Pandemic impact: Gender gap in India, world over worsens
3 years, 8 months ago

Pandemic impact: Gender gap in India, world over worsens

Hindustan Times  

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia, according to the World Economic Forum report that also says the pandemic has rolled back years of progress towards equality between men and women world over. According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2021 released on Wednesday, India had regressed the highest in the sub-category of political empowerment with a significant decline in the number of women ministers. A longer wait The pandemic has also added decades to the trajectory towards closing the gender gap, the report said. The organisation, which usually gathers the global elite in the plush Swiss ski resort of Davos each year, had found in its previous report, published in December 2019 right before the pandemic hit, that gender parity across a range of areas would be reached within 99.5 years.

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India 129th on Global Gender Gap index, this country is on top: Complete list
6 months, 1 week ago

India 129th on Global Gender Gap index, this country is on top: Complete list

Hindustan Times  

India slipped two places on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap index to 129th place as Iceland retained its top position in the rankings. India was among the economies with the lowest levels of economic parity, with Bangladesh, Sudan, Iran, Pakistan, and Morocco as all of them registered less than 30 per cent gender parity in estimated earned income. …

Bridging the gap: On India and Gender Gap Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Bridging the gap: On India and Gender Gap Report

The Hindu  

June 24, 2023 12:10 am | Updated 11:05 am IST India has climbed eight places in the annual Gender Gap Report, 2023, and is ranked 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity, from 135 last year. On the four key markers of the index – economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment …

India climbs eight places to 127 in global gender index, says WEF report
1 year, 6 months ago

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

The Hindu  

India was ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity — an improvement of eight places from last year, according to the annual Gender Gap Report, 2023 of the World Economic Forum. The country had improved by 1.4 percentage points and eight positions since the last edition, marking a partial recovery towards its 2020 parity level, …

India must bridge the gender equality gap
1 year, 7 months ago

India must bridge the gender equality gap

Hindustan Times  

South Asia is home to 860 million women, three-fourths of whom live in India. The average wage salaries for women remain at around 70% of their male colleagues India ranks 112 in the Global Gender Gap Report 2020 of WEF. World Bank figures reveal that in 2016 despite women-headed households in India being around 14.6%, women faced high levels of …

Affirming gender equality in policy and practice
1 year, 9 months ago

Affirming gender equality in policy and practice

Hindustan Times  

Given the theme for this International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023, viz. DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality, one wonders whether in the face of many persisting structural and systemic barriers compounded by the pandemic that thwart women’s empowerment and the progress toward gender equality, all the efforts that has been made to strengthen the legal framework on the …

India ranks 135 out of 146 in Global Gender Gap Index
2 years, 5 months ago

India ranks 135 out of 146 in Global Gender Gap Index

The Hindu  

India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 and is the worst performer in the world in the “health and survival” sub-index where it is ranked 146. The Global Gender Report 2022, which includes the Gender Gap Index, says it will now take 132 years to reach gender parity, with the gap …

Trillions at stake as Indian women disappear from workforce
2 years, 6 months ago

Trillions at stake as Indian women disappear from workforce

Deccan Chronicle  

For years, Sanchuri Bhuniya fought her parents’ pleas to settle down. Increased domestic duties, lack of childcare options after school shutdowns, and a surge in marriages — which often confine women’s autonomy in India — help explain the difference in outcome. They can’t negotiate the labor market as effectively as men do.” Dreams of freedom or a well-paid office job …

India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Has a Gender Bias
3 years, 5 months ago

India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Has a Gender Bias

News 18  

India as a country has one of the most skewed sex ratios in the world. Then, there are popular stereotypes that since men go out to work, their health must be protected and prioritised over that of women who are considered more domestic and thus, According to NFHS data, only 40 per cent of women are allowed to go out …

India’s women are getting left behind in its vaccination drive
3 years, 6 months ago

India’s women are getting left behind in its vaccination drive

Live Mint  

A worrying gender gap is opening up in India’s vaccination programme, a Mint analysis of official data shows. On account of the high proportion of women healthcare workers and frontline workers, more women were getting vaccinated than men in the early days of the vaccination campaign. The vaccine sex ratio Women form a smaller proportion than men in the adult …

