False stereotypes must get out of gender equality’s way
3 years, 3 months ago

False stereotypes must get out of gender equality’s way

Live Mint  

While a Chinese woman astronaut was embarking on her second space voyage and first space walk, the media mostly highlighted the sexist comments and condescending remarks hurled at her, rather than her remarkable feats. In 1962, at a US Congressional hearing on women as spacefarers, a view was aired that women are “less susceptible to monotony, loneliness, heat, pain, and noise, vital for increasingly longer duration space explorations”. A study by the International Labour Organization in 83 countries noted that “gender sorting” of jobs by educational streaming, stereotypes and biased expectations often relegates women to less-productive enterprises and lower-paid jobs with fewer opportunities for business scale-up or career advancement. Eleanor Chestnut, an expert in cognitive science, opined that “perceptions that boys are naturally more talented contribute to women’s under-representation in fields like computer science and physics”. The Delhi High Court Women Lawyers’ Forum lamented that “the collegium’s preference for the male bar members continues, even when many of them are found to be reluctant to leave the practice, while women are always ready to serve the institution”.

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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The Quint  

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Hindustan Times  

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Live Mint  

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India Today  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Live Mint  

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News 18  

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2 years, 8 months ago

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Live Law  

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2 years, 8 months ago

Indian women outdo men in taking the entrepreneurial plunge during pandemic

The Hindu  

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2 years, 11 months ago

How to ensure more women in the workforce

Hindustan Times  

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3 years ago

International Women’s Day: Gender equality in tech remains a distant goal

Live Mint  

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3 years, 10 months ago

Education gender bender: Why do we see more female teachers in Indian schools?

India Today  

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Why India needs a gender-positive recovery
3 years, 11 months ago

Why India needs a gender-positive recovery

India Today  

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No excuse for gender inequality, sexism on IWD 2021, say corporate leaders
4 years ago

No excuse for gender inequality, sexism on IWD 2021, say corporate leaders

ABC  

Women across corporate Australia are calling for an end to the ridiculous excuses they hear as to why they should not be promoted or paid the same as men. Lendlease director Nicola Wakefield-Evans says there's too many "egregious examples" of how we treat women disproportionately different. "It's so endemic; so common, and it puts women in terrible position of disadvantage," …

85% of women in India missed out on raise, promotion because of their gender: LinkedIn study
4 years ago

85% of women in India missed out on raise, promotion because of their gender: LinkedIn study

India Today  

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has launched the Opportunity Index 2021 report which has found that around 85% of women in India have missed out on raises and promotions because of their gender. This year’s report dives deep to understand how women perceive opportunities, and how the gender gap is further slowing down career progress for working women in …

Women's Special | Gender equality has improved, says BJP's DK Aruna
4 years ago

Women's Special | Gender equality has improved, says BJP's DK Aruna

Deccan Chronicle  

Aruna is known as a 'firebrand leader' in Telugu politics. Though attempts are being made to empower women in politics by extending reservations to women in local bodies, we see several instances of husbands of these women leaders calling the shots from behind, attending official meetings and taking decisions on their behalf. Though women voters are coming out in large …

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