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Women hold 17% of board positions in corporate India, but only 11% leadership roles
The Companies Act, 2013, makes it mandatory to have at least one woman on company boards, but the increase in gender representation on paper must translate into practices and culture, says a new report
'The government is open to new methods of collecting gender disaggregated data'
Nishtha Satyam, deputy country representative for UN Women in India, talks about working with the government, private companies, financial institutions and other stakeholders to use gender-based approaches for inclusive impact
Patriarchy rules politics too, but these women want to change that
An incubator, a volunteers collective and various grassroots organisations are working to improve representation of women in political office, intensifying their efforts ahead of the Bihar elections
'Indian companies are not homophobic, just ignorant': Parmesh Shahani
Godrej's Parmesh Shahani believes that while companies have made policy changes and ticked the right boxes on paper, it is now time to be all in and go the extra mile for inclusion of LGBTQ individuals
'Make it too costly to be sexist or racist to see progress'
Author Mikki Kendall on the need to teach equality from the cradle to the grave, challenging bigotry and reading collective history that’s not just about oppression of the marginalised, but also their achievements and sacrifices
What Covid-19 can teach us about workplace inclusion
As companies craft rules of the ‘new normal’, this is an opportunity to unlearn the ‘alpha male’ idea of leadership and create professional environments free of gender prejudice
The Harder-Hit Half: Why India needs a gendered approach to Covid-19
As the government struggles to tackle the health crisis, experts say that a gender-sensitive approach, right from data collection to response planning, will achieve larger goals
What the Covid-19 lockdown tells us about the gender gap in house-work
Women in India have a larger share of unpaid and unrecognised domestic labour. Social isolation at home could perhaps be a time to understand and redistribute tasks more equitably
'Politics should be the lifestyle of every single person': Hajer Sharief
In the first instalment of MissRepresent, Libyan human rights activist Hajer Sharief speaks about politics on India's college campuses, the need for more women in legislation and why people need to speak up against religious exclusion