So can women have it all? Perhaps this is a trick question – for in reality no one can really have it all – no matter how narrowly all is defined.
Tag: Women
Together Women can! Dwelling in Jharkhand village, this brave lady empowers other women
Charity begins at home! Where women from different background are coming on the national and international platforms to voice for empowering ourselves and each other, there are few brave females who are working on the ground level too. Alka is the perfect example of a woman who has worked her[Read More…]
Women are judged more often than men: Swara Bhaskar
Actress Swara Bhaskar, known for raising her voice on several social issues — especially those related to women’s safety and equality — says women have to face more judgment than men. “Since childhood, girls face judgment. Be it about looks or behaviour, they are being judged on everything. “While getting[Read More…]
Congress committed to fight male-chauvinist RSS: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said his party was working with other opposition parties to wage an ideological battle against the purely male-chauvinist RSS and its political front the BJP. Making a stinging attack on the saffron parties at an event organised by All India Mahila Congress,[Read More…]
Sabarimala Case: Once you open a temple for public, anybody can go, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that denying women entry into Kerala’s Sabarimala shrine was against the Constitutional provisions. A bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra was hearing a plea if prohibiting the entry of women[Read More…]
Electoral tactics alone cannot defeat BJP: CPI-M
New Delhi: It will be wrong to underestimate the pan-India strength of the BJP and to think that electoral tactics alone will be enough to defeat it, the CPI-M has said. The key link at this juncture is to gather the growing discontent against the BJP rule, especially due to[Read More…]
‘2017 saw more self-drive women travellers than men’
Women have been travelling more than ever in the self-drive mode, overcoming the long-drawn history of systemic prejudice and gender bias, with both inbound and outbound tourism witnessing accelerated growth in this segment, a report released on Monday says. According to the infographic released by Travkart, a company which offers[Read More…]
Women are taking over the world: Amitabh Bachchan
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is busy shooting for “Thugs of Hindostan”, finds it admirable to see women working on the set, saying they are taking over the world. On his blog, Amitabh wrote, “Serenity not just in the woods and the skies above, but on the work place as well.[Read More…]
Seven Maoists, including five women killed in Maharashtra police encounter
At least seven suspected Maoists, including five women, were killed in a gun-battle near Zinganur forests here on Wednesday, official sources said. The security forces managed to overcome the firepower of the Maoists in the deep jungles and eliminated seven of the attackers, according to officials. Details of the extremists[Read More…]
Microsoft hired more women post-LinkedIn acquisition
Women now represent 27.3 per cent of Microsoft’s and LinkedIn’s combined global workforce, the tech giant has revealed, adding that the addition of LinkedIn’s workforce has served to increase female representation overall. Outside of the LinkedIn acquisition, the percentage of women employed at Microsoft globally is 25.9 per cent —[Read More…]
Apple hiring more diverse workers but women
When it comes to gender equality, Apple has a long way to go. According to the company’s annual diversity report only about a third of its employees are women. The Cupertino-based iPhone maker’s annual “Inclusion & Diversity Report” said, as of July 2017, only 32 per cent of its workforce[Read More…]
‘Women have to wait 217 years for pay gap to close: World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that it would take 217 years for disparities in the pay and employment opportunities of men and women to end, the media reported. The Forum late Wednesday said the figure was significantly longer than the 170 years its researchers calculated a year ago,[Read More…]
Infertility increases death risk in women: Study
Women with a history of infertility have a 10 per cent increased risk of dying due to breast cancer and diabetes compared to women without fertility issues, finds a new study. The findings showed that while women with infertility were 44 per cent more likely to die of breast cancer,[Read More…]
Underweight women at greater risk of early menopause: Study
Women who were underweight as teenagers or in their mid-30s are at greater risk of facing an early menopause compared to lean or normal weight women, researchers have warned. Early menopause, defined as naturally occurring menopause before age 45, is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, and other[Read More…]
Everyone wants equality then let men, women carry pregnancy for 4.5 months each: Jamiat Ulama
Everyone wants equality then let men and women carry a pregnancy for 4.5 months each, said secretary of Jamiat Ulama on Tuesday. The remark has come after union minority affairs minister, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the Haj Committee of India may consider the recommendation of letting women over 45[Read More…]
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive at last!
Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive for the first time in a landmark decision. So far, Saudi Arabia was the only nation in the world to curb women from driving. The Muslim-dominated ultra-conservative kingdom had attracted global criticism for years for detaining women who defied the ban. Reportedly, an[Read More…]
Non-teaching staff in school should be women to stop child sexual abuse: Maneka Gandhi
Amid rising cases of child abuse and sexual assault in schools, union minister, Maneka Gandhi has suggested that drivers, conductors and non-teaching staff in schools should be women. The women and child development (WCD) minister said that her department has also approached the human resource development ministry in this regard.[Read More…]
About 14 shopkeepers arrested for selling ‘bras, panties’ in open
About 14 shopkeepers were arrested by the district administration of Buner in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for selling women’s undergarments in the open, The Express Tribune reported. “We received complaints from locals about open showcasing of women’s undergarments, including bras, panties and other materials,” Buner additional assistant commissioner, Zahid Usman Kakakhel said.[Read More…]
Indian women sharing midnight selfies online and there’s a valid reason
Several women have taken to social media to post their selfies out at midnight with the hashtag #AintNoCinderella after a senior politician has questioned why a woman, who was reportedly stalked, was out at the night. In yet another instance of victim blaming, vice-president of Haryana BJP, Ramveer Bhatti, blamed[Read More…]
After Chandigarh stalking, Mumbai stalker arrested
After the terrorising stalking case of DJ Varnika in Chandigarh, another such case has emerged in the city of Mumbai. Designer Aditi Nagpaul, in her Facebook post, alleged that she was stalked by a man up to her house at 2 am on 6 August. He also rang her doorbell,[Read More…]
Google fires software engineer for writing ‘sexist’ memo on diversity
Google has fired James Damore, the software engineer on Monday for writing an internal memo that questioned the company’s policies on diversity. His memo claimed that there are fewer women engineers because of their “biological differences”. Damore confirmed that he was fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes,” Reuters reported. In an[Read More…]
Hotel staff to be trained to detect signs of ‘sex trafficking’
Hotels in Mumbai and other cities will train their staff to spot signs of sex trafficking like frequent requests for bed linen changes or a “Do Not Disturb” sign left on the door for days. People behind the initiative are also developing an app, Rescue Me. It will help hotel[Read More…]
Stop targeting women in the name of religion
The platform that the internet offers ordinary people to write, create, comment and report has led to abundance of reaction. The reaction often turns into appreciation and often into a threat, abuse and nasty comments. In its initial years, Internet revolutionized the computer and communication world like never before in[Read More…]
She-box to ensure safety of women at workplace
In an attempt to ensure that women are safe in workspaces, the Union women and child development (WCD) ministry is launching an online complaint box. ‘She-box’ will ensure that help is now a mouse-click away for the women government employees who face sexual harassment at work. This online complaint box[Read More…]
30,000 women pushed into sex slavery yearly; Mumbai to find ways to deal with menace
As a large number of women, approx over 30,000, are pushed into sex slavery every year through trafficking in the nation, the Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) plans to form an international forum. It will also hold a two-day conference in Mumbai on July 27 and 28 to address[Read More…]