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Sunday, June 1, 2025
TopicGender gap

Topic: gender gap

Only 1 in every 4 public toilet seats in Mumbai available to women & 69% lack water, says NGO report

A report by the Praja Foundation paints a bleak picture of Mumbai’s public toilets, with many lacking water and electricity and only 1 seat per 752 men and 1,820 women.

These 5 digital inclusion projects are bridging gender gap in financial literacy

While approximately 1.4 billion adults globally remain 'unbanked', according to the OECD, these people are more likely to be 'women, poorer, less educated and living in rural areas'.

India has a big pension gender gap. Govt, corporates, banks must help bridge it

One of the most pressing issues affecting women is the gender gap in pensions, where they receive significantly lower retirement incomes compared to men.

Women make up just a third of new voters in Haryana. What’s behind this stark gender disparity

Of 3.43 lakh Haryana voters in this age group, 2.30 lakh are male, 1.13 lakh female & 18 are transgenders. This is in stark contrast to overall gender balance among voters in state.

Paid menstrual leave is a win-win policy—make workplaces equitable, boost productivity

A paid menstrual leave policy will align with constitutional principles, address the issue of gender discrimination, and create an enabling work environment.

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.

33% of India’s youth aren’t in employment, education, or training. Most of them are women

Over 50% of Indian women in 15-29 age group are neither employed nor studying, shows NSSO survey. Most aren’t seeking a job either. Expert points to ‘burden of care’, marriage factor.

43% of 1.6 million women factory workers in India work in Tamil Nadu alone, finds study

Ashoka University examined Annual Survey of Industries data, which said less than 5th of million who worked in factories in 2019-20 were women.

Technology can bridge Nigeria’s growing gender gap—investment funds to mentorship platforms

Even though they make up about 50% of the population, women are more adversely affected by economic challenges in Nigeria.

Why men can — and should — participate in the care economy too

If liberating women’s potential is the output, how might increasing men’s labour contribution to the paid care industry be the input?

On Camera

Why public intellectuals don’t confront authority today: Romila Thapar

On 26 October 2014, professor Romila Thapar delivered the Third Nikhil Chakravartty Memorial lecture, reflecting on the eroding space for public intellectuals in India.

TN confident of retaining Apple despite US tariff threat—state planning commission official J Jeyaranjan

In a conversation with ThePrint, Tamil Nadu Planning Commission Executive Vice-Chairperson says it's impossible for Apple to shift manufacturing units from Tamil Nadu to US, given the cost.

Defence Secy bats for competitive bidding, says Centre cut red tape to save up to 69 weeks

Speaking at CII event, Defence Secy Rajesh Kumar Singh also said MoD is revising Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 to better align with operational realities and expedite decision-making.

Asim Munir just stole his 5th star & has nothing to show for it. It’ll make him desperate, dangerous

Asim Munir locked up Imran Khan, had his handmaiden parliament give himself an extended tenure. But the additional jingle of that fifth star will not change facts on the ground.