A study in The Review of Economic Studies finds women's relative pay rose 4.4% and jobs 2.9% at firms after a male manager's first child was a daughter.
A BCEC-WGEA report released October 13, 2026 finds women leave leadership roles faster than men, and only 13.2% of Australian employers design part-time management jobs.
On Girl Child Day, 11 October 2026, Uttarakhand CM Dhami gave smartphones to 149 top girl students and highlighted a 30% reservation for women in state jobs.
Women held 29.2% of Russell 3000 board seats in 2026, down from 30.1%, the first drop in over a decade, a 50/50 Women on Boards report said on October 6.
Fortune's Most Powerful Women Asia 2026 list, out on 6 October, names seven Indians among 100 leaders; HCLTech's Roshni Nadar Malhotra ranks No. 8.
Annette Gregg took charge as CEO of the World Trade Centers Association on October 5, 2026, the first woman to lead it in 57 years.
Pope Leo XIV named Sister Mary Teresa Barron the first woman president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, the Vatican said on 8 October 2026.
Former Gujarat HC Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on October 6, 2026, raising the number of women judges on the court to three.
Highmark Health's board has appointed president Karen Hanlon as CEO from 1 January 2027, making her the first woman to lead the Pittsburgh-based nonprofit health system.
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