A Lot Still Needs to Be Done to Address the Gender Gap in Academia
By Aniruddha Ghosh and Shreya Tandon In India and elsewhere, participation by female students in most disciplines tends to decrease along the academic pipeline. In her […]
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Kerala, India sets quota for transgender students
By Varissara Charassangsomboon The government hopes the quota will help reduce dropout rates in higher education. The state of Kerala in India has set quotas for […]
Why is it important to have gender-inclusive city planning?
By ElsaMarie D’Silva By 2050, two-thirds of the worldâs population will live in cities. Three of the most populous 10 cities will be in India. What […]
INDIA TOURISM MINISTRY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT SAFETY OF WOMEN
By JOANNA WHITEHEAD A survey ranking the nation as the most dangerous in the world for women has disturbed Indian officials Indiaâs tourism ministry has launched […]
âNeed to bridge gender disparity among Indian students in USâ
Indians constitute more than 17 per cent of the international students currently studying in the US, said US Consul General Katherine Hadda. HYDERABAD:Â Indians constitute more […]
ICT for Rural India: Catalyzing efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Over the past few years, the ICT scenario has drastically changed, evolving from a simple transmission path for information into a seamless platform for a […]
Has India failed to safeguard welfare of women?
By Vivek Menezes Uproar raged all through this week after the release of an obviously flawed international survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which ranked […]
Gender diversity improves in logistics
By Aparna Desikan CHENNAI: More women are entering the logistics industry on the back of rising demand from e-commerce companies, which are setting up fulfilment centres, […]
More women in labour force can boost India’s GDP: Report
KOLKATA: India has one of the largest opportunities in the world to boost GDP by increasing women’s participation in the labour force, which presently stands at “only 25 […]
India sits below global average in McKinsey’s gender parity report
BYÂ 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 […]