Kolkata: Assistant professor says she was forced to quit university over leaked Instagram photos

The academic said she will file a writ petition against the institution’s management next week.

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· Aug 10, 2022 · 01:16 pm

‘Dreamers and rebels’: The women who reshaped the Film and Television Institute of India

The anthology ‘Balancing The Wisdom Tree’ celebrates the renowned film school’s female graduates.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 27, 2022 · 10:20 am

SBI suspends rule on recruiting pregnant women after facing criticism

The Delhi Commission for Women had asked the bank to withdraw the ‘discriminatory’ rule which said that pregnant women were ‘temporarily unfit’.

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· Jan 29, 2022 · 05:28 pm

Delhi women’s panel issues notice to SBI, objects to recruitment rule for pregnant women

Under the national bank’s rules, women who are over three months pregnant are considered ‘temporarily unfit’ for work.

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· Jan 29, 2022 · 11:26 am

Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd becomes youngest self-made woman billionaire

After she took Bumble public, its shares soared 67% in its trading debut to $72 at 1.03 pm in New York on Thursday, valuing her at $1.5 billion.

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· Feb 12, 2021 · 03:37 pm

Period leave is not an admission of weakness for women – it is an acceptance of need

Zomato’s decision to introduce up to 10 days of ‘period leave’ a year is a welcome step.

Ranjona Banerji

· Aug 13, 2020 · 07:30 am

Zomato introduces period leave for menstruating employees

The company announced up to 10 days a year of period leave.

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· Aug 08, 2020 · 06:19 pm

What women in rural Madhya Pradesh want: Jobs with direct access to their wages

Financial independence and training holds the answer to keeping women in the workforce.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 23, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Why single, childless, contended, middle-aged women make excellent protagonists

Should literature present the world as it is – filled with brutality and violence against women – or also offer a morsel of hope?

Emily Bernhard Jackson, The Conversation

· Jan 10, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Despite women being photography pioneers, the industry is plagued by a gender problem

Discrimination at the workplace, sexism and industry stereotypes have contributed to a general lack of opportunities for women in photography.

Celia Rose Jackson, The Conversation

· Sep 03, 2019 · 09:30 pm

One woman’s dogged campaign to protect Mumbai’s mangroves

A former range officer at the Mumbai Mangrove Conservation Unit, Seema Adgaonkar has been preventing illegal encroachments and planting new saplings.

Kartik Chandramouli

· Jul 28, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Japan: Labour minister defends high heels for women at work, says they are necessary

Takumi Nemoto made the remark when he was asked to comment on a campaign started by actor and writer Yumi Ishikawa.

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· Jun 06, 2019 · 11:25 am