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Supreme Court seeks response of Centre, states on PIL seeking 30% quota for women lawyers in govt panelsThe Supreme Court has asked the Centre and all states for their views on a Public Interest Litigation that demands a 30 per cent quota for ...- Experts call for stronger policies to boost women's participation in platform economyNITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani emphasized that skill development and increased women's participation are crucial for India's economic gro...
- UN report warns AI poses greater threat to women’s jobs; calls for urgent action on gender digital divideA UN report reveals that AI poses a greater threat to women's jobs, with 28% at risk compared to 21% for men. The report emphasizes the urg...
- How long will it take to achieve gender equality? JPMorgan’s SHOCKING predictionJPMorgan Chase & Co.'s latest report reveals that gender equality remains a distant goal, with an estimated 134 years needed to achieve ful...
- 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...
- Inside government's ₹3 trillion push to empower women at workThe Union Budget 2024 earmarked ₹3 trillion to empower Indian women, focusing on skill development, entrepreneurship, and infrastructure so...
- How apprenticeships can serve as a vital vehicle to address low women labor participation in IndiaIndia's apprenticeships signal shifting gender attitudes, with progress in compensation parity and inclusivity efforts. Addressing systemic...
- 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...
- Nurturing leadership among women: From closing gender-pay gaps to flexible working hours, how work for women is changingPolicies surrounding pay parity, leave and safety are rapidly changing in the modern world. Organisations need to match up to the emerging ...
- India making collective efforts to reduce gender gap in labour force participation: Santosh GangwarGangwar was delivering Ministerial Address on Declaration and Employment Working Group Priorities at G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' M...
- Capgemini's Sakhi Drishtikon program aims to bring women from economically weak backgrounds in rural India into mainstream workforceThe firm allows women employees across grades, roles and skills to benefit from its gender diversity programs.
- 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 ...
- Declining women participation in labour force needs to be addressed, says ministers' panelReport by a working group of ministers (WGoM) notes that women labour force participation rate has been falling for a decade and is now at ...
- 'STEM is a viable career for women, they should be given the right tools to create a gender-equal world'Selina Yuan said female executives make up 34% of Alibaba Cloud's total workforce.
- Women are on track to earn the same as men -- in 202 yearsThe economic opportunity gap -- based on participation, pay and advancement in the workforce -- remains the area that’ll take the longest t...
- Advancing gender parity could contribute $770 billion to India’s GDP by 2025: McKinsey reportIn contrast, in China, women contribute 41% to the overall GDP and comprise 44% of the workforce and in Singapore, these are 39% and 45%, r...
- Fairer treatment of informal workers key to equality: Martha Chen, lecturer, Harvard Kennedy SchoolChen spoke to ET on issues such as gender pay gap and role of women in the informal sector.
- Mending gender gap could add 60% to India's GDP by 2025: McKinsey reportNarrowing the gender gap in work would not only be equitable in the broadest sense but could have far more economic impact than previously ...
- India lags on women’s advancement in Asia-Pacific: SurveyIndia has the lowest overall score of 44.2 of the 16 Asia-Pacific markets surveyed as part of The MasterCard Index of Women’s Advancement.
- Talent crunch to fix gender inequalityIf women’s participation in top management is to be seen, it is pathetically low, with just 3% of the senior positions in the private secto...
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