GENDER IMBALANCE
India Inc doubles down on getting the gender mix right
Naina Lal Kidwai, chairperson of Rothschild & Co, who is also on the board of directors of Biocon and UPL, said one of the big factors fuelling this change is ESG reporting. Companies, especially the larger ones, are seeking ratings from global firms like Moody’s where one of the questions being asked is around diversity and inclusion. Indian companies also need to disclose Business Responsibility and Sustainability reporting besides adhering to integrated reporting where ESG etc, is being integrated into annual reports.
More women must let off STEAM
India's STEM education landscape is uneven with women constituting 42.3% of STEM students. Only 16.6% of STEM faculty in Indian universities are women.
2024 Lok Sabha Elections: Women candidates make up less than 10% of the contenders, ADR report shows
This is the first election since the passage of the women's reservation bill to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving a bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties. The bill is yet to come into effect.
Wanted: Policies that support womens’ advancement in the workplace
In India, women face significant barriers in the workplace, from the burden of unpaid care work to the gender pay gap. Despite anti-harassment policies like the POSH Act, compliance remains a challenge, contributing to the "leaky pipeline" where women exit the workforce.
Just 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls
Lok Sabha polls reveal gender bias with low female representation. Parties delay Women's Reservation Bill implementation affecting women's empowerment. Tamil Nadu and Kerala have high female candidates. BJD enforces a 33% female candidate policy. BJP and Congress pledge women-centric initiatives.
There are more women in leadership roles now, but challenges & biases still remain
Despite progress, gender diversity challenges persist in corporate India. Initiatives like gender-neutral job descriptions and mixed-gender interview panels aim to reduce bias in hiring processes, supporting women's career advancement and retention.
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Child sex ratio: Concern over misuse of technology exacerbating gender imbalances
The primary concern discussed at the meeting was the declining child sex ratio (CSR) and sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the country, indicative of the ongoing battle against sex-based discrimination leading to sex selection/ determination followed by pre-birth elimination.
Study uncovers alarming gender bias in CPR: Women face lower chances of receiving help from bystanders
A study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress reveals that bystanders are less likely to administer CPR to women experiencing cardiac arrest in public compared to men.
In depth: How can India's women-led startups beat gender funding gap?
W hen Indian businesswoman Aditi Bhutia Madan recalls her childhood in Darjeeling, she remembers pine forests, Himalayan sunrises and her grandmother's momos - the savoury dumplings that years later inspired her to launch her own company.
Job satisfaction drops as gender imbalance grows: Skillsoft’s 2023 Women in Tech Report
The 2023 Women in Tech Report by Skillsoft finds that women in technology jobs are increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs, posing a risk for retention. Just 28% of female technologists report being extremely satisfied with their jobs compared to 44% the previous year. Top areas of dissatisfaction were growth potential, current pay, and managerial support. Nearly 40% of women in tech are considering switching job roles, highlighting a growing gender imbalance.
ASCI report on edtech ads flags tall promises, gender stereotyping
Seven in 10 parents felt that edtech advertisements make promises that are difficult to deliver in student performance, according to a study conducted by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
Here's how venture capital firms can reduce the gender gap in investing
The report outlines the current state of gender diversity in the PE and VC industry in India, the efficacy of different types of interventions that have been implemented by firms and persisting obstacles to improving the representation of women in the investing industry.
An unequal music: Only half of women in developing world feel free to make decisions about contraception, says report
From abortion services to virginity tests, women are forced to give up control over their bodies.
Facebook delivers biased job ads, skewed by gender: Study
Men were more likely to see Domino's pizza delivery driver job ads on Facebook, while women were more likely to see Instacart shopper ads.
View: Assessing India’s gender budget
In efforts to integrate GRB in India’s budgeting process, the Government of India introduced the Gender Budget Statement (GBS) in the Union Budget in 2005-06. It constitutes two parts- Part A reflects women-specific schemes having 100% allocation for women, and Part B reflects pro-women schemes, where at least 30% of the allocation is for women.
Gender games: Too many men, too little change
Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) made it compulsory for companies to have at least one independent woman director on the board of listed companies. Till April 6, 2019, 51 of the top 500 NSE-listed companies had not appointed a woman independent director, numbers from Prime Database showed.
Is it a gender-blind tech world? Companies founded by men hardly hire women
Tech companies founded by men rarely achieve gender parity in their workforce, according to a new analysis.
Gender pay gap high in India: Men get paid Rs 242 every hour, women earn Rs 46 less
Indian women earn 19 per cent less than men, a survey said.
ET Women's Forum: Gender imbalance in boardrooms isn't deliberate, India must wipe out unconscious biases
Getting more women on boards in India remains only a trickle-down effect.
India ranks 108th in WEF gender gap index 2018
Gender gap was measured across four key pillars -- economic opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment, and health and survival.
Women are on track to earn the same as men -- in 202 years
The economic opportunity gap -- based on participation, pay and advancement in the workforce -- remains the area that’ll take the longest time to close.
Gender parity: Despite 21-place jump, India at a lowly 87
In this latest edition, the report finds that progress towards parity in the key economic pillar has slowed dramatically with the gap - which stands at 59%.
Brain tumour affects all age groups & genders
In India, the situation is particularly grave since a large population is predominantly underprivileged & undereducated.
Tourism could be India’s largest employer and reduce gender imbalance: Vasundhara Raje
Tourism is the world’s biggest industry is more likely to employ women than men, and preserves culture in ways that the state never can.
IT companies like Google, Capgemini, Tech Mahindra hire more women in technical roles to bridge the gender gap across levels
Companies bridge the gender gap across levels through hiring as well as initiatives such as leadership development programmes.
Intel's $125 million fund to fight gender and racial imbalance in Silicon Valley
The fund, called Intel Diversity Fund, will invest in startups run by women and underrepresented minorities.
China’s one-child policy may skew country's gender ratios
Census data reveals that Chinese families with multiple children have made a disproportionate contribution in recent years to the country’s gender imbalance.
A gender neutral model: companies give women employees their due
Women employees who take career breaks are now returning to work with compensations based on experience and achievement and not the year they graduated in.
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