26 – 30 September

• Iraqi activist wins Norway human rights prize (DW 29.09.2016)
• One Year After Landmark UN Agreement, Are We on the Path to Gender Equality? (Huffington Post 29.09.2016)
• Initial impressions: will hiding my name force gender equality in the workplace? (The Guardian 29.09.2016)
• Iranian Women’s Rights Activist Is Given 16-Year Sentence (New York Times 28.09.2016)
• This is the Domestic Violence Issue No One Is Talking About (TIME 28.09.2016)
• Six Asian Nations Lead in Seriously Skewed Sex Ratios at Birth (PassBlue 28.09.2016)
• Can gender bias be coded out of the algorithms that power software like Siri? (Quartz 27.09.2016)
• Repealing anti-abortion laws would save the lives of nearly 50,000 women a year – UN experts (UN News Centre 27.09.2016)
• Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women’s rights (Reuters 27.09.2016)
• The U.N.’s Working Group on Discrimination Against Women, Explained (News Deeply 27.09.2016)
• Here’s new ammunition from McKinsey for women fighting for equality in the workplace (Quartz 27.09.2016)
• Tonight’s US presidential debate will be shown in gender studies classes for years to come (Quartz 27.09.2016)
• Thousands of Saudis sign petition to end male guardianship of women (The Guardian 26.09.2016)
• ‘My father punched me and tore at my clothes’: confronting rape in Myanmar (The Guardian 26.09.2016)
• Election Backlash Over Women Rebels Hits Iceland’s Biggest Party (Bloomberg 27.09.2016)
• Constitutional Rights Do Little to Ensure Gender Equality in Senegal (World Politics Review 26.09.2016)
• Israel / OPT: UN women’s rights expert calls for peace process with full participation of women (ReliefWeb 26.09.2016)
• A pioneering female ex-president thinks the progress in women leadership is under threat (Quartz 26.09.2016)
• Amitabh Bachchan Hails The ‘Pink’ Revolution As Women’s Rights Thriller Reigns Again In India (Forbes 26.09.2016)
• Saudi Women Ask King to Bring an End to Male Guardianship (Wall Street Journal 26.09.2016)

19 – 25 September

• No surprise, there’s a huge gender gap on the big screen (Quartz 25.09.2016)
• Gender pay gap won’t close until 2069, says Deloitte (The Guardian 24.09.2016)
• Thousands march in Dublin, abroad for Irish abortion rights (Reuters 24.09.2016)
• Justin Trudeau Perfectly Explains Why Men Should Fight for Gender Equality (Time 23.09.2016)
• Mauritius: ‘Mini-Revolution’ in Women Centres With Introduction of New Courses to Empower Women, Says Minister Perraud (All Africa 22.09.2016)
• How to Achieve the UN Development Agenda: Focus on Women & Girls (Huffington Post 23.09.2016)
• Interview: Women’s rights activist Mozn Hassan responds to ‘alternative Nobel Prize’ (Egypt Independent 23.09.2016)
• How this 14-year-old Syrian refugee is fighting to end child marriage (Al Monitor 22.09.2016)
• There’s A ‘Glaring’ Gap In The War Against Poverty And Disease (NPR 22.09.2016)
• Women gain ground in Jordan election despite yawning gender gap (The Guardian 23.09.2016)
• Julia Gillard: ‘We’ve made progress in education and gender equality – but more must be done’ (The Guardian 11.09.2016)
• New UN Women, Gates Foundation partnership takes on gender data (Devex 22.09.2016)
• Greater focus on women’s empowerment can help achieve Global Goals – UN chief (UN News Centre 22.09.2016)
• When it comes to equality of the sexes, Hong Kong has a way to go (South Morning China Post 22.09.2016)
• Women in Iran defy fatwa by riding bikes in public (BBC News 21.09.2016)
• Algeria: Women’s Rights Promotion in Algeria – EU Hails ‘Major Advance’ (All Africa 21.09.2016)
• Syrian Teen Who Swam at Rio Olympics Honored for Aiding Women, Girls’ Rights (Voice of America 21.09.2016)
• Helping Women Cross The Digital Divide (Huffington Post 21.09.2016)
• 18th Lower House needs qualified women, voters and activists say (The Jordan Times 20.09.2016)
• From “wear what you want” to reclaiming freedom, equality and solidarity (openDemocracy 20.09.2016)
• Why so few women in peace talks, demand Myanmar campaigners (The Guardian 20.09.2016)
• Tanzania: New Initiative Now to Make Men Fight for Women’s Rights (All Africa 19.09.2016)
• Chinese film festival pushes for end to gender inequality (Yahoo 20.09.2016)
• What America Lost as Women Entered the Workforce (The Atlantic 19.09.2016)
• “We must support young women refugees to realize their full potential as leaders in all spheres”—Lakshmi Puri (ReliefWeb 19.09.2016)

