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.

November 2019

1-14 November

• A surprisingly easy proposal to tackle gender inequality in Indian schools – Quartz India
• Gender inequality in education is still an issue in Kenya and South Africa – The Conversation Africa
• What Does Gender Equality Have to Do with Poverty and War? Everything. – Peace Research institute Oslo
• Men sweeping? Women inheriting? Rural Kenya shakes up gender roles – Reuters
• IFC Supported Program Shows Solomon Islands Companies Leading the Way on Gender Equality – IFC
• Nairobi summit: Women’s empowerment a ‘game changer’ for sustainable development – UN News
• Brains of girls and boys are similar, producing equal math ability – Science Daily
• At Canada’s spy agency, a new Women’s Network safeguards progress on gender equality – Open Canada
• Fixing policy isn’t enough to keep girls in school in Kenya and South Africa – Quartz Africa
• Why Women Need Developmental Networks (And More Than Just Mentors And Sponsors) – Forbes

15-30 November

• Bridging the gender data gap – Brookings
• How to Get More Men to Take Gender Balance Seriously – Harvard Business Review
• President decrees changes into UAE labour laws to boost gender equality – Gulf News
• Nairobi summit: Women’s empowerment a ‘game changer’ for sustainable development– UN News
• More Money To Fund Interventions For Men And Boys – Jamaica Information Service
• ‘Brussels was all men’: the painful progress towards EU gender equality – The Guardian
• On Making Women’s Political Participation Part of the Georgian Culture – Georgia Today
• ‘My job can be pretty depressing’: how Africa’s legal systems are tipped against girls – The Guardian
• How Climate Change Exacerbates Gender Inequality Across the Globe – Time
• How Gender Equality Can Protect Men’s Health – Futurity

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