Gender in the Media: July 2020
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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 2020
1-14 July
- COVID-19 is the biggest setback to gender equality in a decade – World Economic Forum
- Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy may develop cardiac issues later – Hindustan Times
- Respect women’s autonomy – Hindustan Times
- Men More Likely than Women to be Seen as Brilliant – NYU News
- Japan adopts policies aimed at empowering women and aiding single moms – The Japan Times
- How coronavirus is widening the UK gender pay gap – The Guardian
- Tunisia women cyclists challenge gender norms – The Jakarta Post
- The global lessons the UK can learn about the engineering gender divide – The Guardian
- What is Being Done to Recruit and Retain More Women in STEM? – Business News Wales
- It is ‘all men’, to varying degrees: men’s violence against women is a systemic crisis – The Guardian
- Covid-19 highlights gender gap in aging care in Asean – Manila Times
- Women and girls deserve more protection in emergencies, UN rights council hears – UN News
- “How India treats its women” is not a new question in the historic struggle of gender bias – New Delhi Times
- Sudan Bans Female Genital Mutilation in ‘Important Step’ Toward Reform – Global Citizen
- Gender equity and climate change have more in common than you think – Word Economic Forum
- Women woefully underrepresented in science images ‘as white men dominate’ – The Independent
- The ‘war on women’ didn’t stop when South Africa locked down over Covid-19 – CNN
- Coronavirus Is Widening The Gender Gap For Working Mothers – Forbes
- Extremist fighter’s groundbreaking sex slavery trial opens at ICC – The Guardian
15-31 July
- Why climate change increases gender inequality – World Economic Forum
- Japan to set new goal on gender equality after missing 2020 target – The Japan Times
- How businesses can benefit from more women in boardrooms – The New Times
- Sports: Focus on gender equality – The Fiji Times
- Reducing gender inequalities through gender budgeting: a huge challenge for public institutions? – Equal Times
- Gender equality: ‘We value men’s work more than women’s’ – BBC News
- Seoul sees ratio of men-to-women hit record low of 94.8 – The Jakarta Post
- Robots and the gender pay gap in Europe – World Economic Forum
- UK’s white female academics are being privileged above women – and men – of colour – The Guardian
- Meet America’s Best Employers For Women 2020 – Forbes
- 4 key trends on how COVID has impacted women in business – World Economic Forum
- UK gender divide over paid and unpaid work narrows but remains wide – The Guardian
- More than 900 women and girls missing and feared dead in Peru since coronavirus crisis started – The Independent
- Gender identity and textbooks: The case of Punjab – The Nation
- Amid COVID crisis, over 50 per cent women access jobs under MGNREGA in Chhattisgarh – The Indian Express
- Did Indian Men Do More Housework During Lockdown? It Depends – HuffPost India