Gender & Sexuality Studies 2026

Gender discrimination and inequality in access to healthcare in the EU

This report examines how EU equality law influences gender equality in healthcare, highlighting gaps in women’s healthcare coverage, gender bias in medical research, and challenges in enforcing anti-discrimination protections.Readmore

UBC study finds research in exercise physiology still fails women

UBC researchers found major sex and gender inequities in exercise physiology research, with male-focused studies and underrepresentation of women researchers limiting scientific accuracy and progress.Readmore

Gender stereotypes reflect the division of labor between women and men across nations

An international study shows that gender stereotypes arise from the different social and professional roles women and men typically occupy across societies.Readmore

Women portrayed as younger than men online, and AI amplifies the bias

A large-scale Nature study reveals that online platforms and AI models systematically portray women as younger and less experienced than men, amplifying age-related gender bias.Readmore

Institute leaders present research findings to ASA annual conference in Chicago

At the ASA annual conference, Clayman Institute leaders presented research on NDAs’ impact on harassment survivors, digital anti-feminism, and the dynamics of online feminist communities, while former director Shelley Correll began her ASA presidency.Readmore

Bearing Witness: Researcher Emotion and Ethical Reflexivity in Adolescent Maternal Health Research

A reflective exploration of the emotional and ethical dimensions of researching adolescent motherhood in Pakistan, emphasizing how researcher emotion shapes understanding, care, and integrity in maternal and adolescent health studies.Readmore

Efforts to suppress or change gender identity prove ineffective and harmful

A new MCRI-led study, informed by a transgender woman’s experiences, exposes the lasting harm and futility of suppressive “conversion” therapies for gender-diverse children and warns that outdated research continues to fuel anti-trans misinformation.Readmore

Girls on the sidelines: Making gender inequality in school sports visible

The Girls+Sports project at Toronto Metropolitan University exposes gender inequities in school athletics through data and digital tools, empowering students and families to advocate for equal access to sports.Readmore

Gender leadership in law: GC Africa Alumnae at the forefront

GC Africa alumnae like Awa Gai and Henrietta Ekefre exemplify the programme’s lasting impact in advancing gender justice, leadership, and human rights across Africa.Readmore

Gates Foundation Announces Catalytic Funding to Spark New Era of Women-Centered Research and Innovation

The Gates Foundation has committed $2.5 billion through 2030 to advance women’s health R&D, targeting critical underfunded areas to improve global health equity.Readmore

Patriotic fictions: Inventing American gender through 19th century literature

Eagan Dean’s Inventing American Gender reveals how 19th-century writers like Whitman and Alcott used gender fluidity to construct nationalist ideals, challenging modern myths of binary, ahistorical gender.Readmore

Continuities and developments in anti-trans efforts and resistance

A panel of trans studies scholars explored the historical roots and evolving strategies of modern anti-trans movements, emphasizing the need for community-driven support beyond rights-based frameworks.Readmore

Why women are leaving male-dominated STEM

New research shows women rejected from tech gigs are far more likely than men to leave the industry or stop job hunting, fueling the persistent gender gap in STEM.Readmore

Fewer women amplify their scientific voices online

A new study reveals that high-achieving women scientists are significantly less likely than men to promote their work on social media—impacting their visibility, recognition, and career advancement.Readmore

Gender medicine after Skrmetti: A call for accountability at Northwestern

Amid the Supreme Court’s Skrmetti ruling, Northwestern researchers urge a reevaluation of gender medicine, warning that ideology has eclipsed evidence and stifled open debate in academia.Readmore

Research education with a focus on sustainability and gender equality in the Global South

Since 2021, UiT and partner universities in Ghana, Vietnam, and Indonesia have collaborated through the NORAD-funded ECOGIV project to train researchers and advance sustainable marine resource management, gender equality, and coastal community resilience.Readmore

University of Bonn Soars Up CEWS University Rankings

The University of Bonn is making significant strides in gender equality among faculty, with female professorships rising to 30%, though challenges remain in senior appointments, as highlighted by the latest CEWS rankings.Readmore

Gender Not Main Factor In Attacks On Egyptian Woman Pharaoh: Study

Earlier scholars believed Queen Hatshepsut's stepson Thutmose III unleashed a posthumous campaign of defilement against her out of revenge and hatred.Readmore

More female diplomats despite growing opposition to gender equality

Despite progress, women remain underrepresented in top diplomacy roles, with only 23.4% of ambassadors being female in 2024, highlighting persistent gender disparities in global foreign services.Readmore

Exploring the path to gender justice in global health

The University of Adelaide will host the Australian launch of The Lancet Commission’s landmark report on achieving gender justice for global health equity, highlighting the urgent need for gender-responsive health policies to improve outcomes worldwide.Readmore

