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

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

What India can learn from Bangladesh about closing its gender gap

Post-1971, Bangladesh embarked on an inclusive development strategy involving various non-government stakeholders, religious bodies and aid …

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

International Women’s Day: There is new proof that COVID-19 impacted women more than men

Women have had to suffer more loss of employment and non-compensation of labour, according to a recent study published in The Lancet

A just, robust economy needs upskilling and reskilling of women

Gender gap at workplace is more stark in India than even comparable south Asian economies  

Binary blunders

The gender spectrum is a consequence of the complex interplay between culture and highly-nuanced and protean brain

Very few women board members from low-income countries in global health companies: Report

Around 70% of these companies have not had a woman board chair in the five years

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

Women in Kerala Assembly poorly represented despite inheriting legacies like KR Gouri

Only 11 women were elected to the 140-member state Assembly in the recently concluded election 

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

A parallel pandemic: Violence against women intensified during COVID-19, confirms UN

Half the women surveyed in 13 countries reported that they or a woman they knew experienced increased violence since the COVID-19 pandemic; …