Page-2 of Topic: Gender gap
United Nations Global Compact Study: Women Labour-force has declined greatly in India
The United Nations Global Compact conducted a study recently and found that female labour participation has decreased from 34% in 2006 to 24.8% in 2020. The study also...
World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report
The World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap index was designed and first published in 2006 to measure gender equality by collecting data based on gender gap between women...
World Economic Forum Report: India slips to rank 112 in Gender Gap
On December 17, the World Economic Forum released its report according to which India ranked 112th in terms of gender gap. The report said that the India was...
Study on India’s Measles Campaign
The findings of the study published in the journal eLife suggest that mass measles vaccination campaign of India helped save the lives of tens of thousands of children...India ranked 108th at World Economic Forum (WEF) gender gap index
India has been ranked 108th among 149 countries at the World Economic Forum (WEF) gender gap index for year 2018. As per report titled ‘Measuring the Global Gender...
Gender wage gap highest in India, women are paid 34% less than men: ILO
According to Global Wage Report 2018-19 published by International Labour Organization (ILO), women are paid most unequally in India, compared to men, when it comes to hourly wages...
India has highest gender gap in mobile phone ownership amongst: Study
According to recent study released by LIRNEAsia, India has highest gender gap in mobile phone ownership amongst 18 comparable countries and ranks among the lowest in women’s access...India slipped 21 places on 2017 World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index to rank 108th
India slipped 21 places on the 2017 World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index to rank 108th among 144 countries, primarily due to less participation of women...
President launches 'Selfie with Daughter' Mobile App
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has launched a mobile Application ‘Selfie with Daughter’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The App is aimed at raising awareness among people about female foeticide...
Sex Ratio at Birth at decline in India: CRS data
According new data from Civil Registration System ( CRS) released by the Office of the Registrar General of India, Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) continues to worsen in...
India ranks 87th on the WEF's Global Gender Gap Report 2016
India has been ranked 87th out of 144 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2016. India has climbed 21 spots from 108th position...
