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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicGender discrimination

Topic: Gender discrimination

Women’s employment in India up, yet 89 mn urban women remain out of work

Report by Chennai’s Great Lakes Institute of Management, released a day before Women’s Day, analyses data from Labour Surveys, National Family Health Surveys, and Time Use Survey.

India probes Netflix’s business practices amid allegations of visa violations, racial discrimination

Netflix's former India director of business and legal affairs, Nandini Mehta, said she is suing Netflix in the US for alleged wrongful termination, racial & gender discrimination.

Fixing gender insensitivity in HCs needs more than a SC handbook. Let’s begin with judges

Despite the Supreme Court’s handbook on combating gender stereotypes, high court judges refuse to learn and continue to pronounce extremely gender-insensitive judgments.

‘Marriage can’t take away identity’: SC order scrapping ‘discriminatory’ tax law for Sikkim women

Women are 'not chattel' said SC bench, adding that there was 'no justification shown' to exclude women married to non-Sikkimese from tax relief rule & that it violated basic rights.

How Indian schools are failing trans & non-binary teachers — ‘accepted only on the surface’

Earlier this month, trans teacher Jane Kaushik said that a UP school fired her because of her gender identity. Her struggles echo those of other non-gender-conforming educators.

Do laws divide Indian women based on marital status? Supreme Court has key cases coming up

Recent judgement of the Supreme Court regarding reproductive autonomy of unmarried women has again reminded us that the journey for equal rights for women is not over.

‘Extraordinary battle’ — How Col. Leena Gurav took on the Army 12 times in court, and won

The Supreme Court is currently hearing Gurav’s thirteenth case. If she wins, she could be promoted to the rank of brigadier and be in the reckoning to head the Army’s JAG wing.

I want to tell my 13-yr-old self — opposing patriarchy, casteism is what being ‘good’ means

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Covid-19 could undo progress on female genital mutilation. It needs a zero-tolerance approach

Female genital mutilation is practiced in 31 countries around the world. It affects at least 200 million girls worldwide, according to WHO.

Women are working harder and burning out. But their labour is “invisible”, new study says

Women are working harder – and getting more burned out – but their efforts are being overlooked, finds Women in the Workplace 2021 report.

On Camera

The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?