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.

October 2019

1-14 October

• Empowering Africa’s Women Farmers – Project Syndicate
• It’s time to tax for gender justice – Open Democracy
• ‘Based in hatred’: violence against women standing in Colombia’s elections – The Guardian
• G7 countries invest in project to bridge Africa’s gender financing gap – Global Trade Review
• ASEAN women are powering the coffee industry – The ASEAN Post
• Melinda Gates on Fighting for Gender Equality – Harvard Business Review
• Bureau Of Gender Affairs To Implement Young Fathers Programme – Jamaica Information Service
• NCERT looks to promote gender equality, shun rote learning – Hindustan Times
• ADGM Ups Focus On Gender Equality In The Workplace – The Arabian Marketer
• To ensure a gender-transformative approach in the early years, India must engage parents and teachers – Brookings
• Can 10 Million Women Negotiate the Pay Gap Away? – Bloomberg
• Views on Gender Equality Across Europe – PEW Research

15-31 October

• Rural women a ‘powerful force’ for global climate action: UN Secretary-General – UN News
• ‘Ingrained stereotypes’ limit pupil ambitions by age 7 – TES
• Jordan wins project award for gender empowerment – The Jordan Times
• Gender pay gap at its widest for women in their 50s, study reveals – The Guardian
• Why Tech’s Approach to Fixing Its Gender Inequality Isn’t Working – Harvard Business Review
• Girls’ math scores suffer when they grow up in families biased towards sons – Quartz
• Ethiopia’s gender revolution: The road towards equality – France 24
• Do paid family leave policies help fix the gender pay gap? This study found the opposite – The Washington Post
• Gender pay gap progress dismally slow, says charity – BBC
• Promote healthy gender norms in the family unit-ICDP – News Ghana
• The Link Between Beauty And The Gender Gap – Forbes

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