Gender Equality

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A better world for women is a better world for everyone

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:24 am IST

International Women's Day: A better world for women is a better world for everyone(HT Photo)

Time to redefine gender boundaries

Time to redefine gender boundaries.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:18 am IST

More women in the workforce are crucial to economic growth

International Women's Day: More women in the workforce are crucial to economic growth(Unsplash)

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:13 am IST

Affirming gender equality in policy and practice

Gender equality is not only a fundamental right, but also a prerequisite for a peaceful and prosperous world. (Shutterstock)

Published on Mar 08, 2023 09:04 am IST

Addressing gender inequalities: India needs bold steps

Addressing gender inequalities: India needs bold steps(HT Photo)

Published on Feb 14, 2023 05:13 pm IST

Moving gender equity to the mainstream of climate action

This brief examines the deeper implications of shifting ecological conditions from a standpoint of gender, and proposes constructive ways to bring about equity in the policies that are being created under India’s climate change response plan.(Aly Song/REUTERS)

Published on Feb 02, 2023 02:27 pm IST

Is efficiency the key for a sustainable energy policy in India?

The Government of India places a high priority on energy efficiency in manufacturing. (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 06:36 pm IST

Shraddha and Aftab: The Star-Crossed Lovers

Aaftab Poonawala and Shraddha Walkar. (File)

Published on Dec 19, 2022 02:03 pm IST

BC Sakhis: Unlocking rural women’s banking potential

The government launched the Mission One Gram Panchayat, One BC Sakhi programme in 2019 aiming to create a pool of 1.25 lakh trained and certified women Self Help Group (SHG) members as BC Sakhis. (Shutterstock Photo)

Published on Nov 25, 2022 01:47 pm IST

Empower adolescents through comprehensive sexual education

From Iesha Learning’s previous sex education workshops. (Photos courtesy: Iesha learning )

Published on Nov 16, 2022 11:29 am IST

Cruelty against husbands under the Indian law

Nyaaya, an open access, digital resource that provides simple, actionable, reliable and accessible legal information to all Indians.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Nov 07, 2022 07:20 pm IST

Equality and individual autonomy in reproductive rights: India shows the way

Women’s consent matters – that’s the top takeaway from the Indian Supreme Court (SC)’s judgment on abortion for all women on International Safe Abortion Day.

Updated on Oct 03, 2022 05:21 pm IST

Reducing child marriages and teen pregnancies

UNICEF estimates that over the next decade, up to 10 million more girls will be at risk of becoming child brides as a result of the pandemic, while the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) projects a figure of 13 million additional child marriages globally over the 2020-2030 decade.

Published on Sept 10, 2022 09:00 am IST

Redefining masculinity: The dark side of Darlings

On August 5, the streaming platform Netflix released the film Darlings, an Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama, co-written and directed by Jasmeet K. Reen.

Published on Aug 29, 2022 06:01 am IST

Time to enact the Women’s Reservation Bill

According to a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) released in 2020, less than a tenth of the over 50,000 candidates contesting central and state elections are women. (HT Archive)

Published on Aug 19, 2022 01:24 pm IST

Tribal women have a significant role in India’s transformation

As India progresses rapidly, the need of the hour is to ensure we develop the collective agency of tribal women to make Sabka Vikas (everyone’s development) a reality. It is indeed time for affirmative action and equitable progress.(AP FILE PHOTO)

Published on Aug 09, 2022 06:00 am IST

Improving gender equality in non-profit boardrooms

According to a 2021 report by Deloitte, the number of women in boardrooms in India was 17.1%, nearly 3% lower than the global average of 19.7%.(HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 28, 2022 02:46 pm IST

Why abortion should be a part of Universal Health Coverage

Access to abortion is an unconditional human right and should be entitled as a basic health care service delivered as a part of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).The findings reflected that only 37% of women accessed health care services, as compared to 67% of men.

Published on May 25, 2022 02:57 pm IST

The key to change: Women’s voice and influence

Women’s voice in decision-making is critical for the development of all. According to the NFHS-5 data for 2019-21 nearly 88.7% of currently married Indian women tend to participate in key household decisions about healthcare for themselves, or make major household purchases.

Published on May 25, 2022 02:40 pm IST

A "big push" that can put India's poorest women on the path to self-sufficiency

Several studies have shown that the ongoing crisis has hit women in India much harder than men - a greater proportion of them lost their jobs, they ate less, did more unpaid household work and had to endure domestic violence.(Google)

Published on May 19, 2022 03:17 pm IST

The likely end of Roe v Wade

The Alliance Defending Freedom- a conservative anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage advocacy group- admitted to supporting 15-week abortion bans across states in the US because they knew that such bans would engender opposition from pro-abortion activists who would take these bans to court and accordingly allow Republican-appointed federal judges at the appeals court and Supreme Court level to consider reversing Roe.(REUTERS)

Published on May 03, 2022 06:26 pm IST

Keep the focus on increasing female labor force participation

Women’s labor force participation rate (LFPR) (20.0%) is considerably low compared to men (56.0%) as per annual PLFS (current weekly status) 2019-20.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 17, 2022 12:49 pm IST

Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence

Efforts to introduce special procedures for survivors of child sexual abuse and laws to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace have taken shape.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 08, 2022 02:32 pm IST

Women's Day Special: Poor health system responses to gender-based violence

Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence are putting survivors' health at risk(PTI)

Updated on Mar 08, 2022 11:19 am IST

Girls deserve equal access to tech and STEM education

Ed-tech also has the promise of helping traditionally underserved girls and women of India pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, leading to far better career options for them. However, a lot of work remains to be done to encourage girls to pursue STEM fields.

Published on Feb 16, 2022 12:01 pm IST

Domestic violence and women’s health in India

The focus of this paper is Domestic Violence—the most common form of GBV against women.(SHUTTERSTOCK)

Published on Jan 30, 2022 06:26 pm IST

The digital divide and is it holding back women in India?

Rural India faces an even more pronounced digital divide, with men being about twice as likely as women to have used the internet (49% vs 25%). While we see the variation in the digital divide by state/Union Territory (UT), there is no single state/UT across India in which more women than men have used the internet.

Published on Jan 16, 2022 05:01 pm IST

Keeping children safe online needs a holistic approach

The study identifies three key online safety concerns that arise are, “hacking or creating of fake profiles, trolling and cyberbullying on gaming platforms and sharing of sexually explicit images and pictures”.(Pixabay)

Published on Dec 10, 2021 03:02 pm IST

What is keeping women from going to work?

Women workers wearing masks pluck tea leaves at Kondoli Tea Estate, on the first day of Unlock 1 in Nagaon district of Assam on Monday.(PTI)

Published on Dec 10, 2021 02:24 pm IST

From aspiration to empowerment: Impact of women's collectives

The idea is to recognise the extreme vulnerabilities faced by these groups, and ensure targeted use of funds such as the Vulnerability Reduction Fund (VRF) to address their needs.(Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)

Published on Nov 06, 2021 12:35 pm IST

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