International comparison reveals gender differences in antimicrobial resistance

A global study by the University of Turku reveals gender-based differences in gut antibiotic resistance, with women in high-income countries showing higher resistance gene loads than men.Readmore

New centre puts equality at the heart of tech

InspireLab at KTH promotes gender equality through innovative tech solutions, supporting research and projects that improve women’s lives and societal sustainability.Readmore

New CSWS fellowship offers a course release for research on gender

CSWS offers AY 2026–27 Faculty Research Fellowships with course release or research funds to support UO faculty projects on women and/or gender, prioritizing work on race and gender intersections.Readmore

New data on the working conditions of transgender people summarised in Nordic publication

A new NIKK publication, Trans People’s Working Life in Figures, highlights ongoing structural discrimination faced by trans individuals in Nordic workplaces, using 2024 EU LGBTIQ survey data to support targeted reforms.Readmore

Do language models have an issue with gender?

Language models still encode binary, essentialist, and often harmful stereotypes about gender, despite surface-level fixes.Readmore

Why women’s health is such a pain: the gender pain gap

The gender pain gap highlights how systemic bias, lack of research, and outdated medical training lead to the dismissal and undertreatment of women’s pain, with IP offering a pathway to drive innovation and equity in women’s health.Readmore

Why Do Boys and Girls Choose Different Educational Paths?

A new dissertation from Stockholm University reveals that early gendered self-perceptions, not academic ability or classroom gender mix, shape educational paths especially steering girls away from technical fields despite strong performance.Readmore

Women Ascend the Corporate Ladder More Slowly Than Men

UC San Diego's Elizabeth Campbell reveals how gender bias in hiring and promotion slows women's career advancement despite equal qualifications.Readmore

Hoping to fill the gaps in education on gender-based violence

A University of Iceland study explores how gender-based violence manifests in youth culture, highlighting gaps in education and the blurred boundaries between harassment and violence.Readmore

Lack of gender lens in tobacco control research could stymie efforts to help smokers quit, York U researchers say

York University researchers highlight a critical lack of gender analysis in global tobacco control research, urging more inclusive strategies to address gender-specific smoking behaviors.Readmore

Racism in schools harms Black youths’ mental health

A University of Ottawa study found racial discrimination in Canadian schools significantly harms Black students' mental health, calling for urgent systemic reform.Readmore

EIGE Unveils 2024 Gender Equality Index Progress in the EU Remains Fragile

EIGE’s 2024 Gender Equality Index highlights slow and uneven progress across the EU.Readmore

Stalled Progress: Rethinking Gender Equality in the Modern Era

Over the past 50 years, women have made significant strides toward gender equality, yet progress remains slow and uneven. While women have increasingly entered roles traditionally held by men, systemic barriers persist, particularly in the workplace.Readmore

One in 20 Australians identify as LGBTI+, with the proportion being higher among younger individuals

The ABS reports 4.5% of Australians aged 16+ identify as LGBTI+ with higher rates among younger people. The data highlights national representation and will guide policies and services ahead of the 2026 CensusReadmore

One in three women in the EU has experienced gender-based violence.

Around 50 million women aged 18-74 in the EU, or 31%, experienced physical (including threats) or sexual violence in adulthood, based on the EU gender-based violence survey (wave 2021).Readmore

Empowering Women: The Key to Sustainable Development and Economic Growth

Gender equality for all people is a matter of fairness and justice. Gender equality is a principle of international law recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human RightsReadmore

Absolute numbers of women matter more than proportion for achieving gender equity in STEM

A recent study led by Kyushu University, Tokyo Institute of Technology and University of California San Diego has found that focusing only on increasing the proportion of women scholars is not enough to accurately assess gender equity in JapanReadmore

Studies Deepen Understanding of LGBTQ Health Disparities

Researchers point to solutions and opportunities for better healthReadmore

Microsyllabus: Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

Gender-affirming care is safe, effective, and life-saving care for trans and gender-diverse youth. Of the more than 300,000 high school-aged transgender youth in the United States today, 35% live in states that have passed bans on gender-affirming care.Readmore

30 Years Together. . . Until There's A Cure!

Until There’s A Cure® is a national organization dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS by raising awareness and funds to combat this pandemicReadmore

Breaking the Silos: A New U.S. Strategy Linking Gender Equality & Climate Action

Advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment strengthens our ability to combat climate change, helping us to reduce emissions and build resilience.Readmore

US economist wins Nobel for work on gender gap

The Nobel prize in economics was awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin yesterday for research that has helped bring understanding to the role of women in the labour market.Readmore

Women, power, and cancer: A Lancet Commission

THE LANCET: Gender inequalities worsen women’s access to cancer prevention, detection and care; experts call for transformative feminist approachReadmore

