Lessons from Harvey Weinstein storm: More female movie moguls could stem the sexist rot in Hollywood

Women change working cultures – and as the Harvey Weinstein allegations show, Hollywood is badly in need of it.

Lyndsay Duthie, The Conversation

· Oct 17, 2017 · 11:15 am

In Pakistan’s Thar, women truck drivers break cultural barriers in country’s coal rush

The desert region is home to Pakistan’s largest open pit mine.

Reuters

· Oct 04, 2017 · 09:00 am

Why India’s hospitality sector is having a hard time hiring skilled women

Employers often have to win over the women’s parents first.

Namita Bhandare, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 31, 2017 · 08:30 pm

More Indian women could go to work if they found alternative caregivers

Women spend most of their time doing unpaid work, looking after their children and the elderly in the family, a study has found.

Anoushaka Chandrashekar, IndiaSpend.com

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Parul Agarwal, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 09, 2017 · 08:30 pm

How a Dalit woman found success as a farmer, years after her debt-ridden husband took his life

Pushpa is the only Dalit widow in Warangal consistently making profits from organic farming.

Chitra Ajith

· Mar 18, 2017 · 03:30 pm

A question for the Bollywood dream factory: where are the toilets for women?

On International Women’s Day, female technicians point to the lack of safe and clean women’s washrooms on shooting locations

Damini Kulkarni

· Mar 08, 2017 · 03:00 pm

RSS should include more women in its ranks, says LK Advani

The senior BJP leader praised the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris organisation, which is run by women, and said other groups should emulate them.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 15, 2017 · 06:28 pm

The desperation of Indian housewives in the United States of America

The H4 dependent spouse visa has reduced many women entering the US to a state of childlike helplessness.

Diksha Madhok, qz.com

· Oct 10, 2016 · 07:30 pm

Longer maternity leave may prompt companies to hire fewer women – and the law needs to prevent that

There have been many arguments in introducing paternity leave as well, including that of shared responsibility. This will also help level the playing field.

Shivakami Kumaramangalam

· Aug 14, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Is your office breastfeeding friendly?

The lack of dedicated space in offices pushes mothers towards formula feeding their children.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Aug 06, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Rare photographs of the women who joined the Indian army in World War II

Unlike their European counterparts who participated in the first world war, Indian women were allowed to sign up only in 1942.

Mridula Chari

· Jun 18, 2015 · 01:30 pm

75% of Indian women are not part of the workforce

India ranks very low globally on women's participation in the workforce, with urban areas showing much lower figures than rural ones.

Shibaji Roychoudhury

· Aug 11, 2014 · 07:43 am