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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.

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.

Gender neutrality fair justice delivery system's hallmark: Delhi HC

January 23, 2025 10:46 pm

The court called out the "stereotype" of men not being the victim in domestic relationships, and said empowerment of one gender could not come at the cost of unfairness towards another and men too were entitled to the same legal safeguards.

Let’s talk to sons, on what it is to be man and women

October 13, 2024 7:26 am

The big questions are, can we escape our conditioning? What should we do differently so crimes against women stop? Constant engagement with our sons will expand the idea of what manliness can be. 

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. 

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.

HSBC, Goldman gender pay gaps widen in UK as finance makes slow progress: Report

April 05, 2023 12:05 pm

HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered reported a widening in the gap between what they paid women and men in 2022, according to data reviewed by Reuters.

Women's participation in blue/grey collar economy rises 41%, gender pay gap at 23%: Data

March 29, 2023 2:07 pm

The average age for women signing up for jobs stood at 27 years, data by Billion Careers, a Quess Corp subsidiary showed.

Gender pay gap decreasing but still far from over

March 09, 2023 2:55 pm

According to a Mercer report, total hires at the entry level of both men and women stands at 17 per cent. At levels 2 and 3, women are hired more than men, but from career level 4, male hiring starts increasing as compared to female employees.

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