The world's most gender-equal countries

How is the world doing on gender equality? According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), the picture is mixed. The needle is moving in the right direction, according to its latest Global Gender Gap report, but incrementallyReadmore

Central African Republic faces humanitarian crisis with 2.4 million people needing aid, UN says

Central African Republic is facing a humanitarian crisis with 2.4 million people in need of assistance and the U.N.’s $534 million appeal only 36% funded, a U.N. official said Wednesday.Readmore

UN Goal of Achieving Gender Equality by 2030 Is Impossible Because of Biases Against Women

“The world is failing women and girls,” UN Women, the agency promoting gender equality, and the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in “The Gender Snapshot 2023” report.Readmore

Compilation guidelines for measurement of gender-in-trade statistics

Gender gaps continue to exist in all spheres of life, including the economy and international trade. Yet, data about how women and men participate in international trade and how trade affects them is not collected and produced systematically.Readmore

Improving statistics on gender and trade in developing countries

When it comes to understanding and fostering women’s economic empowerment, measuring the gender dimension of trade has emerged as an increasingly important endeavour.Readmore

5 Goals to Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. There has been progress over the last decades, but the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030.Readmore

The Gender Gap is Widening in Cyber

The recent review by the UK Government on cybersecurity skills in the labor market has revealed an alarming statistic – the representation of women in the cyber workforce has dropped to a mere 17%, down from the previous year’s 22%.Readmore

For transgender kids, a frantic rush for treatment amid bans

As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud what she had only before sensed, telling a friend she planned to transfer schools the following year and hoped her new classmates would see her as a girl.Readmore

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina

Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming medical treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the governor’s vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ+ instrucReadmore

Gender pay gap in U.S. hasn’t changed much in two decades

The gender gap in pay has remained relatively stable in the United States over the past 20 years or so. In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly earnings of both full- andReadmore

By men, about men: how bad is the gender research gap for women in exercise science?

A new audit shows that most sports research is conducted by men on other men – meaning we don’t even know if women should be doing things differentlyReadmore

Call for Action to Accelerate Gender Equality in the Water Domain

The UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) coordinates a Call for Action to accelerate the achievement of gender equality in the water domain, together with a Multi-stakeholder Coalition composed by Member States’ institutions, UN agencies, inteReadmore

Study finds that Pacific Island communities could manage water better with sex-disaggregated data

The survey by UNESCO’s World Water Assessment Programme analysed gendered roles in accessing and managing water on Malolo Island in Fiji, where villagers are largely reliant on rainfall, owing to the absence of rivers and lakes.Readmore

How to create a more gender inclusive workplace

‘Bropropriation’, or the act of men taking credit for women’s ideas or work, can be curtailed by educating employees on the issue, promoting gender diversity in the C-suite, and creating clear communication channelsReadmore

UNESCO highlights initiatives to close the gender gap in the digital realm at CSW67

UNESCO reiterated its commitment to accelerating women’s empowerment and gender equality through innovation and technological change in the digital age at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67).Readmore

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Women join forces for gender equality

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding today in New York.Readmore

Technology is playing key role in gender equality reversals, says UN chief

“The gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres during a town hall with women’s civil society held on Monday, 13 March, during the 67th Session of the CommissionReadmore

5 ways women can use pay transparency to negotiate a raise

With new salary range laws rolling out across the US, experts say that pay transparency is a leading tool for narrowing the gender pay gap.Readmore

Study Highlights Challenges Facing Transgender and Non-Binary Workers

New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) highlights some of the challenges that transgender and non-binary staff can face at work.Readmore

Being adaptive at work may be the golden ticket to combat gender inequalities

A study from The University of Western Australia’s Business School has revealed that women who adapt to changes in their work teams are recognised more than their male counterparts.Readmore

Only 14 countries have full equal rights for women

14 countries in the world which offer full legal protections to womenReadmore

Study examines straight men and their sexual attraction to transgender women

Some straight men said they sexually desire transgender women because of the women’s supposed hyper-feminine traits.Readmore

Scholar highlights tech and gender equality at UN

A New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholar will highlight the role newborn screening can play in advancing gender equality Readmore

Spain plans to introduce cabinet gender equality law

Spain’s prime minister plans to bring in a gender quota at the highest levels of government Readmore

Feminism taught me all I need to know about men like Trump and Putin

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfolded, I was reminded over and over again of the behaviour of abusive ex-husbands and boyfriends. At first he thinks that he can simply bully her into returning. When it turns out she has no desire to return, he shiftReadmore

NYC teacher tells kids that Nintendo characters have sexual-gender identities: ‘Peach is a massive lesbian’

New York City Department of Education presented to middle-school students that Nintendo characters have different sexual and gender identitiesReadmore

Why Gender Sensitisation In Educational Institutes Can Curb Gender-Related Crimes. Experts Weigh In

Reasons Behind Gender-Related Crimes Among YouthReadmore

‘Gender equality should be a key index in measuring health of democracy’

Gender empowerment is too often left out of the calculus when evaluating the strength of a country’s democracy, says Malini ParthasarathyReadmore

Anti-LGBTQ activism goes unchallenged at the top of Crook County schools

Crook County School District believes that all books offered in our school libraries should be age-appropriate and not contain sexually-explicit or sexually-graphic materialReadmore

On 'gender-neutral' God, Putin slams Church of England: 'They don't know...'

