"While India has focussed on innovation, infrastructure, structural reforms and ease of doing business, a lot of work still needs to be done on gender parity and exports and ensuring that India has growth with equity," Kant said while addressing the 98th Annual Session of Assocham here.
This is the first Cannes festival since allegations of sexual abuse were first made against producer Harvey Weinstein last year.
Raising women's participation in the labour force to the same level as men can boost India's GDP by 27 per cent, IMF Chief Christine Lagarde and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg have said in a joint paper.
Guardian hailed Andy as ‘The Feminist Tennis Needs’ after he slammed Wimbledon Officials for giving privilege to men’s matches on centre court.
Gender continues to be a significant parameter in determining salaries, as men earned a median gross hourly salary of Rs 345.8, whereas women earned Rs 259.8, a survey has showed. The overall gender pay gap
For the second consecutive year, Pakistan has been ranked the second-worst country in the world for gender inequality.
Actresses Soha Ali Khan and Radhika Apte have united for a campaign that focuses on removing negative connotations from the phrase 'Like A Girl'.
Priyanka Chopra says India is a difficult country and it will take time for things to change as far as the mindset towards women is concerned.
The Supreme Court has raised some pertinent questions to the temple administration which has defended its position not to allow the entry of women in the name of age-old tradition.
New Delhi: Treating men and women equal is one thing and treating all women equally is a different thing.This video from Funky Flunky highlights this drawback of society where not all women are cherished.The women
India could boost its gross domestic product or GDP by $700 billion (Rs 46 lakh crore) or 16% more than its business-as-usual growth within ten years by putting women on par with men, according to
Thiruvanthapuram: Achieving gender equality in the country, should be seen as a long-time war and not a one-time battle, noted dancer and activist Mallika Sarabhai has said."We must see this as long-term war, not a
Beijing: Spanish football club Valencia has entered into an agreement with United Nations Women (UN Women) to promote gender equality.The agreement signed in May saw Valencia and UN women announce their partnership to promote gender
In the modern era, women and men consider each other as equals. Both are given equal privileges and liberties. Both are superior in all fields. And both value each other's decisions.But when it comes to
New Delhi: Manish Malhotra, a hot-favorite designer among Bollywood stars, introduced a new dimension to his summer collection at the Lakme Fashion Week with the Blue Runway.The opening night of the show witnessed the launch
Brussels: A report approved by the European Parliament showed that very slow progress in gender equality has been made since 2009 in the European Union (EU) countries."There has been progress, but it is too slow.
New Delhi: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has called for making gender equality an international mass movement, saying it should go beyond being a mere slogan.The Women and Child Development Minister said this while addressing the
Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, who is the first man to be appointed as UN Women's South Asia Goodwill Ambassador, Wednesday called for gender equality on the occasion of International Men's Day.The 40-year-old has not only
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