World must cut annual emissions by 7.6% till 2030 to meet 1.5°C target: UNEP

Even if current commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, temperatures are expected to rise by 3.2°C

Closing the gender gap in clean energy transitions

Engaging women across diverse sectors and roles can help ensure expansion of developing countries’ GDP

Disproportionately affected

Limited access to resources and exclusion from research and policy-making process put women on the frontline of climate disaster

World Bank report paints contrasting picture of African economy

While poverty may be lower than what current estimates suggest, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased since 1990

India 117th among 190 countries in empowering women

Even least developed countries like Rwanda, Lesotho fared better than India

Women’s Day 2024: Investing in women most effective way to accelerate growth, says UN Women

1 in every 10 women globally lives in extreme poverty; war & crisis eroding decades of progress in gender equality

China, south Asia not proactive in reducing climate impacts on women: ICIMOD

Most policy documents are silent on the existing pay gaps and women’s access to agricultural resources

Gender gaps in agricultural sector cost Nigeria dearly

Report estimated forgone earnings from the gender gap in agricultural productivity at $2.3 billion annually

CoP 14: Only 25% nations include gender discussions in land degradation targets

Of around 80, 20 countries do not have role of gender and women into targets and measures to halt land degradation by 2030

CITES COP19: ‘Recognise women’s effort in tackling wildlife trade’

Gender gaps obfuscate understanding of real-world illegal wildlife trade activities & appropriate intervention 

Prejudices against women didn’t reduce in last decade; 90% people still hold gender bias: UN

Countries with greater bias in gender social norms also show a lower presence of women in parliament

It is unhealthy to be a woman in India

The 2018 Global Gender Gap report ranks India at a dismal 108 out of 149 countries; and in the South Asian region, India …

Limited access to land and water affects productivity of women farmers in Africa

FAO study reveals the constraints that make women more vulnerable to climate change and environmental degradation

Sub-Saharan Africa might need nearly a century to achieve gender parity: Global Gender Gap Report

Gender equality in the region may not be fully realised until 2125

Bridging the gap: a school below Delhi Metro line

Income opportunity gap, gender-based violence, domestic work burden: What's holding back women in Zimbabwe?

Around 79% of the burden of water fetching responsibilities in Zimbabwe falls on women

Every 30 hours, world gets a new billionaire, a million new poor

The question no longer is why poor remain poor, but why rich get richer this fast  

Only 1% women live in countries with high gender parity, female empowerment: UN report

In India, women empowerment, gender parity were found to be ‘low’ despite ‘medium’ human development

Almost all states in red zone on gender equality: NITI Aayog

Latest report by think tank says that women and girls in the country experience inequalities in every aspect of life

Women, on average, enjoy barely 77% of legal rights that men do: World Bank

World Bank’s ‘Women, Business and the Law Index’ says that women just entering the workforce will retire before they enjoy the …

Women work harder than men — our anthropological study reveals why

Perfect sex equality in workload only occurs in instances where men move away from home after marriage and women do not

How 2019 was for an average Indian household and the planet

Latest Government data debunks several tall claims of the government itself; On the other hand, at least 5 reports said the world's currnt …

Women's Day: UNDP bats for temporary basic income to combat COVID-19

Monthly investment of 0.07-0.31% of a developing countries’ GDP can provide financial security to 613 million working-age women living in …

Gender equality: India ranked 101 among 136 countries

Country rated lower still at 135 when it comes to ensuring health and survival of its women

Weather disasters behind 95% natural calamities in 2023 that cost over $1 billion, finds report

Just 40% weather and climate-related losses covered by insurance; Insurance penetration lowest in Asia Pacific region