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Gender

Helping Women Advance in the Workplace

With Indra Nooyi stepping down from her position as CEO of PepsiCo, there are only 22 women CEOs leading S&...

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Gender

Single Women form the Largest of Women Workforce

I read in an article on The Hindu that despite high g...

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Environment

Women Rise to Save the Planet

Earth's climate has changed bit by bit, every day throughout the history, affecting every living and non-living...

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Human Rights

Held Back By Social Norms, Share Of Working Women Not Improving Globally: UN

The share of women in the labour market globally is not increasing even though most females want paid work, according to a major report on employment trends. Social norms o...

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Sustainable Development

When The Robots Steal Your Job, You Can Be An 'Online Chaperone'

The robots might pinch our jobs, but when they do, futurists want to let us know that there could be a whole host of positions still left for Homo sapiens to fill.
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Gender

Is Economic Policy Sexist?

Despite nearly 50 years of policy effort, the UK is still a long way from eradicating gender inequality. There has been progress on many fronts, but women are still far fro...

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Sustainable Development

Empowering women is the smart approach to sustainable development

As the Asia Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment is convened in Bangkok, UN ESCAP executive secretary Shamsad Akthar shares that empo...

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Sustainable Development

Disadvantaged groups have little access to public goods, says India exclusion report

Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled; report confirms A recent report by a Delhi NGO undermines government claims on...

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Sustainable Development

Over 4.5 lac kids engaged in various e-waste activities in India

In a shocking revelation, the ASSOCHAM has claimed that about 4.5 lakh of children between the age group of 10 to 14 are engaged in various e-waste (electronic waste) activ...

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Sustainable Development

Young Women In Low Paid Jobs Triples In 20 Years, Warns TUC

Three times as many young women are employed in low paid, low skilled jobs than 20 years ago, according to a new report commissioned by the Trades Union Congress.

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