Gender Gap

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<!-- -->"This gender gap has remained almost unchanged for two decades," ILO data showed. (Representational)Geneca: Women have a harder time accessing work globally than previously thought, while the gender gap in working conditions…

In the past year, the world witnessed a series of compounding crises including natural disasters due to climate change, violent conflicts, and large-scale displacement in addition to an ongoing global pandemic. COVID-19 already caused…

The World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Gender Gap Index pins India at 135 out of 146 countries in gender parity. But that our country doesn’t exactly boast of equal, high women labour participation is not news. At just 22.8%, the quantum of…

NEW DELHI: As the global economy enters its third year of continued disruption due to the Covid pandemic, it will take another 132 years (compared to 136 in 2021) to close the gender gap, a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF)…

Bengaluru: Mumbai-based Shweta Patole started work as a delivery agent in 2020 when she needed to support her family after her father’s demise. Working with on the morning shift—the only woman on the team—she delivered between 50 and 70…

NEW DELHI : The gender gap in the Indian corporate sector is high among the top positions, but the situation is better off among independent directors and is improving, the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has…

The singer-composer-lyricist believes that the gender gap will take a while to bridge but is hopeful that with female composers like Parampara Thakur and Sneha Khanvilkar, the future looks promising While the number of women working off…