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Amazon has hired a law firm to investigate allegations of widespread gender discrimination in part of its cloud computing division, the company said in an email to employees late last week.The investigation is in response to a petition…

Holly Elgison and Len Schillaci are a mixed couple, and they are far from being alone."I always wanted to get 100 percent of the vaccine," said Ms. Elgison, a medical claims investigator in Valrico, Florida.Her husband, a disaster insurance…

South Asia is on the brink of a wake-up call as it watches the world in its efforts to close the gender gap, an expert told CNBC. The World Economic Forum predicts that it could now take 195 years to achieve gender equality in the region -…

The World Economic Forum predicts it will now take 135.6 years to reach gender equality - as the pandemic moves the world back a generation and delays parity by about 36 years.Saadia Zahidi, executive director of the World Economic Forum,…

The NCAA has a chronic problem with undervalued women, writer and presenter Jemele Hill said Friday - and the recent controversy over weight room discrepancies highlights that inequality."This has long been a consistent issue when it comes…

BRUSSELS - The European Union urged member states to close the gender pay gap and on Thursday announced details of a legislative proposal requiring companies to disclose gender pay gaps in wage interviews and giving applicants access to…

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and managing director of Tesla Inc., is coming to the Axel Springer awards ceremony in Berlin on December 1st, 2020.Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIn a series of tweets this week, Tesla and…