Gender

Simple Ways Tech Companies Can Fight Gender Inequality

With Intel’s recent move to promote better hiring practices, many tech companies have begun to take a harder look at issues of diversity in the workplace. At the VMwomen...

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These Leaders Are Standing Up To Anti-LGBT Bullying

“Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you,” said Ellen DeGeneres back in 2010. She was responding to what she des...

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Student To Discuss Gender Inequality At UN Panel

It’s no small feat to be selected to speak on a panel at the United Nations, yet that’s exactly what Maya Krishnan has accomplished. Krishnan, a senior studying bu...

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Gender Equality Starts With Champions Of Change

Developing champions of change in factories could have a great impact on reducing gender inequality in India. Even though India is home to many powerful and influential women,...

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Is The Indian Working Woman Living In ‘Fool’s Paradise’ Where Her Salary Is Concerned?

Around 61% working Indian women have a perception that they earn the same salary as men doing the same work. However, if we glance through the World Economic Forum data, the c...

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It Is Sita’s Story, Not Rama’s That Is Told By Women In Karnataka’s Villages.

Dressed in a deep green sari bordered by red and gold, with the seragu (pallu) tucked in at the waist so she could sit comfortably and move unhindered, Sanntimmi sat alone on ...

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Jennifer Lawrence Speaks Out Against Gender Pay Inequality

The actress Jennifer Lawrence spoke out against gender pay inequality in an essay on Tuesday, describing how she felt when leaked documents exposed by the Sony Pictures hack s...

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Where’s The Best Place To Be A Woman?

“There has never been a better time in history to be born female,” said US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at this year’s Women in the World Summit. I...

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Advice For Aspiring Female Tech Entrepreneurs: A Perspective From The Developing World

It is an open secret that women are outsiders when it comes to tech entrepreneurship, both in the developed and developing economies. In 1984, 37 percent of undergraduate comp...

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To Fix The Gender Gap, Startups Need To Think About Diversity From The Beginning

An entrepreneur builds a startup; chances are that he’s a man. And then it’s likely he hires more men as the fledgling business takes on early employees. That star...

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GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: USHA UTHUP - THE QUEEN OF POP

Celebrating Usha Uthup’s five-decade journey as a musical trailblazer, cultural am...

November 21 2024