--- --- # The Pope Is Leaving Women Behind by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 23, 2015 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 23, 2015 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Pope Francis is changing a lot about the Catholic Church — but not its attitude on women.**](http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/09/pope-franciss-revolution-has-left-out-women.html) By Lisa Miller in New York Magazine’s the Cut **2\.** [**Can this early warning tool predict — and help stop — the next genocide?**](http://qz.com/508791/researchers-have-mapped-countries-with-high-risk-of-state-led-mass-atrocities/) By Aamna Mohdin in Quartz **3\.** [**Schoolkids don’t just need iPads. They need data plans.**](http://www.wired.com/2015/09/qualcomm-education-homework-gap/) By Issie Lapowsky in Wired **4\.** [**Don’t go to law school.**](http://www.vox.com/2015/6/5/8724555/should-i-go-to-law-school) By Amanda Taub in Vox **5\.** [**We all know sitting is bad for you. But fidgeting can help (really).**](http://time.com/4045317/fitness-sitting-work/) By Alexandra Sifferlin in Time  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ The Pope Is Leaving Women Behind ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4046197/the-pope-is-leaving-women-behind/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4046197/the-pope-is-leaving-women-behind/"},"headline":"The Pope Is Leaving Women Behind","datePublished":"2015-09-23T16:00:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:31.932Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4046197/the-pope-is-leaving-women-behind/","keywords":["Innovation","Exercise","Pope Francis topic","genocide"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4046197/the-pope-is-leaving-women-behind/","name":"The Pope Is Leaving Women Behind"}}]}] ```