‘Uneducated, unmarried women have less access to mobiles’: study
By Karishma Mehrotra The research shows that India’s mobile phone gender gap – 33 per cent – is among the highest in the world, surpassing several […]
Gender
India overturns 150-year-old ban on same-gender sex
By Ravinder Bawa In a landmark decision, India’s top court has decriminalized same-gender sex. It overturned a 150-year-old colonial-era law that was being enforced to this […]
Narrowing gender gap, average wages in India increased more rapidly for women: Report
The wage gap is bridging not only at the average level but also across states, industries and occupations. While the gender wage gap has been […]
From Kalki Koechlin To Aditi Mittal, This New Book Features India’s Most Powerful Feminist Voices
By Amrita Paul ‘We don’t want to be your Madonna, and we don’t want to be your whore. We don’t want to be your ghar ki izzat, […]
EMERSON’S SOCIAL REFORMS: IT’S IMPACT ON AMERICAN WOMEN
By BIBHUTI PATI The leading figure among the pioneers of the Renaissance in American literature was Ralph Waldo Emerson who had profound impact on American Society […]
Digitally empowering women in rural India
By Aditi Bhowmick Evidence from randomized evaluations shows how mobile technology can transform the lives of rural Indian women The pink 2017-18 Economic Survey got the […]
India needs to improve its wage policies: ILO
New Delhi: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Monday said that India needs to improve its wage policies to promote “inclusive growth” even as low pay, […]
Why India needs to decriminalise adultery
By Rashmi Kalia The law does not confer any right on women to prosecute the adulterous husband, or the woman with whom the husband has indulged […]
India Ranks Among Lowest in Women’s Access to Mobiles, Internet
A study by LIRNEAsia — an information and communications technology policy think tank — has revealed that India has the highest gender gap in mobile […]
TISS becomes the first college in India to have a gender-neutral hostel
Mumbai : In a first, India has made way for its first-ever gender-neutral hostel. Seventeen students from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai have moved […]