Gender Bias

Robots can be racist and sexist, new study warns

Based on inaccurate and overtly biased content from the web, an experimental robot favours men over women, suggests Black people are criminals and appoints stereotypical occupations to women and Latino men.

Hiring managers may suffer from unconscious gender bias

Hiring managers are willing to hire overqualified women, but not men, a new study says. They may be victims of unconscious gender bias, assuming overqualified women are more likely to stay, even if another company were to offer them better options.

FIFA doubles prize money for Women's World Cup, but men still earn way more

Global footballers’ union FIFpro said the changes were not enough to redress the inequality between men’s and women’s football worldwide.