12 – 18 September

• At a global forum of feminists, one thing is clear: it’s where you live that counts (The Guardian 17.09.2016)
• Bangladesh: Women Are Breaking Economic Barriers, But Challenges Remain (The Wire 17.09.2016)
• Most data is sexist, and that’s a problem, says Melinda Gates (Hindustan Times 18.09.2016)
• South Sudanese women continue to face violence (Deutsche Welle 16.09.2016)
• The women tweeting for their freedom in Saudi Arabia (CNN 16.09.2016)
• This Polish Law Would Imprison Women Who Have Abortions (Time 16.09.2016)
• Where gender equality fits into the ILO’s future of work (Nordic Labour Journal 16.09.2016)
• Marches held in Scotland over state pension changes (BBC News 16.09.2016)
• The Push and Pull of Gender for Muslims at the Hajj (New York Times 15.09.2016)
• Melinda Gates: The U.N. Must Focus on Gender Equality (Time 15.09.2016)
• How Latin American Women Fought for Women’s Rights in the UN Charter (Inter Press Service 15.09.2016)
• Japan wants more women to work—but what do women get in return? (Quartz 15.09.2016)
• Africa’s women moving mountains to stand up for land rights (Women’s Agenda 16.09.2016)
• Empowering Women And Girl Migrants And Refugees (Huffington Post 15.09.2016)
• Proposed Bill Deepens the Rift in Poland’s Abortion Debate (News Deeply 15.09.2016)
• Bank of England’s Minouche Shafik leaves to run the LSE (BBC News 12.09.2016)
• An end to excuses for paying women less (Financial Times 13.09.2016)
• As baby leaves go gender-neutral, dads get time off (Reuters 14.09.2016)
• How SAP Audits Its Gender Diversity Efforts (Fortune 14.09.2016)
• Is it enough to give women political power? (OpenDemocracy 14.09.2016)
• Gender pay gap widens among Hong Kong’s poorest workers, with women pulling in only 60 per cent of amount men earn (South China Morning Post 14.09.2016)
• Indonesia’s ‘Orgasm Lady’ uses sexual empowerment to champion women’s rights (Reuters 12.09.2016)
• Men are ‘allies to the cause’ of equality for women, says campaigner (Reuters 12.09.2016)
• Redressing the UN’s gender gap: how do the SG contenders compare? (OpenDemocracy 12.09.2016)
• Peru fails to deliver for indigenous women (OpenDemocracy 12.09.2016)
• Learning from Rojava: exploring democracy in the midst of the Syrian war and beyond(STEPS 12.09.2016)
• Why women are asking a major art and technology festival to #KissMyArs (The Guardian 12.09.2016)

5 – 11 September

• Palestinian women take to social media to reveal their names (Al Monitor 11.09.2016)
• The Swedish government just proposed a law for gender quotas on corporate boards (Business Insider 09.09.2016)
• Enact harsher penalties for female genital mutilation, Egypt urged (Toronto Star 09.09.2016)
• Get Bangladesh women in unions to improve worker rights: campaigner (Reuters 09.09.2016)
• The risk of women dying is higher now than for decades, because of Tory housing policies (The Guardian 09.09.2016)
• Hopes Dimming for a Woman to Lead the United Nations (New York Times 09.09.2016)
• Men Have Been Fighting for Gender Equality for More Than 30 Years: Let Me Introduce You to MERGE (Huffington Post 09.09.2016)
• Violent Extremist Groups Take Special Aim at Women, UN Official Says (Voice of America 09.09.2016)
• Saudi cleric says male guardianship should apply only to marriage (Reuters 08.09.2016)
• Funding for women’s rights groups in poor countries falls by more than half (The Guardian 08.09.2016)
• A New Plan for Fixing Hollywood’s Gender Problem: Actually Hire Women (Wired 09.09.2016)
• What Programming’s Past Reveals About Today’s Gender-Pay Gap (The Atlantic 07.09.2016)
• Facebook has a massive gender divide in India (Quartz 07.09.2016)
• Women’s Land Rights Key to Enacting Gender-Responsive International Climate Change Action (National Geographic 07.09.2016)
• Women’s equality will not come after the environmental revolution (Open Democracy 07.09.2016)
• Surely it’s time American women’s equality was added to the constitution (The Guardian 07.09.2016)
• India’s Muslim women say justification for triple talaq, polygamy is medieval (Reuters 06.09.2016)
• Why does the women’s rights movement marginalise women with disabilities? (The Guardian 07.09.2016)
• UK takes record action on violence against women as “revenge porn” rises (Reuters 06.09.2016)
• I’m sick of living in a culture that tolerates violence against women (The Guardian 06.09.2016)
• In Syria and Bosnia, women are quietly changing the world (The Guardian 06.09.2016)
• India’s silk road offers path to prosperity but not equality for female weavers (The Guardian 05.09.2016)
• China’s unfinished gender revolution (East Asia Forum 05.09.2016)

1 – 4 September

• ‘Women must break tech barriers, join engineering’ (Hindustan Times 04.09.2016)
• Two models, one goal: to free women from fashion’s weight tyranny (The Guardian 04.09.2016)
• Aman initiative aims to start a national anti-harassment movement (Daily News Egypt 04.09.2016)
• HIV-positive Ugandan women complain of forced sterilisation in government hospitals (Reuters 04.09.2016)
• There Will Be Blood: Women in India Smash the Period Stigma (Telesur 03.09.2016)
• Study proposes equal inheritance rights for women (The Jordan Times 03.09.2016)
• No More Tea Breaks: The Crucial Role of Women in Burma’s Peace Talks (Human Rights Watch 02.09.2016)
• Conflict in Jharkhand makes it harder for women to claim land rights (Reuters 02.09.2016)
• KRG takes one step closer to gender equality (Rudaw 02.09.2016)
• Researchers: Latin American Women Got Women Into UN Charter (ABC News 03.09.2016)
• Gender Can Be a Bigger Factor than Race in Raise Negotiations (Harvard Business Review 01.09.2016)
• Canada Is Finally Launching An Inquiry Into Its Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis (The Huffington Post 01.09.2016)