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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
2021 Global food policy report
The Global Food Policy Report is published by the International Food Policy Research Institute. This year the institute has released the report based on the theme “Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19”. Key Findings of the report: India The lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 crisis closed schools and day care centres. This affected the availability ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COP26 • COVID-19 • Gender Disparity • Gender Inequality • global food policy report • Human nutrition • Hunger • Measuring poverty • Poverty • UNFSS
Planetary Pressures-adjusted HDI
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently released the Human Development Report, 2020. India ranked 131 in the Human Development Index (HDI). Usually, the UNDP uses three major parameters to calculate the Human Development Index based on which the countries are ranked. They are Life Expectancy at birth, maternal mortality rate and political participation of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Gender Inequality • Human development • Human Development Index • Human Development Report • India-UNDP • malnutrition • PHDI • Planetary Pressures-adjusted HDI • UNDP • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) • Women Empowerment
COVID-19 and Child Labour Report by the United Nations
The International Labour Organization and the UNICEF have released a report on Child Labour. The report has been released under the title Title: COVID-19 and Child Labour: A Time of Crisis, A Time to Act Key Findings The report says that millions of children are to be pushed to child labour due to COVID-19 crisis. ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Child labour • Gender Inequality • International Labour Organization (ILO) • Migrant workers • Poverty • UNICEF • United Nation
Facts Box: ILO’s Labour Report, 2020
The International Labour Organization released its “The World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2020” (WESO) report. The report stated that the global unemployment has been stable for the last nine years. However, slowing economic growth means that for the increasing labour force, no new jobs are created. Highlights: World The report has projected that the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Employment • Gender Inequality • Inequality • International Labour Organisation • labour market
Gender inequality extremely high in work & politics in India: Report
According to recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) for the Asia-Pacific region, gender inequality in India is extremely high at the workplace and in terms of legal protection and political voice. The report had assessed inequality on the basis of Gender Parity Score (GPS) that uses 15 indicators of gender equality in work ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Gender Inequality • Reports • Social Issues • Women Related Issues