Engineering giant L&T has established an all-women team at Tata Steel's mining site in Odisha, handling large machinery repairs, inspired b...

Several companies have begun hiring and revising their policies as they look to be more inclusive. Some are also skilling trans employees, ...

Volvo Group India has introduced a gender-neutral parental leave programme, which allows 26 weeks of leave for primary caregivers either pa...

As the much-awaited Grand Felicitation Ceremony of the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) 2023 comes close, the Economic Times is del...

More than 50% of women in the workforce are self-employed. Ecommerce lowers barriers to entry for these entrepreneurs and enables greater m...

Tier 1 cities such as Hyderabad (26%), Bengaluru (25%), and Chennai (22%) have the most number of women sales professionals in the country,...

Informal women workers in Indian construction and real estate sector earn 30-40 per cent less than male workers, according to a report that...

From being the traditional consumers of fast moving consumer goods, apparel and jewellery, women in India are now experimenting with the ne...

The beverage giant has attained its feat in UK.

“Inclusivity is a critical element in the corporate world,” said Anupam Nidhi, head, corporate citizenship and sustainability, Siemens.

India has shown the biggest percentage increase in female leadership hiring with a 25 per cent change between 2008-2016, the report points ...

Companies like Deloitte, Genpact are all actively focusing on roping in male employees as allies, realising that they have a critical role ...

Aniruddha Ganguly, group president, HR, GMR said, “Emphasis is on diversity at the work place by giving preference to women candidates for ...

A host of them are going a step ahead and training their managers in what they call "unconscious bias" — the prejudices that develop becaus...

Stereotyping of women is another important aspect to be addressed as part of gender equality conversations, says PwC’s Singh.

Also, a mandate from the new Company Law and Sebi to have at least one woman on board has prompted companies to look for women representati...

Dalits have certain skill sets, and they were not able to move up the supply chain or corporate ladder because they do not have the busines...