Katsumi Nishimura, a 76-year-old who lives in Osaka Prefecture, boarded a plane at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 14 bound for Geneva, Switzerland. For the first time in eight years, she was off ...

Nearly 33 percent of job seekers feel discriminated against because of their gender while more than 40 percent believe their education background unfairly eliminates them from the competition, a ...

Legal experts remind business leaders that it is is still illegal for most employers to discriminate against employees because of their transgender status. The Trump Administration’s campaign against ...

Japan has passed legislation and taken other measures to make society more equal. However, a recent survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shows that discriminatory practices linger in ...

Geneva, 18 June 2014 - An international campaign to end gender discrimination in nationality laws was launched today by a coalition of civil society groups, supported by UN Women and the UN refugee ...

Six in 10 Korean workers feel there are gender disparities in promotions and department assignments, with men-dominated workplace culture cited as the primary cause. The issue is even more pronounced ...

Female physicians experience a large amount of gender and maternal discrimination in the workplace, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. For the study, researchers posted an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. This case of male drivers suing the rideshare apps adds to the ...

The recent news that the pass ratio for female students applying to the Tokyo Medical University slightly exceeded that of their male peers should come as no surprise — education experts have no ...

Editor’s Note: This story, originally published in February 2025, is part of ‘Systems Error,’ a series by CNN’s As Equals, investigating how your gender shapes your life online. For information about ...