The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month.

July 2019

1-14 July

• ‘Perfect gender balance’ as EU leaders decide on top jobs – The Washington Post
• Tech entrepreneurs seek to shatter stereotypes about women in farming – Reuters
• The Unfulfilled Promise of LGBTQ Rights in South Africa – The Atlantic
• A new pay gap – this time for Britain’s LGBT+ workers – Reuters
• Mexico City mayor promises to eradicate violence against women – Reuters
• US Women win 4th World Cup title, eye gender equality – Associated Press
• African nations urged to enforce family laws to protect women – Reuters
• Russia to Slash Soviet-Era List of Off-Limits Jobs for Women, Media Reports – The Moscow Times
• Ignored at Home, Battered Russian Women Take Cases to Europe – The New York Times

1-14 July

• Saudi Arabia weighs loosening more controls on women – The Economist
• Why half the scientists in some eastern European countries are women – The Economist
• Indonesian women suffering ‘epidemic’ of domestic violence, activists warn – The Guardian
• Melinda Gates pushes G7 to close digital gender gap in Africa – The Guardian
• OPINION: How better childcare can boost growth across Asia – Reuters
• Americans Finally Consider Women as Competent as Men – The New York Times
• The Case for Gender-Smart Work Policies: Key to Equality, Good for Business – OECD Development Matters 
• Russian women post bruised selfies to push for domestic violence law – Reuters
•  The five: medical biases against women – The Guardian

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