Mentoring young female professors in economics, an academic field in which women are historically underrepresented, can lead to an increase in their likelihood of staying in academia and of receiving tenure at a top 30 or 50 economics program in the world,  relative to their peers without mentors.

When female math, science, and engineering students view situations in which they are the minority, they experience more physiological and cognitive vigilance and a lower sense of belonging. 

Women’s groups led by peer facilitators reduced neonatal mortality rates and maternal depression in tribal, rural populations of eastern India.

Female borrowers display better repayment behavior than males, irrespective of the roles they play in society and the nature of the loan.

Organizations that emphasize merit-based cultures, while intending to increase opportunities, fairness, and equity, may inadvertently be disadvantaging women.

Combining a microfinance program for women with a participatory curriculum to discuss gender roles, relationships, intimate-partner violence, and HIV reduced levels of intimate-partner violence in South Africa. 

High-level female role models, whose success seems unattainable, negatively affects younger women’s self-perceptions and leadership aspirations; however, mid-level female role models do not.

Entrepreneurship training for women was found to be much more effective in increasing business activity for those who participated with a friend.

Men’s high willingness to compete in individual tournaments decreases dramatically in team tournaments, while women are equally willing to compete individually or as part of a team.

A multidimensional intervention program improves the lives of the extreme poor with effects lasting up to a year later, including increasing women’s empowerment in the short-term.