To Reverse Decline of Women in Labour Force, India Must Make Its Working Spaces Safe
By Nishtha Satyam and Francine Pickup The normalisation of sexual harassment and inequality in the workplace is keeping women from going to work – which is […]
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Female participation in the labor market in India is 27.2%: Report
By Drishti Pant As per the latest human development rankings by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), while gender gaps in the early years are […]
Is malnutrition in India a gender problem?
By Dr. Rita Prasad One in every three children in India is under-nourished. While the notorious levels of child malnutrition is a well-recognised fact in […]
India sits below global average in McKinsey’s gender parity report
BY AKANKSHA KAR The world’s second most populous country in the world still has a lower percentage of women in the workforce compared to the global […]
Explained Snippets: In work & politics, India gender inequality extremely high, suggests report
By Promit Chakroborty Advancing women’s equality in the countries of Asia Pacific, the report suggests, could add $4.5 trillion to their collective GDP annually in […]
India’s Preference for Boys Results in 21 Million ‘Unwanted’ Girls
By Ryan General India’s continued preference to have male over female children has resulted in an environment unfair for many growing Indian daughters, a new study […]
India’s internet has a massive gender problem—and it’s holding girls back
By Ananya Bhattacharya The internet in India has a serious gender problem Just 29% of all internet users in the country are female, according to a […]
Vulnerable Workers: Who’s Combating Gender-Based Violence in the Garment Industry?
By Sue-Lynn Moses An estimated 60 million to 75 million people worldwide work in the textile, clothing and footwear industry and around 75 percent of those workers are […]
Campaign recognises contributions of women who help others of their gender
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to showcase instances where women have stepped forward to help others of their gender, the ministry of women and child […]
Why the gender paygap in corporate India could take 149 years to fill
New Delhi : Corporate India always claims to be sanitised of all social evils. The assumption is that it is an objective place and operates […]