Page 5 - Gender Equality

Put gender equality at the heart of post-Covid-19 economic recovery: ILO

Improving their working conditions will have a significant impact on many women workers, given the large numbers who work in the care sector

Empty promises: Diversity pledges won't change workplaces, here's what will

Training can actually harm workplace relationships, while mentoring places the burden of changing the system on those disadvantaged by it and with the least influence over it

Nearly 1.8 million unsafe abortions averted in 2019, says Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan, while chairing a virtual meeting on the occasion of World Population Day, also said that this was achieved due to substantial investment in the family planning programme

India's sex ratio at birth improves; Delhi the worst-performing state

Latest data shows improvement after four consecutive years of decline

Advertisers push inclusion cart on Women's Day but is it just tokenism?

Women's Day (March 8) saw brands across categories put their best gender-aware or 'woke' message forward. But in the clutter, the message is getting diluted.

Hard-sell on Women's Day

The anniversary has become a commercialised event

Women in India Inc: Representation remains poor despite regulatory push

Currently, about 43 companies in the top 500 are yet to appoint women independent directors

Only 15% R&D workforce are women: Kovind at launch of equality initiatives

Kovind recalled how women scientists played a critical role in ISRO's Mangalyaan and Chandrayaan 2

Kovind hails efforts of judiciary in pursuing goal of gender justice

He also referred to the role of the judiciary in harmonising environmental protection and sustainable development

Equality at home

The march for the equality of the sexes seems to fall apart at the family hearth

Brands plough the gender track, chase relevance and an image makeover

Several new campaigns challenge the popular narrative around machismo. Is this real change or opportunism on the part of the brands, ask experts

India Inc: Women got only 37 out of every 100 new jobs created in FY19

They form less than ten per cent of the workforce in many companies

Dream Girl review: A film that tries gender-bending, but falls on its face

It's a plausible and clever premise that builds on the tradition of men playing women to suggest how necessity is also the mother of acting

India ranks 95 among 129 countries in global gender equality index

Some of the factors based on which the ranking of India has been decided include proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

Gender equality and the NDA paradox

In terms of women's empowerment, the Modi government has, on the whole, been active and practical

Changing the tide: 'Girl Rising' bets on children to bring gender equality

Nidhi Dubey, country representative, Girl Rising, says, the organisation leverages powerful storytelling tools to alleviate barriers that diminish agency and self-confidence

Despite talks of equality, why Americans prefer male bosses to female

stereotype that men 'take charge' and women 'take care' puts women leaders in a double bind and can potentially undermine their leadership and career and advancement options

Letter to BS: Gender equality in Parl, a noble goal but a distant dream

To create awareness about gender equality, these elected bodies should hold sessions to provide more women an exposure to how the Parliament or the state legislature functions

Gender equality is constitutional message: Supreme Court

The apex court said that ban on entry of women of a particular age group in the historic Sabarimala temple can't be claimed as a right to manage religious affairs.