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World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report 2024: 134 Years to Parity, India Ranks 129th
6 months ago

World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report 2024: 134 Years to Parity, India Ranks 129th

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 22, 2024 14:00 IST - 6 MINS READ The Global Gender Gap Report 2024, released by the World Economic Forum, presents a dire picture of the current state and evolution of gender parity across four indices: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. In its assessment of the four indices, the Global …

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View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment
7 months, 4 weeks ago

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment

Hindustan Times  

After a relatively staid first round of polls, the campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was fired up with the opposition Congress firing salvos of wealth distribution, inheritance tax, and including Muslims in the OBC category for reservation in Karnataka to protect its minority vote bank, which is key to defend its 15 seats in Communist-ruled Kerala and increase …

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Pawan asks Kapus to work with Dalits and BCs to gain political empowerment
1 year, 9 months ago

Pawan asks Kapus to work with Dalits and BCs to gain political empowerment

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan is likely to frame the party’s strategy vis-à-vis the alliance for the 2024 general elections, at the party’s 10th formation day in Machilipatnam on March 14, Tuesday. The sources said Pawan will clear the air on Tuesday on the party’s poll alliance with the saffron party or, alternatively, about making a new alliance with …

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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 …

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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 …

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