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Asia
In this photo provided by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Pakistan's Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad, left, administrates the oath of office to Ayesha Malik in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday. Malik is the first female judge to serve on Pakistan's Supr

Meet Justice Ayesha Malik, Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge

Jan 25, 2022
Malik was sworn in on Monday, shattering a glass ceiling in a country where only about 17% of judges are women.
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Science
A crowd gathers as Nobel laureate John Mather and Northrop Grumman engineer Scott Willoughby speak in front of a model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at South by Southwest on March 9, 2013.

Who gets to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope? Astronomers work to fight bias

Jan 11, 2022
With the James Webb Space Telescope safely deployed, many scientists want to use it. To minimize the effect of unconscious biases, they go through a process developed for the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Sports
A player streaks across the NCAA logo at midcourt during basketball practice in this file photo from March 14, 2012.

The NCAA spends more on men's sports than women's, another gender equity report finds

Oct 27, 2021
NCAA spending per Division I and national championship participants was $4,285 for men and $2,588 for women in the 2018-19 season. The gap is even larger for single-gender sports, the report shows.
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