Research provides evidence that cisgender children (children who identify as a boy or a girl according to their assigned sex at birth) show clear patterns of gender development. By age three, they ...

In a time when what defines gender is being questioned and discussed, a new study reveals that single changes in DNA make ...

The benefits of empowering women extend far beyond the immediate recipients of gender-related aid, fostering economic growth, political stability, and social cohesion. Recognizing these benefits, ...

Last week Australia released its new international development policy. With Australia situated in a mostly developing neighborhood, the policy is one of the central arms of its regional foreign policy ...

Women face multiple barriers during their entire life, resulting in gender gaps in education, skills, labor force participation, wages, wealth, and agency. Aligned with SDG 5's objective of achieving ...

Despite making up nearly half of the country’s population, most women in Nigeria are still excluded from political decision-making, economic opportunities and social privileges. TOBA AGBOOLA reports.

In conversations about development, empowerment and human rights, gender equality is too often framed as a “women’s issue” ...

Gender-based violence is a human rights violation. It is an unrelenting assault on human dignity, depriving people of their human rights. Freedom from violence is a fundamental hu ...