Gender equality Current Affairs, GK & News

NSO report: Women and Men in India, 2020

The National Statistical Office operating under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) recently released the Women and Men in India report. The report consolidates the crucial socio-economic indicators that portray gender situation in the country. This is the twenty second issue in its series. The report is published annually by the MoSPI. Population related ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Gender equality • Gender gap • HIV • Infant Mortality Rate • Maternal Mortality Rate • Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation • National Family Health Survey • National Statistical Office (NSO) • Periodic Labour Force Survey • Population • sex ratio

UNDP releases Gender Social Norms Index report

Gender Social Norms Index report was released recently by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). According to this report, no country in the world has achieved gender equality. The report also revealed that the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030 and it would take 257 years to close the gender ..

Topics: Gender equality • Gender gap • United Nations Development Programme

Gender Social Norms Index

The UNDP recently released the first edition of Gender Social Norms Index. It revealed that 90% of people are biased against women. The Index The Gender Social Norms Index was released by the United Nations Development Program. It measure the obstructive effects of social belief on gender parity in areas of politics, education and work. ..

Topics: Beijing+25 • Gender equality • UNDP

United Nations Development Programme releases Gender Social Norms Index

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently released the Gender Social Norms Index. It measures the social beliefs that obstruct Gender Equality. Key Findings of the Report The report consists of data collected from more than 75 countries covering 80% of world population. According to the report, half of the world population believe that men ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1995 • Gender equality • MMR • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) • world conference of women

Katharine Johnson

NASA mathematician, Katharine Johnson, passed away at the age of 101 recently. She is noted for not only for her mathematical prowess but also for her role in breaking racial and gender barriers. Who was Katharine Johnson? Katharine Johnson was a NASA mathematician noted for her contributions for doing the calculations for missions that sent ..

Topics: African Americans • Apollo 11 • Gender equality • Mathematics • NASA