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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicGender gap

Topic: gender gap

The gender gap problem is only getting compounded in the coronavirus pandemic

From leisure to hospitality to retail, entire industries in which women make up a greater share of the workforce have been brought to a halt.

Want to know which countries are the best for women to work in? Here’s the list

In these countries, women who work are on an equal legal standing with men, and enjoy protections on gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace.

Gender gap across sectors reduces globally, but India falls 4 ranks to 112th: WEF report

World Economic Forum report says it will take 99.5 yrs — down from 108 — to fill overall gender gap. India only country where economic gap is larger than political.

Gender gap among students & researchers could be even worse than feared

The reason - in part - is because many men seem to have more confidence than women, and a simple rah-rah about women’s empowerment may not be the answer.

These stats on gender inequality will surprise you

Around the world, the achievements of women are being celebrated on International Women’s Day, which began back in 1911. But the day also highlights...

Men are first authors in 3 times as many academic papers published in India as women

According to the first large-scale analysis of gender in Indian research publishing, the gender gap doesn’t fluctuate much between different fields.

How Hollywood brought women of STEM & arts together so they are no longer ‘Hidden Figures’

Women from across the world are coming together to boost their presence in STEM & arts.

Paternity leave can help close the gender pay gap, say experts

Large swaths of Asia including India and China have policies only for maternity leave.

Indian companies seem to believe leadership is not a woman’s job, FICCI survey finds

Stressing the adverse impact of these numbers on the overall health of the workplace, the survey noted that ‘there is steady and consistent thinning of female workforce on the way up’.

It was Bollywood actors who spoke up against the Kathua rape, not politicians: Richa Chadha

Actor Richa Chadha said that India cannot be a superpower until it respects it women and balances skewed gender ratio like China

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

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.