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India's biggest trade bet comes with six red flagsIndia may be adding more trade partners, but its latest FTA report card comes with several red marks. A new study by the Global Trade Resea...- Japan's Takaichi makes history, but women ask: What changes now?Japan has a new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, the nation's first woman in the top job. However, her cabinet features few women, sparking ...
- China hawk Takaichi set to be Japan's first woman PMJapan is set to inaugurate its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, following an eleventh-hour coalition deal. Despite leading a mi...
- Japan's Takaichi vows Nordic levels of women in cabinet. Can she deliver?Sanae Takaichi, poised to become Japan's first female prime minister, pledged to narrow the political gender gap and elevate women in cabin...
- Japan may see first female PM, but gender gap still a big voidSanae Takaichi emerges as a frontrunner in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership race, potentially becoming Japan's first female prime ...
- 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...
- Japan plans to give three weekly offs to everybody from next year to grow youngerThe Tokyo Metropolitan Government is set to implement a four-day workweek for its employees starting in April 2025, aiming to address Japan...
- Why South Korean and Japanese women are choosing American or European husbandsAsian women seek freedom from traditional roles. They are choosing Western partners. Marriage to a foreigner offers an escape. Patriarchal ...
- India, Philippines witnessed the largest decline in gender gap in the post-pandemic period: Moody’sMoody's Analytics reports that India and the Philippines have seen the largest reduction in the gender gap in labor force participation pos...
- 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...
- Why is a woman's salary less than a man's? A gaze down the gapThe gender pay gap — a woman being paid less than a man even when both are performing the same role in a company — may sound like an except...
- Women attain just 74% of men’s wealth at retirement; gender wealth gap in APAC largest in India at 64%: reportWomen attain just 74% of men’s wealth at retirement; in APAC, gender wealth gap largest in India at 64%: WTW Global Gender Wealth Equity re...
- Cost-of-living crisis to hit women hardest, report saysThe forum estimates that it will now take 132 years - down from 136 - for the world to reach gender parity, which the organisation defines ...
- Indian women can match men's pay in 50 yearsIndia ranks second (after Japan) when it comes to gender pay gap with men earning 67% more than women, a global survey said.
- Women on boards in India have doubled over the past six years: ReportAccording to a report released by Credit Suisse Research Institute, companies with a higher participation of women in decision-making roles...
- Women’s progress in employment and leadership stalls in Asia PacificIn 12 out of 18 Asia Pacific markets, women outnumber men in university education gross enrollment rate, however, educational attainment is...
- India set to produce world’s largest number of engineersWhile just 20% of 16 to 17 year-olds from the UK and 30% from the USA are interested in an engineering career, in India the rate is as high...
- Gender parity in workforce can boost India's GDP by 27%: Christine LagardeThis is much higher than positive impact a 50-50 gender parity in workforce can have on economies of the US and Japan at 5% & 9% respective...
- India gets poor 101st rank on global gender gap indexThe index has ranked 136 countries on how well resources and opportunities are divided between men and women in four broad areas of economy.
- Eves in agony; decent jobs elude Asian womenIndia was one of the worst offenders, with 26 per cent of women in work, compared to 84.1 per cent of men.
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