Gender Equality
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With funding cuts in key sectors, budget fails to foster women’s empowerment
Allocations for job creation, food and nutrition and improving women’s access to education have been reduced.
Divya Pradeep & Julia Thomas
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Achieving global gender equality at current rate could take 286 years, says UN report
Covid-19 pandemic, violence against women and setback to reproductive rights are some of the deterrents to gender equality, says the report.
Scroll Staff
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg had reshaped American law even before she went on the US Supreme Court
While nominated Ginsburg, Bill Clinton compared her legal work on behalf of women to the epochal work of Thurgood Marshall on behalf of African-Americans.
Jonathan Entin, The Conversation
Trending
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Supreme Court questions ED on timing of Arvind Kejriwal arrest, says life and liberty important
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Kerala to have women drivers in government, public sector offices
Presently, Kerala has women drivers for private buses, taxis, autorickshaws and ambulances.
Scroll Staff
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US: Berkeley City Council votes to remove gendered pronouns from its municipal code
Firemen and firewomen would be called firefighters, brothers and sisters will be siblings, and manholes would become maintenance holes.
Scroll Staff
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Sabarimala violence: In battle of republic vs orthodoxy, Supreme Court’s authority is being debased
The failure of the state government to protect women at the shrine is a sheer abdication of its constitutional responsibility.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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The men’s liberation movement: What today’s #MeToo sceptics can learn from their 1970s brothers
A few decades ago, small groups of progressive men began to look beyond the reductive gender roles that they had been conditioned into.
Emily Priscott, The Conversation
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India votes against WTO declaration seeking to improve gender equality in trade
Nearly three-quarters of the 164-member agency backed the declaration on women’s empowerment in trade.
Scroll Staff
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India falls 21 places in global gender equality report, ranks 108 in 144-nation list
In 2016, India’s rank was 87.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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Norway doubles women’s footballers’ salary and trims men’s pay to bring wages on par
Players from both teams will now earn 6 million kronor (Rs 4.8 crore) a year.
AFP
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England’s Lewes FC become first professional club to award equal pay for men and women
The initiative was made a part of the club’s campaign to raise awareness about gender equality in the sport.
Scroll Staff
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Colombian rebels have a new plan for the country, and it’s called ‘insurgent feminism’
Demilitarised female guerrillas in Colombia are hoping to spark a new women's movement based in the FARC's revolutionary ideals.
Camille Boutron, The Conversation
The Field
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson included in Rohit Sharma-led India squad
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Badminton, Uber Cup 2024: India lose to China in group stage-decider; progress to quarter-final
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Diaz and Chhangte on target as Mumbai City beat FC Goa to enter final
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IPL 2024: Varun Chakravarthy, Phil Salt star as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Capitals
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Boxing, Asian U22 and Youth C’ships: Brijesh, Sagar, Sumit enter semi-finals, assured of medals