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GENDER GAP IN EMPLOYMENT
ET graphics| India’s youth jobs challenge deepens as gender gap widensYouth unemployment in India remains a significant concern, with joblessness rates increasing. Female youth unemployment has sharply risen t...
Women's public role shrink in China as official rhetoric shift towards family, children: StudyChinese state media increasingly emphasises women's domestic roles, a shift from earlier public sphere portrayals. This change coincides wi...
India's biggest barrier for women who dream to work isn't a lack of jobs. It's unpaid careUnpaid care work, not job scarcity, keeps most Indian women out of the workforce in major cities, a new survey reveals. While female labour...
ET Graphics | Urban Workforce: Who earns more, who is missing in IndiaNavi Mumbai leads the pack in monthly earnings for salaried workers, with Ranchi, Greater Mumbai, and Delhi following closely. Across milli...
The Upside of Opening Up DEI Programs to EveryoneIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s seismic 2023 decision ending affirmative action in higher education—and more than 100 lawsuits challengi...
Unfair appraisal? 5 tests courts use to detect bias against employeesSuspect unfair appraisal in the private sector? Indian courts examine five key tests to detect bias. They first establish a comparable empl...
Mind the gap: Financial products that women in India need but don’t haveIf India is serious about women-led growth, it must move beyond credit access and design finance for the agency of women.
India has countless export-ready products. The challenge is taking them global: DP World’s Akanksha SharmaAs India accelerates its ambitions of becoming a global manufacturing and export hub, empowering MSMEs and women entrepreneurs with better ...
Modi 3.0 anniversary: Congress jabs govt with 'promise versus reality' documentThe Congress party has released a document critiquing the Modi government's performance over the past 12 years. The party claims that grand...
ILO report flags 25% gender pay gap in Pakistan, highlights barriers to women's economic participationA recent ILO report reveals a significant gender pay gap in Pakistan, with women earning approximately 25-30% less than men. This disparity...
Is marriage killing women's careers? World Bank report shows many South Asians pay 'marriage penalty'A World Bank report shows that in South Asia, women face a 'marriage penalty' and a 'child penalty,' leading to decreased labor participati...
India tops S Asia in women labour participationIndia's female labour participation rate surged 23.4% from 2019 to 2023, leading South Asia. Bhutan, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal, and Banglad...
Women contribute only 18% to GDP despite 48% share in population: StudyIndian women contribute only 18% to GDP despite constituting 48% of the population. Advancing women's equality could lead to a $28 trillion...
ET Explainer: While employment rose, fewer high-paying jobs for womenBetween April and October 2023, the share of women in low-paying formal employment reached a seven-year high at 20.8%, compared to 19.1% in...
Closing the gender gap in financing: Basic business friendly tools that can be adopted across the corporate worldWomen have lesser access to finance, regardless of who these women are, what they seek the funds for, and how they are accessing it.
Employability of women in India higher than men, shows Wheebox National Employability Test survey“Finally gender gap in employability is improving with Indian digital revolution. One great structural change that we found is that women p...
Women are on track to earn the same as men -- in 202 yearsThe economic opportunity gap -- based on participation, pay and advancement in the workforce -- remains the area that’ll take the longest t...
India Inc debates: Can regulation be the key to gender pay parity?But regulation alone can't implement change which must come from management.
Gender pay gap? Most people think men, women paid equallyWomen feel the pinch more than their male counterparts: 70% of women believe there is equal pay for equal work at their employer compared w...
- India slips a notch on gender index
India slipped a notch to 114th rank, out of 134 countries, in the latest Gender Gap Review of the World Economic Forum (WEF) released on Mo...