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DVF in Davos: A fashion icon is still fighting for gender equality
Global Stage Interviews

DVF in Davos: A fashion icon is still fighting for gender equality

“I wanted to be a woman in charge,” Diane von Furstenberg, the iconic fashion designer who changed women’s apparel 50 years ago with the “wrap dress,” said. “And I became a conduit for a certain freedom.” This week in Davos, her work earned her a Crystal Award, presented annually by the World Economic Forum to creators and innovators making a positive impact on society. She sat down with GZERO’s Tony Maciulis to talk about bridging the gender gap, the “masculine wave” currently in politics and business, what it means for diversity initiatives, and how she views her legacy decades into her historic career.

Can we achieve gender equality by 2030?
Global Stage Interviews

Can we achieve gender equality by 2030?

This week World Bank announced a bold initiative to bridge the gender divide by creating more economic opportunity, broadening female leadership, and reducing gender-based violence in the next 5 years as 2030 approaches.

Online violence means real-world danger for women in politics like EU's Lucia Nicholsonová
Digital Governance

Online violence means real-world danger for women in politics like EU's Lucia Nicholsonová

Lucia Nicholsonová, former Slovak National Assembly vice president and current member of European Parliament for Slovakia, recounts her harrowing personal experiences with disinformation campaigns and gendered hate speech online during a GZERO Global Stage discussion on gender equality in the age of AI.

The online abuse crisis threatens the mental health of young women worldwide
Digital Governance

The online abuse crisis threatens the mental health of young women worldwide

On the internet, more than half of young women encounter abuse and harassment, some as young as eight. Michelle Milford Morse of the UN Foundation emphasizes that this takes a huge toll on their mental health.

What impact will AI have on gender equality?
Digital Governance

What impact will AI have on gender equality?

At the current rate of progress toward gender equality, the World Economic Forum estimates it will take 131 years for women to attain parity in income, status, and leadership. While technology is a powerful tool to help close the gender gap, it can also be weaponized.

She's got the power
GZERO North

She's got the power

Well, she's got more of the power at least. Women are making gains but remain underrepresented in the House of Commons and Congress.

Collage of women in the workplace.
Living Beyond Borders Podcasts

Episode 2: The economic power of women

Listen: In the latest episode of the Living Beyond Borders podcast, CIti's Ida Liu joins Eurasia Group’s Celeste Tambaro for a candid conversation about the reasons why increased participation of women in the workforce and in leadership creates greater growth for companies and economies.

The Graphic Truth: Female governance gap
News

The Graphic Truth: Female governance gap

March is International Women’s History month, but while women account for just over half the world’s population, the overwhelming majority of political leaders and policymakers globally are men.

Masih Alinejad lives in Brooklyn. Iran wants to kill her.
GZERO World Clips

Masih Alinejad lives in Brooklyn. Iran wants to kill her.

Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad has long been in Tehran's crosshairs, accused of being an agent of the United States. She denies it. "I'm not an American agent. I have agency," Alinejad tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Iran v. the Islamic Republic: Fighting Iran’s gender apartheid regime
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Iran v. the Islamic Republic: Fighting Iran’s gender apartheid regime

Woman, life, freedom. Those three words have filled the streets of Iran since the ongoing women-led protests against the regime, the biggest since 2009, began last September. How did Iranian women get here? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.