Representation of women apprentices in mfg sector to touch 40 pc by year-end: TeamLeaseDemand for women apprentices in manufacturing surges, with TeamLease noting a five-fold increase in young women apprentices aiming for 40% ...
22 Apr, 2024, 01.39 PM IST
Remarkable increase in women taking apprenticeship in male-dominated sectors: TeamLease executiveEmployers today exhibit a gender-agnostic approach in their quest for skilled talent, demonstrating openness towards women candidates even ...
16 Apr, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
More women learning on the job as manpower crunch hits shop floors“Factories are becoming increasingly gender agnostic as they are facing a big talent shortage,” said Sumit Kumar, chief business officer of...
12 Nov, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
India Air Force proudly says it is gender agnostic: IAF chief"The India Air Force proudly... we say we are gender agnostic. In the officer's cadre, every branch, every stream, every substream has got ...
20 Sep, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Is gender diversity just theory or can it be put into practice?However, workplaces still grapple with gender-specific issues, struggle to differentiate between gender-agnostic traits, and identify uncon...
08 Mar, 2023, 12.05 PM IST
Maximising Lakshmi: Modi sarkar understands that to economically empower women is to strengthen the economyThe Modi government’s piloting efforts to guarantee a minimum income are also bridging the gender gap faster than the rest of the world. It...
19 Feb, 2023, 11.28 PM IST
IAF to induct women officers to fly Light Combat Helicopter fleetThe women officers are already flying the ALH Dhruv and other helicopters in the fleet. They would be flying the LCH fleet also and women o...
10 Oct, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
Gender equality not a social change, rather a business imperative for organizationsThe glass ceiling between corporate management bodies and boardrooms is still perfectly impenetrable, and salary inequalities remain; howev...
17 Jan, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
- Unisex Shorts, Live Long and Prosper
Having both boys and girls wear ‘three-quarters’ — instead of shorts/trousers for boys and skirts/salwar for girls — and shirts goes a long...
02 Jan, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
Make women equal partners in rebuilding our economy, says Kiran Mazumdar-ShawIndia’s most respected woman entrepreneur talks on how to bust the biases that held women back.
22 Oct, 2020, 09.33 AM IST
Overcoming challenges, women leave their mark on ETYL finalePremier programme sees highest representation of women leaders since inception
01 Feb, 2019, 09.21 AM IST
How startup staffing is getting a rainbow hueThe startup, founded in 2015 by four alumni of NIT Surathkal, changed a number of its policies last year to include more LGBTQ people in th...
09 Sep, 2018, 12.32 PM IST
11Even Sports to give table tennis a Rs 100-cr boostDani’s ESPL has inked a 10-year agreement with the TTFI and also become the first private company to win a bid to organise the first ever I...
16 Feb, 2017, 12.21 AM IST
What stops women from investing?Societal mores play a big role in women’s passivity when it comes to investing. Here are some ways in which they can become more active par...
09 May, 2016, 12.22 PM IST
Companies bat for equal pay for equal workThe Catalyst report indicates that though companies are making efforts to spearhead change for women, men are three times more likely.
12 Apr, 2016, 10.59 AM IST
Mondelez unveils new gender-agnostic parent policyWhile he didn’t get the leave with retrospective effect, the company hopes a lot of fathers will take advantage of this policy.
11 Aug, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
Corporates need to give more attention to training the transgender communitySupreme Court recognised transgenders as people falling under a third gender, granting them legal rights to identify themselves as neither ...
18 Apr, 2014, 04.31 AM IST