Abstract
The vast majority of psychological research on gender and work focuses on WEIRD (i.e., Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) women, which impedes global efforts to promote gender equality and devalues the experiences of the majority of working women across the world. In this article, I first review cross‐cultural psychological research on gender and work in three general domains: stereotyping and gender roles, discrimination, harassment, and women’s efforts to effect change, and the effects of public and organizational policies on women’s work lives. I then highlight how contributions to the present issue of the Journal of Social Issues expand our understanding of working women in non‐WEIRD contexts. I conclude with recommendations for future study and a call for more work that recognizes the experiences and perspectives of women in the global majority.