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She Feeds the World Programme
CARE is an international organization fighting against poverty. Frito-Lay, Pepsi, and Cola companies merged together and formed Pepsico in 1965. Today Pepsico is a food and beverage company with leading products such as Quaker, Lays, Pepsi, Cola, etc. The philanthropic foundation of PEPSICO and CARE joined together and launched the “She Feeds the World” program ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Government Schemes Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Below Poverty Line (BPL) • Bonded Labor • Carbon footprint • CARE • Gender and food security • gender discrimination • Gender disparities • Gender equality • Gender gap • health and nutrition • Healthy diet • lays • PepsiCo • She feeds the world • small and Marginal Farmers • small farmers • West Bengal • Women Empowerment • women in agriculture
Supreme Court on IT relief of Sikkimese women
The Supreme Court of India has recently ruled that the exclusion of Sikkimese women who marry non-Sikkimese men after April 1, 2008 from exemptions under the Income Tax Act is unconstitutional and amounts to gender discrimination. The court, in its judgment, held that this discrimination is based on gender, which is violative of Articles 14, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: gender discrimination • Gender equality • Income Tax Act • marital status • merger with India • Sikkimese women • Supreme court
Nai Chetna Campaign
Nai Chetana Campaign was launched by the Central Government on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25). What is Nai Chetana Campaign? Nai Chetana is a gender campaign launched in all Indian states under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. Over the next five years, this campaign seeks to ..
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: gender discrimination • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women • National Rural Livelihoods Mission • Violence against women • Violence against women in India
International Equal Pay Day
The International Equal Pay Day is observed on September 18 every year. Key facts The International Equal Pay Day is observed to highlight the issue of gender pay gap and raise awareness about the same at the international level. It seeks to put an end to the problem of women getting lesser salaries than their ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Equal pay for equal work • gender discrimination • International Labour Organisation • UN Women
India Discrimination Report 2022
The non-profit Oxfam India recently released the India Discrimination Report, 2022 Key highlights Labour force participation rate (LFPR) of women in India is just 25 per cent in 2021 – lesser than the figure of 42.7 per cent in 2004-05 and the lowest among the BRICS countries. Gender discrimination is the main reason behind the ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Educated Unemployment • Employability • gender discrimination • labour force participation rate
UNFPA Study on Bodily Autonomy
The United Nations Population Fund recently released a report “My Body is My Own”. The report is about women’s power to make decisions on their bodies. It also reported about the laws in different countries that support women rights in this matter. Key Findings Nearly half of the women in the world cannot make their ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Topics: gender discrimination • Gender Inequality • United Nations • United Nations Population Fund • Women Empowerment