Gender inequality in India

India ranks 140 among 156 countries on WEF’s Global Gender Gap index

India ranks 140 among 156 countries on WEF’s Global Gender Gap index

April 5, 2021

Iceland is the world’s best country for gender equality and Afghanistan the worst, a World Economic Forum index shows. Overall, this year’s report finds that progress has stagnated, with widening gender gaps in political empowerment globally. That means at the current rate, i...

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International Women’s Day 2021 in India: Little to cheer about

International Women’s Day 2021 in India: Little to cheer about

March 8, 2021

For a country that is home to the second largest population of women in the world and which has spiritually put women on a pedestal of Goddess, the women in India have continued to suffer from rampant discrimination in all aspects of life, right from gender selection before birth...

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