South Korea may become the first country to disappear from the face of Earth. The reasons are not as simple as they seem to beSouth Korea is grappling with a severe fertility crisis as birth rates plummet. The situation is exacerbated by socio-economic pressures an...
30 Nov, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
Activist behind 'Selfie with Daughter' launches campaign to compensate women for domestic workSunil Jaglan, the activist behind the 'Selfie with Daughter' initiative, has launched the 'Womaniya GDP' campaign in Haryana's Hisar and Ji...
27 Jan, 2024, 01.17 PM IST
Japanese city apologises after distributing misogynistic flyers advising women to cook & clean for husbandsOnomichi city, Japan, issued sexist and offensive flyers to pregnant women in their seventh month. The controversial pamphlets, intended as...
29 Jul, 2023, 03.16 PM IST
Private and public sectors should consider increasing maternity leave to 9 months: NITI Aayog member"Both private and public sector need to sit together to think about increasing the maternity leave of the mothers from present six months t...
15 May, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
View: India has its work cut out in terms of jobsThe jobless growth phenomenon in India predates Covid, but the urgency of addressing it has become sharper in the shadow of the pandemic.
01 Jan, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Milind Soman faces criticism for endorsing dishwashing liquid for menMilind Soman was criticised for advertising vim liquid for males.
12 Dec, 2022, 01.36 PM IST
Equipping women with new-age skills will boost workforce tremendously13 Apr, 2022, 04.05 PM IST
In a first for India Inc, HUL to help staff facing domestic abuseThe policy seeks to protect and grant relief to employees who are survivors of abuse, or acts of physical/emotional abuse beyond the workpl...
25 Dec, 2020, 10.16 AM IST
ET Women’s Forum: Covid hits women-led businesses hard, but surviving is a skill that comes naturally to shepreneursThe businesses were impacted as women’s responsibilities of domestic chores went up considerably.
15 Oct, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
For most women, it's WFH and work at home; companies sensitising male employees to pitch in and helpCompanies want to ensure that there is no spillover of work into personal space.
07 Oct, 2020, 12.01 PM IST
ET Women's Forum: Is it a new normal? Women lose 'own' space in WFH eraDuring a panel discussion, four leading CXOs say that the safety net at work for women is gone.
25 Sep, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
One bad law goes, but women remain second-class citizensAs Justice Chandrachud elaborates in his judgment, this has been a ubiquitous attitude towards adultery throughout history.
30 Sep, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
Why India is justifiably perceived as the most unsafe place for women?The Bihar shelter home horror has reminded the country how heinous its society can be with its girls.
23 Aug, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
ET Women's Forum: From dealing with gender gap to domestic violence, tech can be used in crisis-managementKirthi Jayakumar, Nitasha Sihag and Pragya Singh spoke of how technology has helped empower them.
19 Mar, 2018, 01.10 PM IST
80% of over 23K adolescent girls claim lack of privacy and dignity at home: SurveyArti Kirloskar, Chair, Plan India Governing Board, said that communities and countries should ensure that their girls and women are safe an...
20 Oct, 2015, 08.20 PM IST
Patriarchy in India reflects even in gender-wise time spent on household choresAs per OECD survey Indian men spend only about 19 minutes every day on domestic work as compared to 161 minutes by their peers in US.
12 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- ET in the classroom: GDP+: A better gauge of wellbeing
GDP has proved to be a trusted measure of output and, hence, growth. But it is being felt that this economic gauge doesn't measure other th...
16 Oct, 2012, 05.37 AM IST