Tag: Gender Equality
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Nation & World
Listen up
Cultural expert Jess Weiner will be part of “Harvard Hears You: The 2019 Summit for Gender Equity” on April 2. She spoke with the Gazette about the summit and its celebrity panel, the need for gender equity, and her work nudging advertisers in the right direction.
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Nation & World
Explaining the baby bust
Postindustrial countries from Japan to Italy are experiencing startling low birthrates, but the entry of women into the workforce isn’t to blame, according to Sociology Professor Mary Brinton, whose research looks at more subtle factors, including attitudes toward men’s and women’s roles in the workplace and the home.
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Nation & World
Closing the workplace gender gap
Behavioral economist Iris Bohnet studies gender gaps in economic opportunity, trust and betrayal aversion, and how these and related issues affect the workings of governments, economies, organizations, and individual interactions.