Around the world, girls are challenging gender norms in creative, courageous and often overlooked ways—but the risks are high, a report says. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Research across Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia and Sri Lanka highlights how gender norms perpetuate corruption against women. Sexual exploitation thrives in environments where officials objectify women, ...

One woman is killed every 10 minutes. Not by road accidents or childbirth. But by an intimate partner or family member. This phenomenon, known as femicide, has gained more recognition in recent years ...

(CNN) — What does a cowgirl look like? For some, the question may call forth images of flanneled shirts, Stetson hats and bootcut jeans. But in escaramuza, the all-female equestrian sport imported by ...

Driven by lived experience and a deep sense of purpose, Rona Babweetera is challenging systems that fail women, using law, ...

This research note A Girl Can Dream: Analyzing Aspirations, Gender Norms, and Influencers Among Girls and Women in Mozambique (in Portuguese) explores the hopes and ambitions of adolescent girls and ...

Do our norms around sex presentation uphold a constrictive gender regime? In a new article in Ethics, Ophelia Vedder writes that the abolition of hegemonic gender roles must involve the elimination of ...

You might not have ever told your daughter about the social norm of girls playing with dolls, but one day she tells you its her favourite toy. Is this society's doing? Or something in nature?