Page 3 - Gender Inequality

Citigroup names Jane Fraser as first female CEO of major global bank

Fraser will succeed Mike Corbat, who is retiring in February after more than eight years in the top job, the New York-based bank said in a statement

Reliance Foundation to partner W-GDP, USAID to bridge gender digital divide

Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries, said it has forged a new partnership with USAID and W-GDP to bridge the gender digital divide in India

Covid-19 exposing inequalities; world at 'breaking point': UN chief

Antonio Guterres calls out 'lies that free markets can deliver health care for all, fiction that unpaid care work is not work'

Wharton alumnus who is changing the way Indian women handle their finances

Hena Mehta tries to bring financial independence for women amid gender-specific issues like pay gaps and career breaks

Closing the gender gap

The GII has been criticised for its complexity and difficulty in interpretation or understanding

Women will be hit hard by UK's new immigration rules, warn experts

Women's groups have warned, women will suffer disproportionately

New York and San Francisco tech industries are leaving women behind

The two cities, sometimes rivals for attracting tech talent, slid backwards in recent years on gender diversity

Parents prefer private schools for boys in 4-8 age group: ASER report

The ASER for 2019 is based on a survey conducted in 26 districts across 24 states in India, covering over 36,000 children in the age group of 4-8 years

Household electrification benefits men more than women in India: Study

According to the study, households tended to have more male-used appliances than neutral, and more neutral than female-used appliances

There's a 250-year wait for the economic gender gap to close: WEF report

The economic gender gap will take 257 years to close, the WEF said, even more than the 202 years it predicted in 2018

India is 112th in WEF rankings on gender gap, Bangladesh does better

Iceland remained the world's most gender-neutral country on the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report.

Rape as a tamasha

In India, rape as an issue remains hostage to social and political contestations that ricochet between high-profile righteous indignation and spurious Bollywood-style anguish

How a Haryana portal keeps a check on women with high-risk pregnancies

This is part of Haryana's ongoing efforts to reduce its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) under India's Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

Finance industry can earn extra $700 bn a year by focusing on women

Many products that appear gender-neutral actually default to men's needs, with wealth products in particular not consistently designed for women's financial lives, the report said

Bengaluru's first midwife-based birth centre makes a case for choice

A birthing centre in Bengaluru is helping women make informed decisions about their pregnancy, right down to choosing how they have their baby

Best of BS Opinion: India's moon mission, social outlook are an irony

From DHFL crisis to gender bias in India, Business Standard brings to you opinions and views of experts across the globe

Fallacies about workplace gender parity

Men with attitudes cemented in outmoded sexism tend to set women to higher performance standards than they would for men competing for the same job

Gender inequality in pay costs $160 trillion annually across 141 countries

In fact, in low- and lower-middle income countries, women account for a third or less of human capital wealth

Gender inequality could be costing Asia Pacific $4.5 trillion: McKinsey

MGI judged 18 economies in the region for gender equality in work and in society

Gender gap in land ownership

Legislation and gender-based agri land allotment would help