Are women more likely to be blow the whistle on big tech?

Frances Haugen, Timnit Gebru and Janneke Parrish are at the forefront of a group of high-profile women calling out the tech industry.

Francine Berman, The Conversation

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Jennifer Lundquist, The Conversation

· Jul 12, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In photos: How floods and uncertainty of climate are hurting Maharashtra’s women farm workers

As women farm labourers in Kolhapur and Sangli deal with the aftereffects of floods, they are reporting disruptions to their physical and mental wellbeing.

Sanket Jain

· Jun 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Battered by the pandemic, Sri Lanka’s female garment workers are reeling from the economic crisis

Shutdowns, shortages, pay problems and strikes are playing out across the island, with the female backbone of the garment industry paying the highest price.

Piyumi Fonseka, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· May 19, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Interview: ‘Covid-19 has shown we need to redouble our efforts on women’s economic empowerment’

Christopher Elias of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talks about workforce participation in the context of gender equity.

Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 26, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Kerala HC reinstates woman fired from job for taking maternity leave

The High Court said it could not permit such an attitude in this century.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 06, 2021 · 02:30 pm

Women are becoming less visible in India’s workforce – but are bearing government’s responsibilities

The unpaid, intensive forms of work women have been undertaking actually ensure the survival of families and communities.

Kaveri Haritas

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Isabelle Guerin

· Jun 13, 2021 · 09:00 am

Should governments provide cash incentives to women for their unpaid domestic work?

Experts say that such a policy, despite being well-intentioned, might further entrench existing gender norms that confine women to the house.

Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 11, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In Tamil Nadu’s fireworks factories, women form 70% of workforce but are paid half as much as men

While recent mishaps in the hazardous industry were highlighted ahead of the state polls, no politician acknowledged the plight of the poorly-paid women.

Dharani Thangavelu, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 06, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In India’s informal economy, crores of women face gender bias and insecurity

Women’s participation in the Indian labour force is at a historic low.

Shalini Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 05, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In India, most large employers flagrantly ignore the legal requirement to provide creches

Meant to boost women's participation in the workforce, the creche rule lies unenforced and unimplemented.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 13, 2021 · 09:30 pm

How protesting women farmers mirror ‘The Five Women’ in Mahasweta Devi’s decades-old story

A foreshadowing in fiction of the role chosen by women in the farmers’ protest.

Ipshita Mitra

· Mar 13, 2021 · 08:30 am

Photos: How Covid-19 pandemic has affected women workers in Delhi

Between May and August 2020, the labour participation rate in India for women was 9.3% and for men was 67.4%.

Shalini Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 19, 2021 · 01:30 pm