A gender lens on fraud cases is irrational and a handful of female fraudsters do not represent all women entrepreneurs. Such biases, however, are pervasive. Remember the aftermath of the Elizabeth Holmes case?
4 min read14 Apr 2025Do opposites attract? While rom-coms suggest so, the story is more complex than that in a world of evolving gender roles and expectations altering modern relationship dynamics. Here’s a reality check.
3 min read27 Mar 2025The Central Railways marked the occasion by operating a Vande Bharat Express with an all-women crew, showcasing women’s strength and dedication in the rail industry.
2 min read8 Mar 2025Google Doodle celebrated International Women’s Day, highlighting women’s contributions in STEM fields and the ongoing push for gender equality, as women currently make up 29% of the global STEM workforce, a number that is growing each year.
1 min read8 Mar 2025Many state-owned companies continue to evade compliance due to bureaucratic challenges and systemic inefficiencies.
3 min read8 Mar 2025With advances in healthcare extending lifespans globally, a new problem has emerged: ageing populations. However, a perspective that’s often missing is its unique impact on women, who not only tend to outlive men but also experience specific social disadvantages.
3 min read7 Mar 2025India’s latest budget has allocations for security and measures like collateral-free loans for women entrepreneurs. The real test, though, is the impact such policies have on ground conditions for women’s empowerment.
4 min read6 Mar 2025The latest Time Use Survey, for 2024, reminds us that women in India bear an unfair burden of caregiving and domestic work. For the economy’s emergence, patriarchal notions of gender roles need to fade away.
1 min read28 Feb 2025India should adopt a progressive scale for traffic fines to ensure that these can deter everybody equally regardless of economic status. This is a fair and implementable way to make our roads safer.
4 min read5 Feb 2025An ICC prosecutor wants arrest warrants issued for Taliban leaders, signalling global concern for women facing brutality. Even if the ICC can’t do much, we need international institutions to push for justice.
3 min read3 Feb 2025The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared