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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicGender equality

Topic: Gender equality

What countries are doing to get more women into positions of power – India to New Zealand

New Zealand was the first country where women gained the right to vote in 1893. Its parliament is now 5th highest in the world for women’s representation, at 48.3%.

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.

On Camera

Bondi Beach attack holds lessons for India too — soft targets remain terror’s first choice

India’s counter-terror focus must go beyond organised modules to include individual radicalisation, mental health-linked violence, and spontaneous attacks in public spaces.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.