#MeToo: How Unsafe Working Environments Hinder India’s Economic Development
By Raghu Raman A strategic response to creating a safer work environment for women, is to make a compelling socio-economic case for it. India needs to […]
Gender
Tata Power Sets up 2nd All-Women CRC, TCS Among Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India
By Navanwita Bora Sachdev This year, Tata Power, India’s leading integrated power company, set up India’s first ‘all-women’ Customer Relations Centre (CRC) for power utility customers, […]
Gender gap in phone access curbing women’s growth; highest in Rajasthan, UP
By Tish Sanghera No more than 38% of women in India own mobile phones, compared with 71% of men A 33-percentage-point gender gap in mobile phone ownership in […]
Women in India Face Health Problems and Other Risks as the Rivers Grow Saltier
By Manipadma Jena Women are drinking, bathing, and working in saltier water as a result of climate change. Dripping wet and looking exhausted, Shompa Pal […]
India: why collecting water turns millions of women into second-class citizens
A family in India needs fresh water. But this family can’t just turn on a tap. Instead, the women in the household must walk to […]
Toilets needed to bridge gender disparity in India’s urban workforce
By ADITI RATHO Numerous studies have been conducted, and stories circulated, of adolescent girls dropping out of schools due to lack of hygienic toilets and menstrual […]
Government Official Resigns As #MeToo Movement Gathers Force In India
By FURKAN LATIF KHAN & SUSHMITA PATHAK New Delhi: An Indian government minister has resigned after more than a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment. Veteran […]
India still needs to work on gender parity and exports: Niti Aayog
“While India has focussed on innovation, infrastructure, structural reforms and ease of doing business, a lot of work still needs to be done on gender […]
Indian girls have degrees but no jobs: International Day of the Girl Child 2018
Here’s why women don’t have basic employability and soft skills in India. The International Day for Girl Child is observed every year on October 11. This […]
Gender gap: 4 out of 5 retail firms hire less than 10% women, finds World Economic Forum study
Highlighting the major gender gap in Indian corporates, a study has found that four out of five retail firms hire less than 10% women. Highlighting […]