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Women trail men not just in pay, but more in pensions
The World Economic Forum says that the gap is expected to reach $400 trillion by 2050.
10 Jun 2018 11:03 AM
'Of course' top job at Qatar Airways is held by a man: CEO
Akbar Al Baker said his airline had taken steps to address gender equality and said man leads it because it is a very challenging position.
05 Jun 2018 2:25 PM
Breaking barriers: Bride rides horse as wedding ritual in Rajasthan
Neha's family made her do the Bandori ritual like a groom, to convey the message of equality between the genders.
27 Mar 2018 2:07 PM
Outrageous figures reveal women earn 23% lesser than men
The government is also investing in free childcare and introducing shared parental leave in a drive to promote gender equality.
12 Mar 2018 6:36 PM
Bill Gates, wife to invest USD 170 mn for women’s empowerment in India, others
‘When women have money in their hands and the authority to choose how to spend it, they grow in confidence and power.’
07 Mar 2018 3:20 PM
Vatican magazine denounces nuns' servitude
A nun identified only as Sister Marie describes how sisters serve clergy but "are rarely invited to sit at the tables they serve."
01 Mar 2018 4:44 PM
Libraries, resource centres inspire rural women on road to prosperity
Many of them have stepped out of their homes for the first time and are enjoying the freedom and growing sense of self-worth.
02 Feb 2018 2:59 AM
Study shows women get less leisure time than men as they have to finish housework
While women get only 38 hours to themselves, men have 43 hours of leisure time every week.
10 Jan 2018 6:16 PM
As teens postpone adulthood, creativity takes centrestage
Seventeen-year-old Sanya Runwal, who recently launched her book "Ten Dollar Bride," wrote about a serious issue like gender equality.
16 Oct 2017 1:09 PM
Why don’t men, women share pregnancy for gender equality, asks Muslim cleric
Touting Islam as a religion which respects women the most, Azmi said, ‘I do not understand which religion respects women more than Islam.’
10 Oct 2017 5:46 PM
Liz champions gender breakthroughs
Brandishing gender equality, Elizabeth Broderick debunks myths on her pathbreaking journey.
10 Sep 2017 5:30 AM
Modi pitches for Brics’ own rating agency, transparency
Modi said women’s empowerment programmes were “productivity multipliers” that mainstream women in nation building.
05 Sep 2017 1:55 AM
Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo
James Damore, the engineer who wrote the memo, confirmed his dismissal.
08 Aug 2017 9:38 AM
Men too struggle balancing work and family life like women
According to researchers, there is little evidence of differences between women and men in level of work-family conflict.
29 Jul 2017 10:13 AM
Women in a man’s world
Men and women were not created equal, they were created differently.
19 Jul 2017 12:14 AM
Ashton Kutcher to host 'live open dialogue' on gender equality
The actor posted about the live 'open dialog' in which he hopes to have insightful conversations with attendees.
08 Jul 2017 12:33 PM
Companies prefer men over women, gender biases exist : survey
Interestingly however, a whopping 91 per cent of Indian respondents believed both genders in similar roles were rewarded equally.
27 Jun 2017 2:37 PM
Gender equality welcome
Women are serving in the armed forces already as officers with a few hundred of them inducted every year, but in select areas.
12 Jun 2017 1:56 AM
UK PM makes sexist ‘traditional boy jobs’ remark on TV show, criticised
Many TV viewers took to social media soon after to express outrage.
11 May 2017 8:56 AM
Men earn 67 pc more than women in India: report
Accenture's research found that globally a woman earns an average USD 100 for every USD 140 a man earns.
08 Mar 2017 7:45 PM
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