Christians have recognized since ancient times that God is neither male nor femaleReadmore

The trans ‘queen mother’ reclaiming Fiji’s third gender – photo essay

Reggie Mcgoon has taken inspiration from vakasalewalelewa – a traditional term for transgender women which was nearly erased by colonial ruleReadmore

Transgender care targeted into adulthood in these states

Gender-affirming care reduces the risk of mental health problems and suicidal thoughtsReadmore

Black Americans Firmly Support Gender Equality but Are Split on Transgender and Nonbinary Issues

Nearly six-in-ten want organizations working for Black progress to address the distinct challenges facing Black LGBTQ peopleReadmore

U.S. Republicans target transgender youth health care in legislative push

Republican legislators across the United States have escalated a campaign to ban certain health care for transgender youths, in some cases seeking to charge parents and doctors with child abuse if they provide treatment.Readmore

THE STEM GENDER GAP: A HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS

Gender equality in education is still a challengeReadmore

Is God They/Them? Church of England considers gender-neutral pronouns.

The Church of England is exploring whether to use gender-neutral language instead of referring to God solely with masculine pronouns, such as “He” or “Our Father” — which would be a major change after millennia of prayer and teachings.Readmore

Lesbian couple row: Supreme Court stays Kerala HC's order sending woman for gender counselling

Kerala High Court had allowed a lesbian coupleReadmore

Sweden’s Gender Reassignment Treatment Move Means Bad News for Those with Gender Dysphoria

First country to introduce legal gender reassignmentReadmore

Trans Queenslanders who want to change the gender on their birth certificate need surgery. That's set to change

The proposed changes to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Act would bring Queensland into line with most of Australia.Readmore

Two women university vice-chancellors to tackle gender-based violence in higher education

Unisa's Professor Puleng LenkaBula, as well as her Nelson Mandela University counterpart, Professor Sibongile Muthwa, were appointed this week by Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Dr Blade Nzimande.Readmore

Gender-affirming hormone therapy reduces depression, anxiety for trans and non-binary youth

The study demonstrates that gender-affirming hormone treatment is valuable for transgender and nonbinary adolescentsReadmore

Protesters storm McGill University talk on sex vs. gender, shutting it down

Advocates say debating trans women's rights is harmful to all womenReadmore

Existing Gender Stereotypes Need to be Challenged to Ensure Equality

Gender equality is imperative to ascertain inclusive socio-economic development and needs a change in the societal mindset. The sex ratio of a country is the primary indicator of equality and is a direct indicator of the status and welfare of women. A chaReadmore

Bristol academic's research on gender issues recognised

A Bristol academic's research into gender issues has been recognised with a prestigious award.Readmore

Ukraine’s need for women in war conflicts with nation’s gender norms, VCU professor’s new research finds

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that Ukraine would operate under martial law after Russian troops invaded in February 2022. While the war in Ukraine has changed many facets of Ukrainian life, this decision also changed women’s role in UkReadmore

The Gender Gap is still a fight in the modernization era

Economic gender gap has been a concern around the globe which describes the disparity between different genders in society, and in turn the labor market and business world, including inequality of opportunity, pay, progression, and benefits.Readmore

'Game Of Thrones' Star Bella Ramsey Comes Out As Non-Binary And Gender Fluid

"Being gendered isn't something that I particularly like. But in terms of pronouns, I really couldn't care less," Bella Ramsey said.Readmore

The gaping gender gap in mental health

When it comes to mental health and suffering in silence, women continue to face challenges and it is imperative to end this culture because gender is increasingly becoming a critical determinant of mental health and mental illness.Readmore

A French town renamed, for gender equality

Calling a town “Pantine” for a year will not start or cement a feminist revolution. It will, however, underline that a lot still needs to change, if in the 21st century, this is still a man’s world.Readmore

Building Women’s Health Means Ensuring Safety from Abuse

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Nearly 2000 Norwegians changed gender in the last decade

In the previous ten years, about 2000 Norwegians changed their gender. While politicians believe the development confirms that the change in the law was correct, critics fear it will cause great harm to young people.Readmore

California is now a sanctuary state for transgender kids

New law restricts California authorities from enforcing laws of other states aimed at criminalizing transgender health care for minors Readmore