Gender Parity
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Gender Gap Index: India ranks 135th out of 146 nations, says report
India’s performance in the economic participation and the opportunity component has improved, the study said.
Scroll Staff
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India falls 28 spots on 2021 Global Gender Gap index to 140th rank
India was the third-worst performer in South Asia, after Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bangladesh topped the list in the region.
Scroll Staff
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Gender pay gap and occupational segregation have followed Indian women into gig economy
The deep-seated issues prevalent in traditional labour markets have carried over into the digital marketplace.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Rizvi Saif, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
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A jail sentence for Rahul Gandhi in India’s new vishwaguru democracy
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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Aata Saata: An age-old custom of bartering brides survives till today in Rajasthan
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China’s dam-building spree on Mekong River has turned Thai fishing villages into ‘ghost towns’
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A copy of the Bible is expected to sell for $50 million. What makes it so special?
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What will it take to erase gender bias in science and tech? Co-author of World Bank report explains
Even when women delay marriage and children, they do not get the same opportunities as men, Sai Krishna notes.
Disha Shetty, IndiaSpend.com
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India companies are now willing to pay more to fix its gender diversity problem
India Inc is offering recruitment firms extra to fix its diversity problem.
Sushma UN, qz.com
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Mothers-in-law should take the initiative to protect the girl child, says Narendra Modi
The current generation has to correct the mistakes their elders made when it came to the girl child, the prime minister said in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu city.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: British PM Rishi Sunak plays cricket with England’s T20 World Cup-winning team
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Watch: Tornado swirling up to a height of 120,000 kilometres observed on the surface of the sun
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‘Petulant’: Australian panelist on TV, describing India’s response to High Commission attack in UK
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Watch this video from the cockpit of a glider plane as it crashes into a building
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Watch: This basset hound patiently taught puppy to use the dog door
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‘Work ethic is same whether you’re a man or woman’: Andy Murray on why sport needs pay parity
The world No 3 made a compelling case for gender equality in a column for BBC.
Scroll Staff
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‘Moana’ fulfils Disney’s long journey from timid princess to empowered working woman
Animation tracks in all sorts of fascinating ways how visions of female empowerment at work have changed over the last century.
Martyn Griffin, The Conversation, Nancy Harding, The Conversation & Mark Learmonth, The Conversation
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How we can break free from sexism in science
Sexist peer review case sheds light on the need to tackle gender and racial discrimination in universities.
Amber Griffiths, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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‘Parineeta’ director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68