In matters both big and small, women in education leadership are treated, spoken to and viewed differently than their male colleagues. And it impacts everything from their assignments and salaries to ...

Data and survey results reveal that women are predominantly funneled toward leadership pathways that keep their trajectories below the top jobs in the district or state. Credit: Katie Cotterill for ...

Lucy Ferriss began talking with her colleagues last winter about doing something to help the women in Afghanistan. The U.S. had left Afghanistan a little over a year prior, and Ferriss wanted to help ...

To the outside world, women’s right to an education is an unalienable right. For girls and women in Afghanistan, it is an open-and-shut case of discrimination. Zahra Azimi, who completed her studies ...

Gymnast Simone Biles is a force of historic impact. She is also powerful proof to women and women education leaders of what is possible when strong women prioritize their well-being and emerge from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Nietzel, former college president, writes on higher education Nationwide, women comprised 58% of all college students in ...

Young Afghan women gathered outside Kabul University on Monday to protest the ruling Taliban’s ban on female education as their male peers returned to school for a new academic year and the United ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan religious scholars Saturday criticized a ban on female education, as a key Taliban minister warned clerics not to rebel against the government on the controversial ...

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, a senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. Here's ...

When the world celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2025, Jigawa State would have something substantial to showcase. This is the state government’s decision to grant free education ...

As female-led companies continue to sprout up in both the U.S. and globally, efforts are underway to provide education and greater access to resources that can help keep the train of success running.

How does education affect women's desire to have children? In a new study, researchers from IIASA, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), the University of Vienna and the ...