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Violence used to hinder women's progress; 80 pc face harassment: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi stated violence prevents women's progress and many face harassment. He listed physical, opportunity denial, and economic viole...- Nifty 50 firms get dismal score on gender pay parityMost Indian companies show a persistent gender pay gap, with women earning less than men. Only a small percentage of companies reported pro...
- 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...
- SC judge flags deepfakes, cyberstalking as new threats to womenJustice B V Nagarathna urged immediate legal aid for women after incidents. She highlighted recent Karnataka amendments that limit the High...
- 70 years after South Africa's women challenged apartheid, some say their freedom isn't completeSouth Africa marks seventy years since the 1956 Women's March against apartheid laws. Many women still face significant gender-based violen...
- India performs world's third highest number of organ transplants, yet demand outpaces supplyIndia's organ transplant situation is dire, with 3.9 lakh needed just in 2021, emphasizing the escalating demand. Unfortunately, only a fra...
- Prohibiting polygamy, nikah halala, and registration of live-in relationships: MP cabinet clears draft UCC billThe Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, proposing a common civil law that bans triple talaq,...
- Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical, parental leaveMeta faces a lawsuit from twenty-six employees alleging AI selection for layoffs. These workers claim the company's systems unfairly target...
- 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...
- Gender disparity exists in rural India with majority of employed individuals male: SurveyA survey found that employment among rural men aged 18-25 is 50%, while only 25% of rural women in the same age group are employed. In the ...
- Pakistan's gender gap index hits rock bottom, second worst globallyWomen's rights activists have issued impassioned pleas for both state and societal commitment to address gender disparities effectively.soc...
- G20 reaches consensus on more power to womenInspirational stories serve as powerful role models by illuminating the path to success through real-life examples. For the first time, und...
- India should vigorously pursue G20 agenda: Commonwealth Gen-SecyCommonwealth General-Secretary Patricia Scotland has urged India to prioritize gender parity and inclusive approaches in its pursuit of the...
- 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...
- How GoI's proposal to push back the legal age of marriage for women is in sync with 'Beti bachao, beti padhao' campaignEarly marriage and, subsequently, early motherhood have an adverse impact on the health of the mother as well as the child. India's MMR is ...
- 'Cos need to go beyond introducing incentives, should aim to improve the overall quality of life for women employees'TR Ramachandran believes organisations need to introduce policies to make it simpler for women to return to the office.
- India witnessing gender disparities against backdrop of rapid economic growth: Gender indexNew Delhi, Oct 1 () India still witnesses gender disparities against the backdrop of rapid economic growth even as the rate of violence aga...
- Now Facebook's job ads accused of discriminating on basis of genderThe company said it would review the complaint and that it looked forward to defending its advertising practices.
- Startups take a fair shot at workplace diversityOf its last 150 hires, 48 are women, with the ratio of women at the payments company now near 25%, including in the technology team.
- Gender disparity: Women comprise less than 25% of Facebook's user base in IndiaOut of the 94 million monthly active users in India, 72 million are men- which amount to a staggering 76% of the total Facebook population ...
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