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Natascha McElhone: it's time to find an app for gender equality

26 Oct 2013:
In this speech she gave at Wired 2013, actor Natascha McElhone asks why we accept a culture that, from an early age, discriminates against girls

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Rowing back on inequality

A camp run by the Equality and Human Rights Commission is inspiring a diverse range of young people to start campaigning, says Martin Wainwright
- Audio: Martin Wainwright at the camp

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Michael Gove is running Britain's department for inequality

6 Nov 2013: Gus John: The political spat over free schools is diverting attention away from the fact that our most vulnerable children are being failed
Review examines pregnancy discrimination at work

4 Nov 2013: Equality and Human Rights Commission launches research project to uncover extent of problem
In a world that considers all women physically flawed, we need less angst and more anger

3 Nov 2013:
Yvonne Roberts: Debate over the online abuse directed at model Robyn Lawley redirects attention from issues that really shape women's lives
Indigenous women in Latin America remain invisible to society, warns UN

1 Nov 2013:
Urgent action needed to close 'unacceptable gaps' in access to work and education across Latin America and Caribbean
Little surprise here: women expected to do more at home – and at work

1 Nov 2013:
Heidi Moore: A new study illuminates how 'favors' are expected of women at work, but they often go unacknowledged, keeping women down
Searching for global solidarity in the age of inequality

1 Nov 2013: Internationalism's goal to secure basic needs for all remains relevant, but we must move away from being sensationalist
A pig's head on the doorstep: how prejudice blocks the path to parliament

31 Oct 2013:
Hugh Muir: A report from an all-party committee into racism and discrimination in elections presents an ugly face of campaigns
Speaking softly: the cultural power of languages – live chat

31 Oct 2013:
Join us for a live chat on November 8 between 12-2PM GMT to discuss languages, social inclusion and cultural understanding
Hawaii senate approves bill to legalise same-sex marriage

31 Oct 2013: If approved by House of Representatives, Hawaii would become the 15th US state to make same-sex marriage legal
NSW same-sex marriage bill in doubt as key conservatives withdraw support

31 Oct 2013: Cautious optimism dealt a blow as two Coalition MLCs say the issue should be handled by the federal government
Prince Philip called debutante balls 'bloody daft' – yet posh is the new pop

30 Oct 2013: Daisy Buchanan: Debs step out at the Queen Charlotte's ball, privately educated twentysomethings fill the charts. And the inequality gap widens
What makes a student disadvantaged?

29 Oct 2013: Is university access really wider in London? Graeme Atherton says it's time to rethink the way we measure widening access
After Sandy: New York's 'perfect storm' of inequality in wealth and housing

28 Oct 2013:
Maya Wiley: One year on, it's painfully clear that society's choices mean the hurricane hit our poorest communities harder than the well-to-do
Islam belongs in people's lives, not in politics, says Karima Bennoune

28 Oct 2013:
Author of Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here says the politicised version of Islam peddled by fundamentalists is dangerous and misrepresentative. Mark Tran meets her
Women occupy 'just one in eight' top roles in the City

28 Oct 2013: Survey finds that those women who do reach senior positions are in jobs that are traditionally lower paid