Data check: India lags behind its neighbours on women’s representation in Parliament

Several parties have announced that they will field more female candidates this year.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend

· Mar 16, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Freedom fighters and ticket checkers: The trail-blazing women of pre-Partition Sindh

Education and an enterprising spirit helped women from the community find their own feet.

Saaz Aggarwal

· Sep 20, 2018 · 11:30 am

The wheel of fortune: How making cotton textile helped women curb patriarchy in medieval China

The image of highly productive women positively shapes cultural beliefs about their ability and then translates into a more positive view about women generally.

Melanie Meng Xue, Aeon

· Jul 08, 2018 · 09:30 pm

United States: Concerned about women after 2016 election, says former First Lady Michelle Obama

She said Donald Trump’s victory showed a lack of women’s empowerment.

Scroll Staff

· May 07, 2018 · 04:56 pm

In a fairly prosperous region of Pakistan’s Punjab province, women are still not allowed to vote

They are denied their democratic rights in the name of caste and clan honour.

Ghulam Dastageer

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Rizwan Safdar

· Apr 01, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Video: On this day in 1918, leaders of the UK Suffragette movement won the right for women to vote

Even after 100 years of the historic move, women continue to fight the battle for equality.

Reuters

· Feb 07, 2018 · 02:00 pm

You cannot empower women until you also start thinking about helping young men

For change to occur, the ecosystem of power around women must be different. For this, we also need to tackle masculinity stereotypes.

Rohini Nilekani

· Dec 16, 2017 · 07:30 pm

A self-help group for women in Gir is standing up for widows’ rights

Going beyond microfinance and income-generation, the groups are fighting against social taboos.

Palak Gosai

· Sep 19, 2017 · 09:30 pm

A Mumbai start-up is teaching women how to ride bikes so they can make their way to jobs, salaries

Heydeedee runs an all-women instant parcel delivery service, to bring more women into the workplace.

Namita Bhandare, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 20, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg calls for stronger corporate policies to ensure equal pay for women

She made the statement on a radio programme by the BBC, which had revealed wide wage gaps between its female and male presenters earlier in July.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 31, 2017 · 12:44 pm

These are not your aunt’s Mills & Boons. They’re funny and fierce. And they aren’t romances

The Modern’s Girl’s Guide is a series of books with which Mills & Boons is going beyond its romance formula.

Devapriya Roy

· Jul 15, 2017 · 12:30 pm

More women in workforce will boost global economy, says UN International Labour Organisation

The gender gap is largest in Southern Asia, the Arab States and North Africa, the organisation said.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 15, 2017 · 11:22 am