differ more in their preferences than women and men in less equal countries, for example, by making more traditional ...

PHOENIX — The U.N.’s 193 member nations have made a commitment to accelerate action on more than a dozen fronts to achieve gender equality. A political declaration adopted this month at the start of ...

Gone are the days when companies focused solely on maximizing share value and investors focused mostly on returns. These days, companies understand the need to provide value to all stakeholders, and ...

Gender equality at work has barely improved over the past ten years, with paid work opportunities held back by women doing the bulk of unpaid work in the home, new research shows. Subscribe to our ...

A bill to integrate gender equality into the executive, legislative and judicial elements in the public and broader public ...

In the last 50 years, women have been seeking gender equality. We have been moving into the public sphere reserved for men since the Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s, continually pushing for ...

"There is deep-rooted awareness and customs of gender roles in Japan, and women often bear responsibilities as a wife, daughter-in-law or daughter," she said. "In the workplace, women often perform ...

Advancing gender equality is not just a moral imperative—it drives business resilience, innovation and sustainable growth. By ...

In a nation that prides itself on ‘the fair go’, the persistent gender pay gap in Australia remains a glaring economic and ...