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Women who overturn gender norms face more violence in marriage: Study
Domestic violence has become the most common form of abuse inflicted on women--it affects one in three women globally.
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Need to build a new India on the basis of women-led development: Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said there is a need to ensure that a new India is built on the basis of women-led development
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Female MBA graduates earn $11,000 less than male peers, finds global study
Even women that seek out high paying industries and jobs face a pay gap, says findings from the Forte Foundation.
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India's gender inequity in Covid-19 vaccinations narrows, shows govt data
Women have received about 47% of the 481 million vaccine doses administered in India, nearly in line with the gender ratio in the country, the data showed
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From Anupriya Patel to Bharati Pawar, meet newly inducted women ministers
In the 7 July Cabinet reshuffle, seven women ministers were inducted
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WEF's gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 nations
Only Pakistan (153) and Afghanistan (156) ranked lower in South Asia
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Volvo India announces 24 weeks paid parental leave for male workers
Volvo on Wednesday announced a gender neutral policy, 'Family Bond', that allows the male employees in India to avail up to 24 weeks (120 working days) of parental leave
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Teleperformance aiming at more gender diverse, inclusive workforce in India
Business process management firm hired 4,500 people in Feb globally, of which 40% were women; the company is also
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ASCI aims to break gender stereotypes in advertising, change mindsets
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is hoping to find an answer and help advertisers embrace positive depiction with a first-of-its-kind study on gender in advertising
Where China is only a notch above India
India and China seem united in gender discrimination
Pregnancy could get women fired in 38 nations, says World Bank
The pandemic has contributed to an increase in violence against women and is reinforcing gender inequality in many countries
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Women's economic empowerment vital to tackle gender inequality: Biocon head
Economic empowerment of women is extremely important to bridge the gap of gender inequality,US-India Business Council Vice Chair and Biocon Executive Chair Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said on Thursday. Speaking at a virtual event on 'Expanding the US-India Partnership: Promoting Gender Diversity at Work', she said gender inequality starts with the skewed distribution that women face when it comes to the distribution of assets or inheritance or workplace employment or representation in socio-political institutions. "Economic empowerment is what will bridge the gap of gender inequality. I think economic empowerment of the women is extremely important," Mazumdar-Shaw said. Even in the corporate world, there is a lot of tokenism in everything we do, she said. Of the top 100 BSE companies in India, 91 have only one woman director, which means it is just sort of ticking a box. Moreover, when they want to find a woman for the board, it is the same group of women they are looking at. The canvas ha
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Indian male in his habitat
Book review of Patriarchy and the Pangolin: A Field Guide to Indian Men and Other Species
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A feminist renunciation
Book review of Why I am Not a Hindu Woman
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WFH: The myth of women's empowerment
The assumption that WFH can dramatically alter the gender dynamics in the Indian workplace is misplaced
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Whose gender bias is it, anyway?
Book review of How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back
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Covid-19 is another layer to gender equality in education challenge: UNESCO
The COVID-19 has triggered an education crisis, fuelled by deep and multiple forms of inequality having gender roots and implications, the Global Education Monitoring report by UNESCO has pointed out.
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India Inc's succession plan is seeing a gender shift, albeit slowly
Women leaders, succession planners and lawyers say doors in family businesses are opening but a stronger push is needed
Equal treatment for women on inheritance
Unequal treatment of women on matters of inheritance is one brick in the wall that holds back engagement of women in the economy
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Women of Wall Street ask 'Who's Next' after Citi picks Jane Fraser as CEO
As congratulations rolled in across Wall Street for its newest boss, diversity advocates said the financial industry has a lot more to do to reach gender equality, pay equity
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