/channels/taxonomy/term/23398/all en /channels/channels/news/assessing-impact-canadas-feminist-foreign-assistance-policy-magazine-346175 <p>February 14, 2023 | Following <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/kevin-page">Kevin Page's </a>complexity seminar, Caroline Wilson wrote about the Canadian government making a significant shift in the right direction in terms of their commitment to gender equality and women's empowerment. She also mentioned that the method of application of policies has to be justified in the program monitoring and evaluation phases. Caroline Wilson is a Master of Public Policy candidate at ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą.</p> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:04:15 +0000 webfull 187342 at /channels /channels/channels/news/covid-19-lockdowns-deepened-struggle-work-family-balance-334723 <p>Around the world increasing mental health inequalities between women and men following the COVID-19 pandemic represent a major public health concern. According to a new study, the lockdown measures due to the pandemic profoundly and unequally disrupted the work-family balance for many graduate students, exacerbating mental health problems.</p> Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:09:29 +0000 webfull 174623 at /channels /channels/channels/news/patently-harmful-fewer-female-inventors-problem-womens-health-331792 <p>"Necessity is the <em>father</em> of invention," but where is its mother? According to a new study published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba6990"><i>Science</i></a>, fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies designed to address problems affecting women.</p> Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:11:23 +0000 webfull 171458 at /channels /channels/channels/event/girl-pandemic-325499 <p style="text-align:center"><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/ihdw/files/ihdw/webinar-promo-final10202020.jpg" style="height:583px; width:700px" /></p> Fri, 16 Oct 2020 22:17:53 +0000 webfull 164409 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-international-equal-pay-day-september-18-324640 <p>International Equal Pay Day, celebrated for the first time this 18 September, represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. Across all regions, women are paid less than men, with the gender pay gap estimated at 23 per cent globally. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls continues to be held back owing to the persistence of historical and structural unequal power relations, poverty and inequalities and disadvantages in access to resources and opportunities that limit women’s and girls’ capabilities.</p> Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:22:13 +0000 webfull 163463 at /channels /channels/channels/news/smart-phones-are-empowering-women-worldwide-322809 <p>By giving women access to information they otherwise wouldn’t have, mobile phones are transforming lives. Putting smart phones in women’s hands could be a powerful tool to support sustainable development goals in the developing world, according to researchers from ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą, University of Oxford and Bocconi University.</p> Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:35:40 +0000 webfull 161661 at /channels