In countries with higher scores on the 2017 Human Development Index, women represent a larger share of the workforce in care-economy jobs, such as teachers, nurses, or social workers.
On an hourly basis, women overall were paid 18.6 percent less, on average, than men in 2025. This is a slight increase from 2024. Women make less money than men at every education level, and the gap widens as education level increases.
After controlling for other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, a new study from scholars at Northwestern University found women who experienced premature menopause had a 40 percent higher risk of developing heart disease.
Dr. Sabin is slated to become the next president of Minnesota North College on July 1. She currently serves as the college's academic dean for career and technical education and director of the Eveleth campus.
The National Institutes of Health's series of grant cancellations in 2025 disproportionately impacted women scientists compared to their male peers. Although women lost less money overall, they had more active resources unspent at the time of cancellation, leading to a great portion of unrealized scientific output, particularly among women in early-career positions.
According to scholars at the University of Ottawa in Canada, the gender gap in publication output and research impact in economics and political science is shrinking among junior faculty. However, significant gaps persist among full professors.
According to a new study, startups in states with legislation that weaken or nullify non-disclosure agreements restricting discussions of sexual harassment hired less women after those laws went into effect.
As of 2024, women working full-time earn 81 cents for every one dollar earned by men. Over a 40-year career, this gap equates to $542,800 in lost wages for full-time working women. Women earn less per dollar compared to their male counterparts in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Scholars at New York University Abu Dhabi have argued that widespread generalizations about gender differences in competitiveness and risk tolerance are flawed as prior research has historically focused on White participants.
A new report from the International Bar Association reveals that women from around the world who are working in the legal profession are facing persistent structural barriers to senior leadership, widespread burnout, and ongoing gender inequality in the workplace.
For the second year in a row, Danielle Keats Citron of the University of Virginia School of Law, is the country's top-cited legal scholar. Six other women are included among the top 10 most-cited law professors — more than double the number of the past two years.
Although women are the majority of undergradaute students (55 percent), they are underrepresented among NCAA varsity student-athletes (43 percent). Women are also less than half of all coaches for women's collegiate athletic teams.
