Why it pays for Indian companies to hire more women, put them in leadership roles

With an attrition rate of 4%, senior women executives are twice as likely to stay back in their organisations than men.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Yesterday · 01:30 pm

India, the world’s fastest growing startup ecosystem, has little space for female entrepreneurs

Only about 9% of the country’s startup founders are women.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· Jul 22, 2018 · 01:30 pm

For Pakistan’s women lawyers, it’s an endless battle against societal judgement

For the legal fraternity to become a community, much needs to change.

Zainab Z. Malik

· Mar 20, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Japan: Politician removed from Assembly session for bringing her infant with her

Yuka Ogata said she wanted to highlight the difficulties women face while juggling work with raising a child.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 24, 2017 · 03:43 pm

The stories of the 37.4 million invisible and underpaid home-based workers in India

They contribute to the final product, but are invisible to companies and buyers.

Janhavi Dave

· Oct 25, 2017 · 11:30 am

India takes its anganwadi, frontline women health workers for granted – at great cost to itself

Their demands for better pay and work conditions deserve greater attention from the media and the government.

Dipa Sinha

· Sep 20, 2017 · 10:30 am

In Haryana, many girls are getting educated. What’s stopping them from going to work?

Traditions and orthodoxy are a barrier to women having a fulfilling career.

Namita Bhandare, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 16, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Women employees at Lucknow Central University now cannot work past 6 pm

The order was issued to ‘ensure the safety’ of female workers on the campus.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 05, 2017 · 06:41 pm

Meet the women scientists who make India’s chillies hotter, flowers cheaper and mangoes last longer

These scientists have been toiling to improve India’s horticulture output for decades.

Papiya Bhattacharya

· Apr 26, 2017 · 11:30 am

Women in India will now get 26 weeks of maternity leave instead of just 12

The Lok Sabha approved an amendment Bill that makes it mandatory for companies with more than 50 employees to provide a daycare centre nearby.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 09, 2017 · 07:49 pm

Women in India Inc earn 25% less than their male counterparts: Monster India survey

A majority of the study’s female respondents said men were given higher career growth opportunities.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 06, 2017 · 09:57 pm

Air India has completed the first around-the-world flight with an all-women crew

The airline has applied for an entry in the Guinness World Record.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 05, 2017 · 03:47 pm