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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...
Why is gender pay disparity still a problem in movie industry? Samantha Ruth Prabhu shares her experienceSamantha Ruth Prabhu has openly addressed the gender pay disparity in the film industry, sharing her personal experiences of being paid les...
What can truly move the needle on gender gap?Despite progress, India’s gender gap remains a significant challenge. A report by Bain & Company highlights that India needs 145 million mo...
What's behind the widening gender wage gap in the US?The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant setback for U.S. working women, leading to the first expansion of the gender wage gap in 20 year...
What's behind the widening gender wage gap in US?The gender wage gap between men and women in the US widened for the first time in 20 years in 2023. This setback highlights the post-pandem...
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violenceIceland's Prime Minister, Katrin Jakobsdottir, joined women across the country in a strike to demand an end to unequal pay and gender-based...
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.
ET Women’s Forum: Urgent need for a gender-responsive recovery strategyIt can alleviate hardships and help nations & businesses bounce back faster from Covid crisis.
Providing women easier access to capital makes great business, economic sense: Cherie BlairBlair is more than familiar with India – ‘I almost qualify as an NRI,’ she quipped in her second time as a speaker at ETGBS – and also how ...
ET Women’s Forum: Julia Gillard bats for women power; says gender equality needs more female representation in govt, industryGender equality is still a long way away, says the former PM of Australia.
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...
Being a woman got even worse in 2017: It will take 100 years before women achieve equalityThe global backsliding reflects a general slowing of progress in the world’s larger economies.
IMF favors three structural reforms in IndiaDeputy Director Asia Pacific Department of IMF, Kenneth Kang, said the favorable outlook for Asia was an important opportunity for India to...
All about eve: Can BJP do a UP among women in 2019?The 2014 election dramatically closed the gender gap when it comes to voting. Women voter turnout was 66 per cent compared with 67 per cent...
There’s a long way to go in bridging gender gap in India: Henriette Kolb of IFCIndia can add 68 million women to the non-farm sector in one decade if policy makers, private sector and others focus on closing gender gap...
We should be paid the same as boys: Kate WinsletThe Oscar-winner actress said that while she does not believe in openly discussing salaries, she is all for equal pay.
NSSO data not necessarily helps reach right conclusion: Montek Singh Ahluwalia"I don't believe that we can come to an unambiguous conclusion on the basis of NSSO data", Ahluwalia said.