Equal rights is the idea that both men and women should have the same opportunities. In recent years the idea of equal rights has started to also include transgendered people.

We like to believe most modern societies have equal rights but is this indeed the case? Studies regularly indicate that there are differences in terms of wages between men and women in many cases.

And despite the success of female tennis stars such as Martina Navatrilova, Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters the chances of achieving a great career in sports are still much better if you are a man.

Keynote speakers on equal rights will often choose a critical angle, taking a closer look at society, wages, cultural differences between genders and so on.