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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicGender gap

Topic: gender gap

Pakistan lowest in WEF gender gap report. Pakistanis agree, say ‘worst place to be a woman’

‘Pakistan didn’t just fall behind — it was dragged here by decades of deliberate patriarchy and political cowardice,' wrote Pakistani writer and activist Wazma Khan Nassar.

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.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.