‘Country’s gender gap can be reversed’
BAMBOLIM: Saying that the negative gender gap in the country could be reversed, Union minister Maneka Gandhi, on Friday, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
Gender
Meet India’s first transgender sub-inspector K Prithika Yashini
Chennai : In a huge leap for the third gender in India, a 25-year-old K Prithika Yashini has scripted history and has become the first […]
Proportion of women directors up 180%, but gender diversity lags in India: Survey
Mumbai: Despite government attempts to increase gender diversity in companies, number of women representation in boards is not very encouraging. According to a KPMG survey, […]
Police to launch gender sensitization initiative
Kozhikode: The city police here are set to launch a gender sensitization programme for the city dwellers to prevent atrocities against women. The programme will […]
Women in India Are Turning a Curse Into ‘Positive Action’ With Entrepreneurship
HATWAL, India — A group of about half a dozen women are gathered at a lone cement home in a vast expanse of farmland covered […]
Agencies better for gender equality than brands: Exclusive research
Women are more equal in the agency environment than they are within brands or tech companies, according to Campaign Asia-Pacific and Kantar’s inaugural gender diversity […]
Calcutta High Court Orders State Bank of India To Allow Option Of Third Gender On Its Application Forms
New Delhi: Observing that a transgender cannot be discriminated on the basis of sex, Calcutta High Court has directed public sector State Bank of India to […]
India 131st Of 188 Countries On The Human Development Index, Even Worse For Gender Inequality
India ranks 131st out of 188 countries on the United Nations Development Programme’s new Human Development rankings for 2015. This puts India in the “medium […]
India ranks low on women’s representation in politics, Americas, Europe at top
United Nations: The number of women in executive government and in Parliament worldwide has stagnated, with only marginal improvements since 2015, according to data presented […]
Hackathon on tackling gender inequality to be organised in Mumbai
Gathering some of the best media innovators in the region, a hackathon, focused on addressing gender inequality, will be organised by GEN and The Indian […]