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Gender inequality in Japan
Sanae Takaichi was elected as the first female President of the Liberal Democratic Party, potentially becoming Japan's first female prime minister.
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| 2025 |
International Day of the Girl Child
'The girls I am, the change I lead' theme emphasizes individual girls' power to drive societal transformation
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| October 2025 | Won Min-kyong appointed as Minister of Gender Equality and Family under President Lee Jae Myung, taking office in October 2025 and currently serving as the incumbent minister. |
| 2025 | EIGE is scheduled to publish its 'Beijing +30 report', providing a comprehensive review and assessment of progress in women's empowerment since the original 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. |
| 2025 |
Gender parity
21 States globally have less than 10% women parliamentarians in single or lower houses, with three lower chambers having zero women representation.
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| 2025 |
Gender parity
Six countries (Rwanda, Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, Andorra, and the United Arab Emirates) reached 50% gender parity in their single or lower houses of parliament.
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| 2025 |
Athena SWAN
A review by policy group Murray Blackburn Mackenzie was published, highlighting a lack of evidence that the Athena SWAN scheme has been effective in addressing sex inequalities in promotion or pay.
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| 2025 |
Go Topless Day
First Go Topless Day event organized outside of North America, taking place in Switzerland.
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| 2025 |
Conscription and sexism
Denmark introduces conscription for both men and women on the same formal conditions, joining Norway and Sweden in gender-equal military service.
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| June 2025 |
Gender parity
27 countries (14% of all countries) achieved or exceeded 40% women's representation in national parliaments.
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| 2025 |
Gender inequality in Bangladesh
Bangladesh advanced to rank 24 out of 148 countries on the Global Gender Gap Report, demonstrating substantial improvement in gender equality over the past decade.
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| June 2 2025 |
Title IX
The Department of Education announced 'Title IX Month' to commemorate the law's fifty-third anniversary, which critics and advocates noted as potentially undermining Pride Month.
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| 2025 |
Gender bias on Wikipedia
Núria Ferran-Ferrer, Associate Professor at Universitat de Barcelona, characterized gender bias on Wikipedia as 'systemic' and proposed multiple strategies to address the long-standing issue, including increasing female editors, improving diversity, and creating a more welcoming editorial environment.
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| May 2025 | The Independent Authority for Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination is established, which will interact with the government through the Ministry of Equality. |
| May 7 2025 |
Gender pay gap in New Zealand
Pay Equity Amendment Bill was passed under urgency by the New Zealand Government, introduced by Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke Van Velden. The amendment cancelled 33 ongoing pay equity claims affecting teachers, social workers, nurses, and healthcare workers.
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| April 2025 |
Title IX
The Department of Justice and Department of Education launched the Title IX Special Investigations Team to investigate violations of policies prohibiting transgender women and girls from sports teams and restrooms.
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| March 2025 |
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Mark Carney initially eliminated the ministerial position, but later restored it following the 2025 Canadian federal election under the new name 'Minister of Women and Gender Equality'.
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| March 14 2025 |
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Marci Ien concludes term as Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
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| March 12 2025 |
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Ministerial title officially changed from 'Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth' to 'Minister of Women and Gender Equality', removing the 'Youth' component from the official title.
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| February 2025 |
Free the nipple
Charli XCX wore a sheer black dress to the Brit Awards and made a public statement about Free the Nipple, challenging ITV's stance on nipple visibility.
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| February 23 2025 |
Radio Begum
Radio Begum resumed broadcasting after its suspension by the Taliban.
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| February 2025 |
Title IX
President Trump signed Executive Order 14201, directing the federal government to interpret Title IX rules as prohibiting transgender girls and women from female sports.
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| February 4 2025 |
Radio Begum
The Taliban ordered the suspension of Radio Begum's operations, citing 'unauthorized provision' of content and programming to an overseas TV channel.
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| January 20 2025 |
Title IX
President Donald Trump issued an executive order 'Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government', defining a person's sex as their sex at conception and rescinding previous Biden-era protections.
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| January 9 2025 |
Title IX
U.S. District Court Judge Danny C. Reeves of Kentucky struck down the Biden administration's expanded Title IX protections for transgender students nationwide.
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| 2024 |
International Day of the Girl Child
'Girls' vision for the future' theme encourages girls to imagine and shape their future aspirations
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| 2024 | EIGE's Gender Equality Forum focuses on two key thematic strands: reviewing gender equality progress in Europe up to and beyond 2025, and addressing gender-based violence challenges in the EU. |
| 2024 |
Male contraceptive
The patent for Silodosin and Tamsulosin as male contraceptives was approved, marking a significant milestone in non-hormonal male contraceptive research.
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| 2024 | The Federal Office for Gender Equality expands its scope to include issues concerning the LGBTI community, marking a significant expansion of its mandate to address broader gender and sexual orientation equality concerns. |
| 2024 |
Sex and gender differences in leadership
Literature review conducted noting lack of research on effectiveness of trans or nonbinary leaders.
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| 2024 |
Sex and gender differences in leadership
A systematic review examined the belief that women leaders are better crisis managers, concluding that findings are context-dependent and conclusive evidence about an overall effect is lacking.
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| 2024 |
Sex and gender differences in leadership
Buss et al. conducted a systematic review revealing that 60% of articles in sex and gender differences research used a sex roles approach.
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| 2024 |
WASH
Conclusion of the REACH global research program, which aimed to develop context-specific climate tools to improve water management and climate resilience in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh.
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| 2024 |
Gender inequality in Japan
Female representation reached 10.4% in the House of Representatives and 26.8% in the House of Councilors.
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| 2024 |
Gender bias on Wikipedia
A study by Khandaker Tasnim Huq and Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia demonstrated that deletion nominations for women's biographies occur 34% faster than for men's biographies on English Wikipedia.
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| 2024 |
Gender bias on Wikipedia
Wikimedia Research Fund funds a one-year project called 'Cover Women' to analyse the representation of women and marginalised groups on Wikipedia's main page.
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| 2024 |
Gender inequality in Honduras
The Center for Women's Rights documented 203 femicide murders in Honduras as of this year.
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| 2024 |
Gender inequality in Honduras
The total fertility rate in Honduras was estimated at 2.33 children born per woman, with almost 45% of recent births to mothers under 20 being unplanned.
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| 2024 |
Gender equality in Nicaragua
UN Women reported women's parliamentary representation had increased to 53.9%, although this high numerical representation was not considered to translate into genuine political influence.
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| 2024 |
Fearless Girl
SSGA settled its lawsuit against Kristen Visbal regarding Fearless Girl statue reproduction rights.
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| 2024 |
Gender inequality
A European Investment Bank survey found that 72% of banks in sub-Saharan Africa have implemented a gender strategy, with an additional 17% planning to introduce one.
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| 2024 |
WASH
Projected end of the REACH research program, which focuses on developing climate tools to support water management and climate resilience in targeted countries.
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| 2024 |
Male contraceptive
The patent for using α1-adrenoceptor antagonists as male contraceptives was approved, marking a significant milestone in non-hormonal male contraceptive research.
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| 2024 |
Gender bias in medical diagnosis
A research study revealed that women constitute 40% of first authors and only 20.4% of last authors in clinical studies, with some disciplines showing as low as 9% female first authorship and 7.8% female last authorship.
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| December 2024 |
Gender representation on corporate boards of directors
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the SEC lacked authority to approve Nasdaq's board diversity rules in the Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC case.
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