Closing gender gap in jobs by 2025 can add $1 trillion to India’s economy : ILO
New Delhi : India’s economy could gain a whopping $1 trillion if it closes the wide gender gap in employment by 2025, says a new ILO […]
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Accenture aims to achieve gender balanced workforce by 2025
New Delhi : Global professional services company Accenture aims to achieve gender balanced workforce by 2025, with an equal representation of men and women in […]
No nation can be called modern unless it ensures gender equality, says MoS External Affairs MJ Akbar
New Delhi : Union Minister M J Akbar on Monday said South Asia was a “sea of faiths, opinions, voices” and the people had to […]
IIT-JEE: Gender gap still wide, only 14% of qualifiers are girls
CHENNAI: Sarvesh Mehtani of Panchkula’s Bhavan Vidyalaya topped the Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced), countrywide, this year. Pune boy Akshat Chugh (Delhi Public School) was all-India […]
Doordarshan’s TV Show Addressing Gender Discrimination, Patriarchy To Spawn Web Series
Kolkata: Riding on its success in reaching out to more than 400 million viewers, the two-season-old Indian show Main Kuch Bhi Kar Sakti Hoon (“I, […]
India’s deepening gender imbalance
By Pramit Bhattacharya New Delhi : India’s problem of gender imbalance may be deepening, with virtually all corners of the country now affected by a skewed […]
Indian Army to allow women in combat roles: Other countries that have broken gender barrier
By Monami Gogoi New Delhi : The Indian Army will soon allow women in combat, breaking yet another gender barrier. Army chief Bipin Rawat said on Sunday […]
Why higher education doesn’t ensure better jobs for women in India
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan ‘Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao’ means education is the key to women empowerment. It is assumed that higher […]
India’s employment conundrum
By TULSI JAYAKUMAR New Delhi : A three-year assessment of the Modi government throws up several positives in intent and significant negatives in action. Of […]
LGBTQ clubs of IIMs, IITs to start online gender issue series
by Lakshmi Ajay Ahmedabad : In a first, the LGBTQ clubs of IIM-Ahmedabad and IIM-Kozhikode have come together to start a 30-day online educational series […]