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Pandemic delays gender parity by a generation: World Economic Forum
AFP | | Posted by Prashasti Singh
PUBLISHED ON MAR 31, 2021 06:18 AM IST
A range of studies have shown that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women, who have lost jobs at a higher rate than men, and had to take on much more of the extra childcare burden when schools closed.
US body announces USD 50 million loan to promote gender equity in businesses
PTI | , Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 10:15 AM IST
Female entrepreneurs face a financing gap of hundreds of millions of dollars, while women-led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face a gap in the tens of billions of dollars.
Podcast: Amitabh Behar on How Coronavirus Aggravates Inequality in India
By Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2020 07:46 AM IST
Covid-19 has wrought so much fresh destruction but it also has the potential to exacerbate pre-existing inequalities in Indian society
ASSIST successfully conducted basketball tournament for differently abled students
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2020 11:09 AM IST
ASSIST collaborated with Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority to organise a 3 X 3 Basketball Tournament at Greater Noida Carnival 2020. Differently abled students participated along with other students in the Inclusive Zone Basketball exhibition match.
Review: The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
Hindustan Times | By Sanchita Sharma
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2019 07:01 PM IST
Melinda Gates’ first book documents how she evolved from a career woman to a mother to one of the world’s biggest champions of gender equity
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu urges youth to strive to build New India
New Delhi | By Asian News International
PUBLISHED ON MAR 24, 2019 10:39 AM IST
Interacting with students of Delhi University, who called on him at his residence here on Saturday, Naidu urged youth to develop a constructive attitude and focus on achieving perfection in whatever they do.
International Women’s Day: Honouring women, men who forged gender equity
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Vatsala Shrangi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 09, 2019 02:56 AM IST
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal handed over the awards to many, including the all-women crew of Air India, BSF women bikers, Indian Army’s first woman stunt rider and a doctor who busted the prenatal gender screening racket in Haryana.
IWD 2019: Empowering women, one act, one day at a time. Read some inspiring stories this Women’s Day
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Saumya Sharma
UPDATED ON MAR 09, 2019 09:13 PM IST
International Women’s Day 2019: From gender equity to bridging the pay gap and having a voice, women are making us proud in all walks of life and it’s the best feeling to look up to another woman as a source of empowerment and strength.
Oscars 2019: The aftermath of Time’s Up and #MeToo at the 91st Academy Awards
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Saumya Sharma
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2019 11:53 AM IST
Academy Awards 2019: The Oscars transcend cinema and are never only about the celebration of arts and the motion picture. It is also where Hollywood stars and filmmakers gather for the ceremony to celebrate a night of great work in the previous year and if given a chance or an opportunity, express their opinions on controversial subjects.
Basic counselling lowers bullying, violence in Bihar schools
Hindustan Times | By Sanchita Sharma
UPDATED ON NOV 23, 2018 11:19 AM IST
A study published in The Lancet on Thursday reveals how a one-year ‘lay counsellor’-led health promotion project in government schools in Bihar’s Nalanda district lowered bullying, depression, substance abuse and violence.