Navya Naveli Nanda says pandemic 'disproportionately' impacted women: 'Gender equality a very very distant dream'
3 years, 7 months ago

Navya Naveli Nanda says pandemic 'disproportionately' impacted women: 'Gender equality a very very distant dream'

Hindustan Times  

Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda has shared her views on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women, especially working women. Navya Naveli Nanda shared a report speaking about gender gap. Navya shared a report published by Forbes, according to which, the past 12 months of the pandemic have led to the gender gap increasing by 36 years. Speaking …

How India fared in Global Gender Gap Report 2021
3 years, 8 months ago

How India fared in Global Gender Gap Report 2021

Live Mint  

The gender gap in India has widened to 62.5%, largely due to women’s inadequate representation in politics, technical and leadership roles, decrease in women’s labour force participation rate, poor healthcare, lagging female to male literacy ratio, income inequality. The report is a measure of gender gap on four parameters: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political …

Pandemic impact: Gender gap in India, world over worsens
3 years, 8 months ago

Pandemic impact: Gender gap in India, world over worsens

Hindustan Times  

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia, according to the World Economic Forum report that also says the pandemic has rolled back years of progress towards equality between men and women world over. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2021 released on Wednesday, India …

WEF’s gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries
3 years, 8 months ago

WEF’s gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries

The Hindu  

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia. The country had ranked 112th among 153 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2020. Noting that the decline also took place on the economic participation and opportunity subindex, albeit to a …

WEF's gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries
3 years, 8 months ago

WEF's gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries

Hindustan Times  

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} According to the report, India has closed 62.5 per cent of its gender gap till date. Noting that the decline also took place on the economic participation and …

WEF's gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries
3 years, 8 months ago

WEF's gender gap index: India slips 28 places, ranks 140 among 156 countries

Hindustan Times  

India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia. According to the report, India has closed 62.5 per cent of its gender gap till date. Noting that the decline also took place on the economic participation and opportunity subindex, albeit to …

To close its labour gender gap, India must address its data gap
3 years, 9 months ago

To close its labour gender gap, India must address its data gap

Al Jazeera  

Without research and data on the specific needs and struggles of female workers, the Indian government cannot address the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its labour force. These damning statistics led many to believe women started to “disappear” from India’s labour force due to the pandemic. If the authorities in India are to counter the disproportionate long-term effect …

85% women have missed out on a raise, job during pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

85% women have missed out on a raise, job during pandemic

Live Mint  

Despite the increase in discussion and commitment towards diversity and inclusion by India Inc., 85% women believe they were overlooked for a raise, promotion or job offer because of their gender last year. In fact, two-thirds of working women and working mothers felt discriminated against at work because of family and household responsibilities they undertook, the report highlights. As women …

Pandemic Widened Gender Gap at Workplace as 85% Women Missed Out on Hike, Finds Survey
3 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic Widened Gender Gap at Workplace as 85% Women Missed Out on Hike, Finds Survey

News 18  

Women have been disproportionately impacted amid the Covid-19 pandemic in India and 85 per cent of those surveyed have missed out on a raise and promotion because of their gender, a new LinkedIn report revealed on Tuesday. Highlighting critical gender gaps and opportunity barriers faced by women and mothers at the workplace in the country, the LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021 …

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Forced Us to Recognize Gender Inequities
3 years, 11 months ago

How the Coronavirus Pandemic Forced Us to Recognize Gender Inequities

News 18  

The pandemic has completely upended the world as we know it. An ILO report published earlier in December has revealed that challenges of the pandemic and work from home issues have thrown women’s lives off-gear completely. The deadly disruption to our lives in the year gone by must be recognised and used to not only break the mould but also …

Covid-19 in South Asia: Have India's neighbours managed the pandemic better?
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 in South Asia: Have India's neighbours managed the pandemic better?

India Today  

With over 54 lakh Coronavirus cases, India has already taken over Brazil and now has the second-largest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases. Within South Asia, India is by far the largest country, with over 1.3 billion people as against Pakistan’s 221 million people and Bangladesh’s 165 million people. India has more cases per million people than any south Asian country …

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