The global gender pay gap is on track to close in 202 years, according to the World Economic Forum. The Global Gender Gap Report, released Tuesday, presents new findings about equality between men and women across the globe. The economic opportunity gap, which takes into account the differences in pay between men and women, is estimated …
Women in Indian society and politics continue to be pariahs, as events related to Sabarimala and the Me Too movement reveal. Women are barred from entering the Sabarimala temple in Kerala state on grounds of impurity owing to menstruation. Beside being irrational, this social diktat violates the fundamental right of equality guaranteed under the Indian …
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Women are paid the most unequally in India, compared to men, when it comes to hourly wages for labour. On average, women are paid 34 per cent less than men, a recent report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found. This gap in wages, known as the gender wage gap, is the highest among …
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Professor Anju Seth, an alumnus of IIM Calcutta, has become the first woman director of the institute. Professor Seth has most recently held the position of Pamplin Professor of Management at Virginia Tech, USA. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, she was Professor of Business Administration at University of Illinois. She completed her Ph.D. from the University …
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Every industry sector in India employs more men than women. Moreover, the gender gap among Indian professionals is worse than the global average in every sector. Of the 115, only two industries have almost equal proportion of men and women: Primary and Secondary Education has 46% men, while Human Resources has 51%. The gender …
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