What is holding back women entrepreneurs in India? Social norms, poor support networks and more

Mentorship, mutual support groups and training in managerial and technical skills can help women run businesses.

Shalini Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 05, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Why women run fewer than 13% of India’s small businesses

Loan applications of female entrepreneurs are more likely to be delayed or rejected, studies show.

Shalini Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 02, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In parts of India, more than a quarter of all women still face domestic violence

Nine states reported an increase in the number of young women who faced sexual violence as children.

Namita Bhandare, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 17, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Although men too lost jobs, the pandemic affected Indian women in the workforce harder

Eight months after the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed, 13% fewer women than a year ago were employed or looking for jobs, compared to 2% fewer men, data shows.

Namita Bhandare, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 16, 2020 · 01:30 pm

In Uttar Pradesh, the coronavirus pandemic is pushing women out of jobs

Early research on the impact of the lockdown confirms that the drop in employment has not been gender-neutral.

Sunaina Kumar, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 25, 2020 · 07:30 pm

How domestic responsibilities are keeping India’s women away from workforce, increasing inequality

Women spend 577% more time in a day on household work than men, according to OECD data.

Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 26, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Four in five experts cited in online news are men, finds research in Britain

The shocking lack of gender balance is not just bad for women. It's doing the public a major disservice.

Laura Jones, The Conversation

· Jul 23, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Most Indian companies prefer male candidates over women, pay them more: Study

The preference for male candidates was found to be particularly common for machine-related, sales, or elementary jobs.

Maria Thomas, qz.com

· Apr 03, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Is universal basic income the solution to women’s inequality?

A basic income might be an effective way to treat some of the symptoms of wage inequality. But it might not address the underlying cause.

Mark Smith, The Conversation

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Genevieve Shanahan, The Conversation

· Mar 17, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Three toxic lessons IIT-Bombay gives women: sexism, chauvinism and moral policing

Power and privilege provided with apathetic institutional mechanisms in IIT force victims into silence.

Maitreyee Shukla

· Jan 26, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Data confirms what we suspected: Hindi films are still deeply sexist

Over the years, women portraying central characters in Hindi cinema have been few and far between, although this is improving.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Oct 25, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Google sued for gender discrimination in pay and promotions

Three former employees accused the tech major of paying its male staff significantly higher salaries and assigning women posts with limited career growth.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 15, 2017 · 09:49 am