A recent study found, in historically men’s spaces, like executive board rooms, people don’t perceive or detect the absence ...

Chart: The Economist It also seems that women’s professional aspirations no longer match men’s. An annual survey published in December 2025 by McKinsey, a consultancy, and Lean In, a non-profit ...

Below are six hidden barriers that emerged again and again from focus groups—regardless of industry, geography or job title.

Women’s professional and public ambition remains disproportionately undermined, unsupported, and punished when they act on it ...

Thinking innovatively is crucial in the AI era. Historically women have been penalized for doing so. In 2007, two ...

Women have made extraordinary gains in the workplace in the past few decades. But now several indicators of their progress at work—from the share of executive positions to full-time roles—have fallen ...

At the DealBook Summit, nine prominent female leaders set out to answer the question, “Why aren’t there more women at the top levels of corporate America?” By Sarah Kessler Women have made many ...

Many women are choosing flexible work arrangements like freelancing and gig work to balance career and family. Traditional employment data may not accurately reflect the number of women engaged in ...

You may have heard the expression, “Behind every successful man is a strong woman.” Over the years, there have been many versions of this expression, which ...

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After three years of gains, women’s employment recovered to pre-pandemic levels in January 2023, according to a series of reports published this month by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The start of a new year is often a time of reflection and turned pages; the ending of one chapter giving way to the next. This can ...