Daily Report Global Health Conversations: U.N. Women

After years in the making, U.N. Women, the U.N.’s new agency devoted to gender equality and women’s empowerment, officially got to work this month. The Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report’s Jennifer Evans spoke with Letty Chiwara, head of U.N. Women’s Africa Division, to discuss the agency’s launch and the overlap between issues relating to women’s health and their equality and empowerment…

Gender Inequality Persists In France Despite Family-Focused Benefits

Although French women receive paid, four-month maternity leaves; tax breaks for having more children; and other family-friendly government subsidies, their country lags behind many other nations in gender equality, largely because of antiquated attitudes about women’s roles in society, the New York Times reports. In the World Economic Forum’s 2010 gender equality report, France ranked No…

U.N. Taps Former Chilean President To Head Gender Equity Agency

On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon announced that former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will lead the newly created U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, a consolidation of four smaller agencies that deal with women’s issues, the New York Times reports…

Despite Gains In Gender Equality, Labor Market Remains Unequal For Mothers, New York Times Columnist Writes

While the last three male Supreme Court nominees have all been married with children, the last three women nominated to the court — Justice Sonia Sotomayor and nominees Elena Kagan and Harriet Miers — “have all been single and without children,” which makes the court “a good symbol of the American job market,” New York Times columnist David Leonhardt writes…

Obamas, Clinton Commemorate International Women's Day

Marking International Women’s Day at the White House Monday, President Barack Obama vowed to fight for gender equality at home and abroad, Agence France-Presse reports. The president marked the event with First Lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, AFP reports…

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