Gender equality: A long way to go before India meets its SDG 2030 goals
By Gayatri Vinayak According to the SDG India Index Baseline 2018 report, released by think tank NITI Aayog in association with the United Nations, India […]
Gender Equality
Freedom Fighter’s Small Change Transformed UN’s Declaration of Human Rights
By Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk “The world can thank a daughter of India, Dr Hansa Mehta, for replacing the phrase in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights […]
It’s assuring! Study finds Indian daters to be gender sensitive
By Shubham Ghosh New Delhi : The high rate of crime against women and the wave caused by the more recent #MeToo movement might have tainted India’s […]
Adultery no longer a criminal offence in India
By Soutik Biswas India’s top court has ruled adultery is no longer a crime, striking down a 158-year-old colonial-era law which it said treated women […]
Gender: Change must start from the womb itself
By ANANYA CHAKRABORTY Only bad girls ask questions. Only bad girls rebel. Instead, we encourage them to be home-makers. Marriages are considered safe havens for women, […]
Employment and gender equality- the foundation of development
Replying to a vote of confidence in Parliament, the Prime Minister made a very important statement that last year 10 million people got employment. Between […]
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 […]
Sabarimala verdict will boost gender equality
Supreme Court’s decision to let women pray in the temple is emblematic of a change sweeping India The Supreme Court of India’s observation that women […]
Explained Snippets: In work & politics, India gender inequality extremely high, suggests report
By Promit Chakroborty Advancing women’s equality in the countries of Asia Pacific, the report suggests, could add $4.5 trillion to their collective GDP annually in […]
STEM the gender gap
Despite recent progress, the gender gap appears likely to persist for generations, particularly in computer science, physics, and maths. Women comprise a minority of the […]