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Women’s History Month-2021
The first day of March, 2021 marked the beginning of Women’s History Month. This year the month is more significant because all the centennial celebrations that mark the women’s suffrage were curtailed or cancelled in the year 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the month is being observed under the theme: “Valiant Women of ..
Month: current affairs - march, 2021
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Domestic violence • Gender Disparity • Gender pay gap • International Women's Day • Women Empowerment • Women’s History Month-2021
LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021: Key Highlights
LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021 was recently published. The report focuses on the manner women perceive their opportunities. It also focuses on how gender gap is slowing down the career progress for working women in India in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic. Key Highlights As per the index, the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the working women ..
Month: current affairs - march, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Gender bias • Gender Disparity • Gender inequality in India • Gender pay gap • LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021 • Women Empowerment
Monster Salary Index Report
The Monster Salary Index report has highlighted the following findings: The gender pay gap is still high in India and women in the country earn 19 per cent less than men. Wage inequalities in favour of men are present in all the relevant sectors. The current gender pay gap in India stood at 19 per cent ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Topics: Banking • caring services • Financial services • Gender pay gap • healthcare • IIM Ahmedabad • IIM-A • Insurance • IT/ITES services • manufacturing sector • Monster India • Monster Salary Index Report • Paycheck.in • Social work • Wage Inequalities • WageIndicator Foundation
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 Gap’, India ranked lower on all segments – economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival ranking, and political empowerment.“It needs to make improvements across the ..
Topics: Davos • Economy • Equal pay for equal work • Gender equality • Gender gap • Gender Inequality Index • Gender pay gap • Gender studies • Global Gender Gap Report • World Economic Forum
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 for labour. This gap in wages, known as gender wage gap is the highest among 73 countries studied in the report. The findings are based on data ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Business • Economy • Employment • Equal pay for equal work • Feminist economics • Gender gap • Gender pay gap • Gender wage gap • Global Wage Report • ILO • India • International labour law • International Labour Organization • Labour law • Misogyny • Real wages • Reports • Social Issues • Wages and salaries • Women Related Issues