A new study from scholars in Finland has discovered a gender equality paradox, in which countries that have achieved gender equality in broad domains of life have ever wider differences between girls and boys' strengths in reading and STEM, respectively.
In an analysis of nearly 400,000 individuals around the world, a new study has found that men are more likely to report satisfaction in their daily lives, while women have higher overall life satisfaction. This could be do to women having a more positive social life, suggesting social relationships have a larger impact on well-being than more objective measures of health and safety.
The University of Southern California has released new data on women's representation among directors of the top-grossing films in the United States. In 2025, only 8.1 percent of the 100 top-performing movies were directed by women, which is a seven-year low for top-performing women directors.
According to a new study from scholars at Rice University and the University of Sheffield, women who had an abortion and those who never became pregnant earn significantly more than women who became mothers early in life.
An interdisciplinary team of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and social workers at Yale University have developed a clinical tool that provides physicians with resources specific to the evaluation and management of adults seeking care in the emergency department after sexual assault. Use of the tool has been found to improve medical and forensic care for survivors.
According to a new report from the United Nations, an average of 137 women and girls around the world are killed everyday at the hands of an intimate partner or close relative.
Over the past decade, the total number of women matriculants to U.S. medical schools has increased from 9,861 to 12,900. Over the same time period, the total number of male matriculants to medical schools has decreased from 10,766 to 10,409.
In both countries with and without gender parity among high-achieving students, women are significantly less likely to choose to major in STEM, suggesting policies aimed at narrowing gaps in academic performance are not enough to close disparities in STEM representation.
A team of scientists led by the University of California San Francisco have developed a new breast cancer screening method that assesses a woman's individual risk for developing the disease. This could revolutionize traditional screening methods, which are primarily based solely on age.
Over the past three decades, the share of women with a bachelor's degree who were married at the time of their first child's birth jumped from 74.4 percent in 1990 to 84.5 percent in 2024. Among women with less than a bachelor's degree, the share who were married at first birth dropped from 58.6 percent to 40.6 percent, largely due to an increase in cohabitating among this group.
For decades, research has documented women's lower levels of trust in scientific institutions compared to men. According to a new study, this may be largely due to women's persistent underrepresentation in the STEM workforce.
When public accounting firms have higher proportions of women auditors, they deliver fewer financial misstatements and charge lower audit fees, according to a new study from scholars at the University at Buffalo and Ohio State University.
