LEAKY PIPELINE

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 wom...

Clientall, which had previously raised $600,000 (about Rs 5 crore) from Chiratae Ventures and Artha Venture fund, said the new funds will be used for strengthening the product and expanding the team

Global forum in Geneva shifts focus to methane emissions, a significant contributor to rising greenhouse gases. Efforts to cut methane from various sources could prevent significant warming, but key countries like China and India have yet to join th...

A study by Fortune India and SP Jain Institute of Management and Research has revealed that only 1.6% of companies listed on the Fortune India 500 have women at the helm, while the figures stand at 5% for the Fortune India Next 500. The study, suppo...

Women are also getting a smaller chunk of the promotion budget. Of the entire promotion budget that companies have, women are paid Rs 88 for every Rs 100 that men are paid, according to data from global professional services firm Aon, shared exclusi...

Indian corporations are struggling to attract more women to executive director roles, with only 10% of the top 200 listed companies having female executive directors. This is despite efforts to strengthen diversity at leadership levels by Indian cor...

Companies such as Infosys, Lowe's India, Amazon, Cisco, ABB India, BT Group, Cummins India, and WeWork India are implementing initiatives to develop female leaders, provide mentoring programs, offer flexible work arrangements, and support career re-...

Introducing Priya Kanduri, CTO & Vice President, Cyber Security Services, Happiest Minds Technologies, who won the Technology Leader of the Year award category at the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards 2023.

Introducing Pratibha Priyadarshini, VP and Head of HR, Shell India, who won in the HR Leader of the Year award category at the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards 2023.

An analysis of the last 12 quarterly results of Wipro shows that on 7 occasions, the stock has given positive returns on post-earnings days. Wipro's best post-earnings day was in July 2020 when the stock ended with a gain of nearly 17% amid Covid-re...

The gender pay gap — a woman being paid less than a man even when both are performing the same role in a company — may sound like an exception. But it's so prevalent that it's rather a norm across the world. According to an ILO study, women on avera...

The platform caters to three cohorts of women professionals 一 Women Returnees, Women In Tech, and Women In Leadership and is increasing its reach to include Women Starters. JobsForHer clients include Amazon, DBS Tech, KPMG, Johnson Controls, PwC, am...

Companies like PepsiCo, Lupin and Axis Bank are among companies that have pay equity as the mainstay of their employee agenda and vouch for it being a diversity and inclusion enabler for them. Any move to enable equal pay is a powerful force multipl...

According to Nasscom data, women constitute 35% of India's technology industry, a figure that companies like Wakefit, Urban Company, Mpower Financing, EnKash and Simplilearn are looking to increase through a host of initiatives.

Ever-grimmer findings from scientists this year that the world is nearing the point where the level of climate damage from burning oil, gas and coal becomes catastrophic and irreversible "represent a code red for humanity," Biden said at the session...

Neha Bagaria, founder and chief executive, JobsForHer, further said, “With schools shut, no domestic help at home for many, and caregiving responsibilities for elderly parents, career has got deprioritised for many women.”

Leaking water tankers unite India’s drought-hit countryside and thirsty cities and home routines are shaped around their intermittent arrival. Vikram Doctor reports

Anuranjita Kumar, chairperson, WiT (Women in Technology) India said that remote working and flexible hours further broaden the horizons with opportunities for women to re-enter their jobs post a maternity break, as much as drawing in women from furt...

Technology-led disruption is making it increasingly difficult for women to return to a second career.