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Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer
1 year, 10 months ago

Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer

NPR  

Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer Enlarge this image toggle caption John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images Both women and men are likely to live longer when a country makes strides towards gender equality, according to a new global study that authors believe to be the first of its kind. Sponsor Message World …

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India pushes for inclusion of women’s political representation at grassroots for WEF’s Gender Gap report
1 year, 11 months ago

India pushes for inclusion of women’s political representation at grassroots for WEF’s Gender Gap report

The Hindu  

India has successfully pushed for including women’s participation in local government bodies as a parameter for the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report where it has traditionally not fared well. “At the Women and Child Development Ministry, we are happy to share that the World Economic Forum has recognised the need to enumerate women’s participation in local government bodies …

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Why India needs a gender-positive recovery
3 years, 8 months ago

Why India needs a gender-positive recovery

India Today  

Gurgaon-based artist Akanksha Sarkar, 41, has given up taking on freelance projects. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021 estimates that the time it will take to close the global gender gap—in health, education, politics and economics—has increased from 99.5 years to 135.6 years. Home to 650 million women, India has slipped 28 places in the WEF’s Global …

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Combined total wealth of 63 Indian billionaires higher than the total 2018-19 Union Budget: Oxfam
4 years, 11 months ago

Combined total wealth of 63 Indian billionaires higher than the total 2018-19 Union Budget: Oxfam

The Hindu  

India’s richest 1% hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70% of the country’s population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday. Releasing the study Time to Care here ahead of the 50th Annual Meeting of the …

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Wealth of 63 Indian billionaires more than 2019 Union Budget: Oxfam report
4 years, 11 months ago

Wealth of 63 Indian billionaires more than 2019 Union Budget: Oxfam report

India Today  

India's richest 1 per cent hold more than four-times the wealth held by 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 per cent of the country's population, while the total wealth of all Indian billionaires is more than the full-year budget, a new study said on Monday. Releasing the study 'Time to Care' in Davos ahead of the …

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Netherlands plummets on WEF gender equality ranking
5 years ago

Netherlands plummets on WEF gender equality ranking

NL Times  

The Netherlands is falling behind when it comes to promoting gender equality, according to the Gender Gap Index by the World Economic Forum, published on Tuesday. WEF researchers annually test the inequality between women and men on 14 indicators in various sectors including health, education, economy, and politics. The WEF noted that in the Netherlands women still hold only around …

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Every 3 hours a woman is murdered in South Africa
5 years, 4 months ago

Every 3 hours a woman is murdered in South Africa

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, September 5, more than 1,000 protesters gathered outside South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town and marched to the Cape Town International Convention Centre where the World Economic Forum was being held. The protesters demanded that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa take action amid a growing crisis of violence against women. Data released by the South African Police Service …

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WEF 2019 summit: Emerging markets have 20% youths without job, education or training, says IMF chief Christine Lagarde
5 years, 11 months ago

WEF 2019 summit: Emerging markets have 20% youths without job, education or training, says IMF chief Christine Lagarde

Firstpost  

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the whole issue of finding future jobs affects women more than men Davos: An average of 20 percent young people in emerging markets neither have access to education, nor a job or training, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Wednesday. Speaking at a session on ‘Finding future jobs’ at the World Economic Forum Annual …

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Inequality has ‘female face’ in India, women’s unpaid work worth 3.1% of GDP: Oxfam
5 years, 11 months ago

Inequality has ‘female face’ in India, women’s unpaid work worth 3.1% of GDP: Oxfam

The Hindu  

Unpaid work done by women across the globe amounts to a staggering $10 trillion a year, which is 43 times the annual turnover of the world’s biggest company Apple, an Oxfam study said on Monday. Oxfam said inequality has a “female face” in India, where women are less likely to have paid work when compared to men, while even among …

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Unpaid work done by women worth 43-times Apple's annual turnover: Oxfam
5 years, 11 months ago

Unpaid work done by women worth 43-times Apple's annual turnover: Oxfam

India TV News  

Unpaid work done by women across the globe amounts to a staggering USD 10 trillion a year, which is 43 times the annual turnover of the world's biggest company Apple, an Oxfam study said Monday. In India, the unpaid work done by women looking after their homes and children is worth 3.1 per cent of the country's GDP. The paid …

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Gender pay gap will take 202 years to close: Report
6 years ago

Gender pay gap will take 202 years to close: Report

The Quint  

Davos, Dec 19 It could take 202 years for women to earn as much as men because the global pay gap is so vast and the pace of change so slow, the World Economic Forum has said in a report. Yemen, Syria and Iraq had the biggest pay gaps with women being paid less than 30 per cent the level …

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Women are on track to earn the same as men — in 202 years
6 years ago

Women are on track to earn the same as men — in 202 years

Live Mint  

Singapore: The good news: The global gender gap has improved, slightly. The reality: Differences in economic opportunity, including pay between men and women, are so vast it’ll take 202 years to fully bridge them, according to the World Economic Forum. The group looks at several measures of equality between men and women in this year’s Global Gender Gap Report, released …

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Women are on track to earn the same as men — in 202 years
6 years ago

Women are on track to earn the same as men — in 202 years

Hindustan Times  

The good news: The global gender gap has improved, slightly. The reality: Differences in economic opportunity, including pay between men and women, are so vast it’ll take 202 years to fully bridge them, according to the World Economic Forum. The group looks at several measures of equality between men and women in this year’s Global Gender Gap Report, released Tuesday. …

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