Adding women to corporate boards improves decisions about medical product safety
When boards had just one female director, seriously defective products such as cardiac stents and breast implants were not recalled more quickly
लैंगिक न्याय: जलवायु परिवर्तन एक अवरोध
बढ़ रही बेरोजगारी और गरीबी का सीधा प्रभाव महिलाओं की स्थिति पर पड़ रहा है। गरीबों में भी महिलाओं और लड़कियों का अनुपात ज्यादा ...
India 117th among 190 countries in empowering women
Even least developed countries like Rwanda, Lesotho fared better than India
Rural development and gender equality: A reality check in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu has to develop a policy framework to achieve employability through quality secondary education for women, shifting focus from only …
Africa would need another 142 years to achieve gender equality
The disparity could cost the continent nearly US$700 billion by 2025
Gender bias at workplace: 4 in 5 women miss out on raise, promotion, finds survey
Women were disproportionately impacted during COVID-19 pandemic; more than a fifth said they experienced ‘favourable bias’ at work
Mexico reserves 50% seats at all levels of government for women
Under the new set up, federal entities and the federal cabinet will have have an equal number of men and women
We need to reassess vocabulary, behaviour to undo gender bias: A mathematician explains why
Mathematician Eugina Cheng speaks to DTE on her new theory of people that doesn’t look at world as a dichotomy between genders, as …
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
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 …
Feminist solutions to man-made economic inequality
Our economies are built on millions of hours of unpaid labour carried out every day by women; freeing up women's time would go a long way towards …
Women farmers emerging as decision-makers, innovators in wheat-based systems: Study
Women adopted specific strategies to further their interests in the context of wheat-based livelihoods, challenging men as sole decision-makers, …
‘Increased representation of women, ethnic groups not enough to overcome biases in STEM’
Down to Earth speaks to Meena Balagopal, educational researcher and ecologist, CSU, on gender bias and racism in STEM disciplines
संसदीय व्यवस्था में अव्यवस्था
केन्याई उच्च न्यायालय ने आदेश दिया था एक ही लिंग (जेंडर) के दो तिहाई से अधिक सदस्य नहीं हो सकते, संसद ने यह व्यवस्था ...
Binary blunders
The gender spectrum is a consequence of the complex interplay between culture and highly-nuanced and protean brain
Climate change is destroying women’s lives in Alwar
A host of climate change-related problems bedevil the district’s women and girls, unlike men and boys
Exploring the ‘public’ in public sanitation services
A look into whether our toilet infrastructures promote gender inclusion or exclusion
#ShutItAllDown in Namibia: The fight against gender-based violence
Since early October, hundreds of furious demonstrators — mainly younger women — have taken to the streets in protest against gender-…
Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women
Female scientists publish more and better research but are promoted less. New research from Mexico exposes gender gap in science there, and …
India’s gender gap in health, economic participation one of the worst in the world
India is among the lowest-ranked countries that have performed dismally when it comes to reducing gender gap in health
COVID-19: 2.5 mln more girls can be pushed into child marriage, warns report
This could reverse the progress of last 25 years towards gender equality and child rights, warns report by Save the Child
The others too
The MeToo campaign comes at a time when women are being courted for electoral gains. Is it good or bad?
Push for gender equality at COP23, Gender Action Plan adopted
The plan pushes for gender-responsive climate policy and action, and for equal representation for women at the global climate meet
Labour Day: 10 worrying signs from the world at its youngest
A few points on the state of works in the world
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
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