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Women in Iceland want you to know it's not a gender equality utopia, despite what the statistics say
Iceland has topped the WEF's gender gap index 14 years in a row. But women living there say the ran…
Grace Dean
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Modern slavery: 50 million — mostly women, children, and migrants — still trapped in forced labour and marriages, UN asserts
If you had to make everyone trapped in state-imposed forced labour in a line, you’d sadly notice th…
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From gender inequality to growing hunger, Goalkeepers Report shows how the pandemic and wars derailed our progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals
Ever since we entered the COVID-19 pandemic era, one crisis after another has hampered our progress…
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Which country can achieve gender equality by 2030 ? The answer is none, UN laments
So far, no country in the world has achieved gender equality, according to the United Nations. …
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India contributes $300,000 to United Nations for gender equality and women empowerment
"#India contributes USD 300,000 to @UN_Women for 2021," India's Permanent Representative to th…
PTI
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Twitter launches emojis to raise awareness about women's rights
In partnership with UN Women and the UN Human Rights Office, Twitter is launching custom emojis to …
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Extreme weather events fuel gender-based violence, adding to socio-economic burden of climate change: Study
Building on the existing evidence, the study reemphasises that extreme weather conditions are a cat…
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UN calls for investigation into reports that Israeli women were raped by Hamas fighters on October 7
Reports of rape and sexual assault surfaced quickly in the immediate aftermath of the Hamas massacr…
Rebecca Rommen
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Share of women at senior positions in India has seen a drop, reveals WEF report
India ranks 127th out of 149 countries for overall gender parity, according to a report by the Worl…
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Global Gender Gap Index: India is the best in sending girls to primary schools, universities but fails with high schools
India ranked at 135th position in the Global Gender Gap index report by World Economic Forum. There…
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Germany moves to close the gender gap by requiring companies to put women on executive boards
The new rule states that companies with more than three board members must ensure at least one is a…
Marguerite Ward
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Tech Mahindra, Wipro and Dr Reddy’s Labs — only 3 Indian companies made it to Bloomberg Gender Equality Index
Homegrown IT giants — Tech Mahindra and Wipro — are the only Indian companies after Dr. Reddy Labor…
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UN Women launches Unstereotype Alliance's India Chapter to eradicate harmful gender stereotypes from advertising and media
India is the ninth national chapter to launch worldwide, and the second in Asia
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India overtakes China to become most populous country: UN report
India has overtaken China to become the most populous country in the world, suggests data from a ne…
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IAA India and UNICEF come together to promote equal gender representation in advertising
This is based on the understanding that advertising is an important tool that can influence women a…
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IITs and NITs will now be ranked on how many women they educate and employ
Indian universities should strive to achieve something that has been taking for granted for long - …
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Making the industry more gender-inclusive: Women leaders show us the way
Women leaders tell us some ways of ensuring we have more women leaders in the future
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Here’s how Indian ad agencies are improving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within their organisations
Creative agencies tell us all they are doing to strengthen their DEI policies
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Here are the top 10 countries in the world for gender equality
The US fell two spots from 2018 and was placed in 53rd place globally. Australia, which in April wa…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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India stands at 49th position in inclusion and gender equality in accessing the internet, reveals Facebook-EIU report
Despite cheapest data plans and nearly 700 million internet users, India is at a dismal 49th spot g…