In case you needed a reason to celebrate on this last Monday of August that wasn't Miley Cyrus making your most embarrassing moment look like Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime performance, today is National Women's Equality Day. Yay! Yay for being human just like a man!
A 22-country survey found that while both men and women value gender equality, they differ widely on whether it's been achieved. In the U.S., many more men believed sufficient progress had occurred, whereas women thought more action was required. [NYT]
In this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn make the provocative claim that ending discrimination against women and girls may end poverty and even terrorism.
