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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicGender equality

Topic: Gender equality

G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration commits to gender equality, women empowerment

The G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration 2023 incorporates Chair’s Statement, which was accepted during G20 Ministerial Conference for Women Empowerment in Gandhinagar in August.

It can take 131 years to fill the global gender gap. Here’s how we can fastrack it

There’s a crisis in female leadership across the spectrum of industry and in front-line politics.

SubscriberWrites: Challenging the status quo, women defying stereotypes & achieving extraordinary success

It is imperative to recognize the urgent need to challenge deep-rooted stereotypes that hinder gender equality.

Jordan has a model for closing gender pay gap, leadership, participation

Jordanian women are highly educated — they make up 56% of university graduates. Now they're improving female workforce participation through public-private action.

32% Gen Zs think Indian women still behind men in terms of gender equality, finds Bumble survey

From finances, careers and dating lives, Bumble's ‘State of the Nation’ survey found that women in India are the ones mostly compromising on various fronts.

Did you know women can’t accept court summons on behalf of others? SC to examine double standard

Advocate challenges constitutional validity of section 67 of Criminal Procedure Code, says it violates women’s right to equality, right to know and right to dignity.

82% women in India able to refuse sex to their husbands, finds govt’s family health survey

Men were asked if they have right to 4 kinds of behaviour: Reprimand, refuse to give money, use force, or go have sex with another woman. 6% said all of the above, 72% said none.

SubscriberWrites: Women empowerment in India needs strong will and new civil discourse

Political parties should denounce their dynastic political practices to encourage women irrespective of their social and economic conditions, writes Raghavendar Askani.

Yes, we still need a Women’s Day. But it’s not about flowers, cards or discounts

Surrounded by consumerism, Women's Day is a celebration of the 'invisible sex' and of all the invisible ways it suffers.

Indian women can have rights, but men must get the jobs, finds Pew study

Pew surveyed 30,000 Indians between 2019 and 2020; it said nearly nine in ten adults agreed that a “a wife must always obey her husband”.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.