CNN’s #AsEquals project explores gender inequality around the world
Studio MM has designed a rich online reading experience for #AsEquals – a series of articles about women’s rights and gender inequality
Rewriting history: the new books celebrating female dreamers and rebels
How Donald Trump, the Women’s March and social media have prompted a wave of books celebrating inspiring female role models
Gender stereotypes: still not funny
Are you a domestic obsessive, a selfless nurturer or a fraught juggler? Or perhaps you identify more as a sex object or unattainable goddess? If so, according to the TV advertising of the past 50 years, you are a woman
Why are there so few women of colour in design?
Anoushka Khandwala, a Graphic Design student at Central Saint Martins, laments the lack of role models for women of colour in design, and suggests how this might change
Penguin and Waterstones’ pop-up shop sells work by women writers only
Penguin and Waterstones have opened a pop-up book shop selling works by women writers to mark International Women’s Day on March 8 and the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Like a Woman is open in Shoreditch from March 5 to March 9. The shop stocks work by female writers and activists […]
UNESCO releases powerful radio spots highlighting sexism in the sports media
February 13 is World Radio Day, and to mark the occasion UNESCO has released five radio spots which highlight unfair treatment experienced by female athletes in media coverage
How 23 Code Street is bringing (all) women into the world of tech
Based in East London, 23 Code Street is a coding school exclusively for women. We speak to founder Anisah Osman Britton about the school’s novel business model, how it is helping women from marginalised groups and providing technical training to those in impoverished parts of the world
Celebrating the ‘Poster Girls’
‘Poster Girls’, a new exhibition at the London Transport Museum, looks back at the contribution that female artists have made to TfL over the past century, and examines some of the hidden stories behind their work.A new exhibition at the London Transport Museum looks back at the contribution that female artists have made to TfL over the past century, and examines some of the hidden stories behind their work.
The story behind Fearless Girl
Fearless Girl, the striking bronze statue placed on Wall Street by McCann New York to coincide with International Women’s Day in March, has been winning big at Cannes Lions. Here’s how it was made.
Why mums mean business
If advertising – and the wider creative industry – wants a more diverse workforce, it needs to provide a better path for mothers to return to work after having children. Ali Hanan explains how her Creative Equals Returnships programme is doing just that
Harley Weir celebrates female creativity in new film series for Chanel and i-D
Photographer Harley Weir has created a series of portraits and short films for Chanel and i-D celebrating the work of five creative women – from a beat poet to a dancer, a sound artist, a photographer and an actress
Last call on gender stereotypes in drinks marketing?
Consumers are rising up against gender clichés in everything from fashion to toys, yet when it comes to drinks marketing, whiskey will always be for men and rosé for women. Isn’t it time for a change?