More Indian women join workforce, but leadership roles remain elusiveIndia has seen a rise in women's workforce participation, supported by a decline in unpaid domestic work. However, women remain underrepres...
08 Mar, 2025, 10.22 AM IST
Equity in technology needed for true gender parity: Smriti IraniFormer Union Minister Smriti Irani emphasized the urgency of ensuring gender equity in technology at the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce ...
05 Mar, 2025, 01.06 PM IST
DU professor exposes gender pay gap and workplace harassment. ‘I earned Rs 3,200 while male colleagues got Rs 18,000’A viral LinkedIn post by DU professor Kavita Kamboj has sparked discussions on gender pay disparity and workplace harassment in India’s edu...
05 Feb, 2025, 10.20 PM IST
India's gender budgeting progress: Are we truly empowering women?India's gender-responsive budgeting has increased allocations but lacks the necessary systemic reforms and mandatory frameworks across gove...
31 Jan, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
Investing in women's health could add $400 billion to global GDP annually: WEF ReportThe WEF and MHI report highlights the significant economic benefits of addressing women's health issues, estimating a potential USD 400 bil...
21 Jan, 2025, 10.38 AM IST
Is the rich getting richer? Examining India's growing income disparityThe PLFS data reveals rising income inequality in India's labour market from 2017-18 to 2023-24, with the top earners experiencing faster i...
26 Dec, 2024, 11.37 PM IST
The economic benefits of gender diversity in the workforceIndia aims to become a $30 trillion economy by 2047 with a per capita income of $18,000, but achieving this requires a significant increase...
28 Aug, 2024, 11.52 AM IST
Why job creation and job quality are the two biggest challenges facing IndiaIndia saw a per capita net national income of Rs 1.7 lakh in 2022-23 amidst ongoing wealth inequalities. Challenges persist in the labor ma...
07 Aug, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
‘The Math Ain’t Mathing’: Taraji P. Henson talks about Hollywood pay disparityAddressing the financial complexities actors face, Henson pointed out the significant deductions from their earnings. She highlighted the i...
21 Dec, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
The U-shaped link between an Indian wife's job and her husband's salaryA recent analysis of the Periodic Labour Force Survey in India challenges the traditional gender norm of the "male breadwinner." The study ...
25 Sep, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
It pays to fix gender wage disparitySome of these factors are addressed by the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme that acted as a ballast d...
19 Mar, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
Gender gap at work is still a staggering problem: UN reportWomen still have problems being employed, globally.
06 Mar, 2023, 08.03 PM IST
ADB, HSBC India set up USD 100 mn partial guarantee prog for MFI sectorLaunched in 2010, ADB's microfinance programme has provided more than USD 1.8 billion in loans and helped mobilize USD 881 million in co-fi...
31 Mar, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
Half of Pakistan's income owned by 20 per cent of its populationTo address inequality in Pakistan, UNDP Pakistan's resident representative Knut Ostby stressed on thinking of sustainable growth in lines w...
06 Apr, 2021, 04.08 PM IST
Gender inequality has cost world $70 tln since 1990: ReportThe report also notes that full gender equality globally can increase the world GDP by up to USD 28 trillion by 2025 and the loss of human ...
05 Mar, 2021, 08.33 PM IST
India trails on two targets under Millennium Development GoalsMDGs are international development goals that United Nations member states and numerous international organisations, including India, have ...
02 Dec, 2015, 03.41 PM IST
Davos 2013: Women empowerment and gender diversity key theme in WEF“The Delhi protests show that we are in a new world where younger people will be far more assertive and defiant about women rights.”
26 Jan, 2013, 10.35 AM IST