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What gender gap lens reveals about declining fertility rate

June 27, 2025 12:34 pm

How is the falling fertility rate linked to India’s ranking in the Global Gender Gap Index? What are the factors that regulate reproductive freedom and choice?

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Knowledge Nugget: Why Global Gender Gap Report 2025 is important for your UPSC exam

June 14, 2025 6:51 pm

India ranks 131 out of 148 countries in the WEF's Global Gender Gap Report 2025, slipping two positions from last year. What are the key highlights of the report and how has India performed? In ‘Beyond the Nugget’, learn about other significant gender-related indices.

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WEF Gender Gap Index 2025: Top 10 best and worst countries for gender parity

June 24, 2025 8:01 am

WEF Global Gender Gap Index 2025 By Country: Gender parity has been a global discussion for decades, yet at the present rate, it will take 132 years estimatedly to eliminate gender gap and achieve full parity.

The shaky state of ‘manosphere’

March 09, 2025 9:58 am

Since the days of Cleopatra, the mystique of the ambitious, independent woman has been seen as a threat. Today, there’s a Cleopatra, everywhere.

Women in workforce very less than men in offices

Women directors constitute only 18.4% of the board director positions: CFA report

December 19, 2024 7:14 pm

The report states that women constitute just 20%t of the overall workforce, with men accounting for the remaining 80%.

India has closed only 64.1 percent of its gender gap in 2024; check where it stands in the WEF's Global Gender Gap Report 2024. (Source: Shutterstock)

World Economic Forum reveals top 10 countries closing the gender gap in 2024: Check, where does India rank?

November 19, 2024 9:06 am

WEF's Global Gender Gap Report 2024: About 97% of the economies, as per the World Economic Forum, have closed more than 60% of their gap, when compared to 85% in 2006. While no country has achieved gender parity yet, explore the top 10 most gender-equal countries in the world in 2024.

75 years on, women see little representaion at SPPU

June 02, 2024 4:22 pm

Most higher positions everywhere are not given to women. It is perceived that women have extra household responsibilities, even though it should not be that way. Women are indeed represented in SPPU, but not as much as the men are, said the senate member

The gender gap challenge: What corporates and PR get wrong about ‘inclusion’ and ‘diversity’

March 08, 2024 10:55 pm

Modern workplaces must contend with the challenges of intersectionality, long-standing social and economic justice demands, and the simple fact that they are not keeping up with the times

Let's explore how women are facing a lot of stress and what can be done about it. (Source: A still from Tribhanga)

Are urban Indian women crumbling under pressure of trying to have it all?

February 29, 2024 6:01 pm

Take care of the house, fulfil motherly duties and excel in their professional lives: How these expectations affect women's personhood and how they can tackle the issue.

India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index, says WEF report

June 21, 2023 4:44 pm

Populous countries such as India, Turkey and China have less than seven per cent women ministers while those like Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon have none.

GENDER GAP VIDEOS

What is stopping women in India from accessing mobile phone: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:16 pm

Apart from economic constraints, social barriers like the level of education, marital status and the lack of empowerment prevent women’s access to mobile technology in India, suggests a study by the Harvard Kennedy School.

How many Fortune 500 companies have women as CEOs: News in Numbers

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

The more we look at gender gap, the more we find that it is everywhere. How are Fortune 500 companies doing in terms of women in leadership roles? A look at the disparity in today’s News in Numbers.