Gender bias
Apple sued by female employees claiming pay discrimination
APPLE was sued by two female employees who claim it “systemically” pays women less than their male counterparts for similar work, and who are seeking to represent thousands of other women facing the s...
Fired SpaceX workers sue Elon Musk over workplace abuses
Workers fired by SpaceX filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Elon Musk of fostering a sexist “Dark Ages” culture at the company he founded.
Japan should let married women keep names, business lobby says
Current laws present a business risk, Keidanren says in report
Why gender equality is macro-critical
Gender parity is not just a moral imperative, it is an economic necessity
Gender stereotypes mean flexi-work rules can turn into boon or burden for women
IN A perfect world, every worker would be accorded the necessary flexible work arrangements (FWAs) to balance work with life’s circumstances.
Singapore financial institutions consistent with global trends for gender balance: report
OF the institutions tracked in this year’s global Gender Balance Index (GBI), 63 appointed either a new governor or a new chief executive – but only nine of these new appointees, or 14 per cent, were ...
Women CEOs down to 12.5% in Singapore in 2023: MSCI report
FEWER women are leading Singapore’s large and mid-cap companies as chief executive officers, with the figure dipping 1.1 percentage points to 12.5 per cent. This bucks the trend in Asia-Pacific (Apac)...
Closing gender gap could lift global GDP more than 20%: World Bank
ENDING discriminatory laws and practices that prevent women from working or starting businesses could raise global gross domestic product by more than 20 per cent, which would double the rate of globa...
The audacity of E Jean Carroll
Her lawsuit against Donald Trump was about defamation. But it was also about the worth of a woman, long past middle age, who dared to claim she still had value
Women can close pay gap if you take the clock away
LATE last week, women across the US received one of their many annual reminders of just how much their work is undervalued.
