‘Benevolent sexism’: Women managers challenge Karnataka’s menstrual leave order in High CourtFifteen women managers have approached the Karnataka High Court. They are challenging the state government's order for mandatory paid menst...
27 Mar, 2026, 05.03 PM IST
India slips to 131st position in Global Gender Gap Index 2025India's gender parity ranking slipped to 131 out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2025 report, despite improvements in econom...
12 Jun, 2025, 11.08 AM IST
Women break barriers in Armed Forces leadership, but true gender parity remains elusiveSurgeon Vice-Admiral Arti Sarin has become the first woman to lead the Armed Forces Medical Services in India. Women's roles in India's def...
09 Oct, 2024, 10.45 PM IST
India ranks 129th on Global Gender Gap index, Iceland on top: WEFIndia dropped to 129th place in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index 2024, while Iceland retained the top spot. India ranks f...
12 Jun, 2024, 12.01 PM IST
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...
02 Sep, 2023, 03.43 PM IST
India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index, says WEF reportIndia has moved up eight positions to rank 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity in the World Economic Forum's annual Gender G...
21 Jun, 2023, 04.08 PM IST
- A day for the better half
Covid-19 has stalled progress towards achieving gender parity. It will take 132 years to close the global gender gap, at the current rate o...
08 Mar, 2023, 12.08 AM IST
View: India's labour reforms will foster gender parityThe new set of labour laws essentially aims at providing equal opportunities to women workers as well while ensuring wage parity with their...
13 Sep, 2022, 09.31 PM IST
India ranks low at 135th for gender parity; worst for health and survival, says WEFOn the health and survival subindex, India ranked the lowest at 146th place and figured among the five countries with gender gaps larger th...
13 Jul, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
Sebi aims for real gender parity at India IncThe development comes as gender parity at the workplace is a key issue globally.
29 Sep, 2020, 02.16 PM IST
Aiming gender parity: How many roads must a woman walk downTwo broad factors lead women to have lower lifetime earnings than men.
07 Mar, 2020, 10.55 AM IST
Ensuring gender parity by a whisker?If men in PAC get money for moustaches, women personnel should too.
21 Jan, 2019, 08.58 AM IST
India must promote gender parity, push exports: Amitabh KantIndia must promote gender parity and push exports to grow at 9-10 per cent annually in the next three decades, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant ...
16 Oct, 2018, 07.20 PM IST
Adobe India almost achieves gender parity in salariesThe company also anticipates that there will remain no wage gap between white and non-white employees in the US. Adobe's US and India emplo...
09 Sep, 2017, 03.48 PM IST
WEF: Gender parity has to be a men's issue tooIn a session on gender parity at the WEF, government and business leaders agreed that addressing gender gap has to be a men's issue too.
23 Jan, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
Schneider Electric India looks to hire 40% women recruitsSchneider Electric India is planning to hire 40 per cent women recruits across all levels in an attempt to achieve gender parity.
21 Oct, 2015, 04.32 PM IST
- Gender parity in panchayats now
The UPA government on Thursday took a major step towards gender equality by approving 50% reservation for women in panchayats.
28 Aug, 2009, 02.34 AM IST