Gender diversity initiatives not effective: Survey
By Rica Bhattacharyya MUMBAI: India Inc.’s gender diversity initiatives are failing to make a mark. While most companies have inclusive policies in place such as […]
Gender Gap
Buried in the rankings din
By Ashwini Deshpande Gender gaps come in the way of business competitiveness. India should take its slide in The Global Gender Gap rating seriously The credit […]
Global Entrepreneurship Summit Addresses Gender Bias, Opportunities for Women
By Michelle Quinn HYDERABAD: The question of how women can overcome gender bias within cultures and succeed in their own right is emerging as a talking point […]
India can grow by over $150 billion if labour gender gap closed: Ivanka Trump at GES
HYDERABAD: Ivanka Trump, US President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor to the White House, today said Indian economy can grow by over USD 150 billion […]
Closing the gender gap at India’s Institutes of Management
There has been a major step in the right direction in the fight for gender equality in India, with a record number of women gaining […]
Growth minus development
By Yoginder K. Alagh Widening gender gap, rising malnutrition and hunger call for policy intervention In rapid-fire, the country was recently hit by three global rankings. […]
India slips 21 slots on WEF Gender Gap index 2017
Moves to 108th place, behind neighbours China and Bangladesh, primarily due to less participation of women in the economy and low wages New Delhi: India […]
These Female Leadership Programs Are Helping Bridge The Gender Gap In India’s Startups
By Sindhuja Balaji Being a female entrepreneur in India is a challenge like no other. According to the National Sample Survey Organization’s Sixth Economic Census, only 14% […]
International Day of the Girl Child: Delhi ranks lowest in gender ratio at birth
Surprisingly, Jharkhand, which had more number of girls (1091/1000) than boys in 2005-06, saw a huge decline in terms of girl population (919/1000) in 2015-16. […]
India ranks 103 on global human capital index; among lowest in employment gender gap
India also ranks “among the lowest in the world” when it comes to the employment gender gap, but has fared well when it comes to […]