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...
22 Sep, 2025, 05.49 PM IST
Women’s participation in tech contractual roles nearly triples, but pay gap persistsWomen’s participation in India’s tech contractual workforce has nearly tripled from 9.51% in 2020 to 27.98% in 2024, according to a TeamLea...
26 Mar, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
Equity in technology needed for true gender parity: Smriti IraniFormer Union Minister Smriti Irani emphasized the urgency of ensuring gender equity in technology at the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce ...
05 Mar, 2025, 01.06 PM IST
India's gender budgeting progress: Are we truly empowering women?India's gender-responsive budgeting has increased allocations but lacks the necessary systemic reforms and mandatory frameworks across gove...
31 Jan, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
Investing in women's health could add $400 billion to global GDP annually: WEF ReportThe WEF and MHI report highlights the significant economic benefits of addressing women's health issues, estimating a potential USD 400 bil...
21 Jan, 2025, 10.38 AM IST
Negotiate and close gender pay gapGender pay gap persists globally with little improvement in the last 20 years. Women earn less than men in various regions, impacting their...
08 Oct, 2024, 11.25 PM IST
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...
07 Jul, 2024, 06.40 AM IST
Women's day off: Massive women's strike in Iceland targets gender pay gap and violenceTens of thousands of women and non-binary individuals in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir, are organizing a historic s...
23 Oct, 2023, 06.51 PM IST
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...
16 Sep, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
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...
03 Nov, 2022, 01.08 PM IST
BCCI's pay parity shot may power companies to up their gameCompanies like PepsiCo, Lupin and Axis Bank are among companies that have pay equity as the mainstay of their employee agenda and vouch for...
30 Oct, 2022, 06.41 AM IST
Pandemic hurt gender pay-gap in India further; more women failed to get deserving pay hikes, bonusesEmployees are still being judged for taking advantage of flexible working.
09 Dec, 2021, 09.15 PM IST
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 ...
05 Mar, 2021, 08.33 PM IST
This equity free program aims to Rebalance the gender disparity in startup ecosystemLack of women in venture capital has become a status quo and therefore isn't being addressed as a problem altogether.
15 Apr, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
Bridging the gap for women in science and technologyWe have learned that broadening access to education entails more than setting up the infrastructure, the school, classes, materials, and tr...
08 Mar, 2019, 12.17 PM IST
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...
01 Oct, 2018, 07.06 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