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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: Gender

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'.

Closing gender gap will solve global economic crises. But at this rate, it could take a century

Raising female participation in the workforce by 5.9 percentage points could help emerging markets grow their economies by around 8 per cent.

Quiz on gender, talks on same-sex marriage & adoption rights: IIT-B to hold its 1st queer fest this weekend

Following in footsteps of its Delhi & Chennai counterparts, IIT-Bombay to organise 'Rangavali', an effort to make campus 'a safe space for students of all genders & sexual identities'.

‘Don’t enforce gender binaries in classroom’: NCERT’s new module to sensitise teachers

Draft training module focuses on transgender children in 8-18 age group, includes counselling students unable to come to terms with their situation & protecting them from violence.

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.

You’d think data on gender is enough for employment, education. But we need data on sex too

The collection of data on a person’s sex has become controversial in recent years. Social scientists say it is a cause for alarm.

Introducing pants for girls not enough, Indian schools need to change mindset

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Has India fulfilled its moral responsibility? The answers to this question are troubling

India has moved its gaze away from equality as one of the central pillars of the project of nation-building. It could put our democracy in peril.

How ‘pad bank’ set up by Allahabad University students is helping slum residents junk rags

Shuruaat Pad Bank — set up in January 2021 — offers free pads to beneficiaries. It has around 300 beneficiaries from slums across Prayagraj.

I am a sexual abuse survivor. No, I am not a woman

Male sexual abuse in India is an epidemic. But we still don’t want to talk about it.

On Camera

Influencer is a real job. They are shaking up the internet

The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.