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 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

India’s digital gender gap could further marginalise women: UNICEF Report

According to recently released The State of the World’s Children Report of UNICEF, India’s girls and women are at risk of becoming further marginalised in society and at home if they remain digitally illiterate. The theme of this edition of report was Children in a digital world. It provided country-level examples to give a sense ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017

Topics: Digital divide • Gender Inequality • National • Reports • State of the World’s Children Report • UNICEF