Page 6 - Women Empowerment
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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Best of BS Opinion, The myth of women empowerment, Budget 2021, and more
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinions
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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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As biz takes a hit, the pandemic is pushing women out of jobs in UP
Even before the pandemic, women's participation in India's workforce was low due to social and cultural reason
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An economist's feminist journey
Book review of The Brass Notebook
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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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Microsoft, NSDC collaborate to empower women in India with digital skills
Microsoft said it has collaborated with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to impart digital skills to more than 100,000 underserved women in India over the next 10 months
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Modi invokes goddess Durga, reaffirms commitment to women's empowerment
Noting that Goddess Durga was worshipped as a symbol of 'Shakti' (strength), Modi said his government was consistently working for the empowerment of women
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PM Modi invokes Durga to reaffirm commitment to women's empowerment
Invoking Goddess Durga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reaffirmed his government's irrevocable commitment to women's empowerment.
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Respecting women as important as revering a goddess: Rahul
The Congress leader highlighted the need to respect women in today's world
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Package to Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh to empower 1 million women: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a series of tweets has expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on two key Cabinet decisions taken on Wednesday
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Women and power-sharing: Only a few in positions of political clout
Whether reservation for women in Parliament is the right tool for empowerment is a debatable issu
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Trio of women lawyers push for change in India's creaking legal corridors
The three women represent a visible change in the country's legal landscape but they are also reminders of how much more needs to change in this nation of 1.3 billion
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Rs 6,790 cr released for women through YSR Cheyutha scheme: Andhra minister
Andhra Pradesh minister said that Rs 6,790 crore have been released for the YSR Cheyutha scheme, under which women are given Rs 18,750 cash for handholding for their business needs
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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
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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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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
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India can't progress unless women are given equal opportunities: Naidu
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asserted that India cannot make progress unless women are given equal opportunities in all spheres, including the political arena.
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