Corporate social responsibility: A look from the gender perspective

CSR funds favour some areas while overlooking objectives like women’s empowerment; even when they turn the focus, actions may overlook …

Feminist solutions to man-made economic inequality

Our economies are built on millions of hours of unpaid labour carried out every day by women; freeing up women's time would go a long way towards …

Gender balance in scientific research improving in India: study

The participation of Indian women in scientific publishing is growing in fields like mathematics, economics, obstetrics, gynaecology and dentistry.

Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission

Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care

Rural development and gender equality: A reality check in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu has to develop a policy framework to achieve employability through quality secondary education for women, shifting focus from only …

Concern over gender bias in research, academic institutions on astronomy

The Working Group on Gender Equity presented results of its first survey on gender equity in the field of astronomy in India

Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women

Female scientists publish more and better research but are promoted less. New research from Mexico exposes gender gap in science there, and …

India’s gender gap in health, economic participation one of the worst in the world

India is among the lowest-ranked countries that have performed dismally when it comes to reducing gender gap in health

What does NFHS-5 data tell us about state of women empowerment in India

All women work but only a few are salaried: Only 25.4% of women aged 15-49 years who worked in the last 12 months were paid in cash

What India can learn from Bangladesh about closing its gender gap

Post-1971, Bangladesh embarked on an inclusive development strategy involving various non-government stakeholders, religious bodies and aid …

Gender bias at workplace: 4 in 5 women miss out on raise, promotion, finds survey

Women were disproportionately impacted during COVID-19 pandemic; more than a fifth said they experienced ‘favourable bias’ at work 

Closing the gender gap in clean energy transitions

Engaging women across diverse sectors and roles can help ensure expansion of developing countries’ GDP

Disproportionately affected

Limited access to resources and exclusion from research and policy-making process put women on the frontline of climate disaster

World Bank report paints contrasting picture of African economy

While poverty may be lower than what current estimates suggest, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased since 1990

Gender gaps in agricultural sector cost Nigeria dearly

Report estimated forgone earnings from the gender gap in agricultural productivity at $2.3 billion annually

Prejudices against women didn’t reduce in last decade; 90% people still hold gender bias: UN

Countries with greater bias in gender social norms also show a lower presence of women in parliament

CITES COP19: ‘Recognise women’s effort in tackling wildlife trade’

Gender gaps obfuscate understanding of real-world illegal wildlife trade activities & appropriate intervention 

China, south Asia not proactive in reducing climate impacts on women: ICIMOD

Most policy documents are silent on the existing pay gaps and women’s access to agricultural resources

CoP 14: Only 25% nations include gender discussions in land degradation targets

Of around 80, 20 countries do not have role of gender and women into targets and measures to halt land degradation by 2030

It is unhealthy to be a woman in India

The 2018 Global Gender Gap report ranks India at a dismal 108 out of 149 countries; and in the South Asian region, India …

Limited access to land and water affects productivity of women farmers in Africa

FAO study reveals the constraints that make women more vulnerable to climate change and environmental degradation

Only 1% women live in countries with high gender parity, female empowerment: UN report

In India, women empowerment, gender parity were found to be ‘low’ despite ‘medium’ human development

Almost all states in red zone on gender equality: NITI Aayog

Latest report by think tank says that women and girls in the country experience inequalities in every aspect of life

Women, on average, enjoy barely 77% of legal rights that men do: World Bank

World Bank’s ‘Women, Business and the Law Index’ says that women just entering the workforce will retire before they enjoy the …

Women work harder than men — our anthropological study reveals why

Perfect sex equality in workload only occurs in instances where men move away from home after marriage and women do not