For years, late night host Jay Leno conducted impromptu interviews with random people on the street, asking simple trivia questions in hopes of embarrassing them on national television. “What country did we fight in the Revolutionary War?” (One answer: “France!”) “What are people from Denmark called?” (One answer: “Denmartians?”) “What is bipartisanship?” (One answer: “It’s like, bisexual.”) The joke stops being funny when the interview subjects are leaders in developing countries and the questions are about gender equality and women’s issues. A new study released late Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly questions whether policymakers in five ...

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