India far ahead of US, Europe in women's tech equity
India | November 06, 2019 23:46 ISTBengaluru headquartered global software major Infosys had a women employee share of 37 per cent at the end Q2, 2019-20, translating to roughly 88,446 employees.
Bengaluru headquartered global software major Infosys had a women employee share of 37 per cent at the end Q2, 2019-20, translating to roughly 88,446 employees.
They are also not allowed to get married without their family's consent. Violating any rule would be considered as a crime and the girls' father will be fined Rs 1.50 lakh.
The draft policy identifies the priority areas of food security, nutrition, education, economy (including agriculture industry, labour, employment, NRI women, service sector, science and technology), violence against women, governance and decision making.
The day also featured a historic signature campaign for the Guinness Book of World Records to generate awareness about ending child marriage. The Guinness World Records attempt is for the most signatures on a flag for the message: 'Yes to education, no to child marriage'.
Swara Bhaskar believes that the status of women has changed in India, but said there is still a long way to go.
Computer maker Dell will celebrate empowering women entrepreneurs from the world over at a three-day global summit from Sunday in this Canadian metropolis.
In his address, the prime minister claimed that the country was marching from 'women's development to women lead development.'
Facebook said that over a fourth of the total conversations about International Women's Day on the platform were led by 18 to 24-year-old females.
Mahakaali Anth Hi Aarambh Hai lead cast Pooja Sharma and Sourabh Raaj Jain spoke on women's empowerment.
People marched in Casper, Wyoming, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Houston. In Park City, Utah, where the annual Sundance Film Festival is in full swing.
The National Award winning actress Priyanka Chopra called it an honour to speak for the importance of girl empowerment at the UN Global Goals Awards.
"Since the olden time when ever there were films made on the idea of women empowerment, I was part of those films, like Prem Rog and Damini", says Rishi Kapoor.
Shrujan has changed the lives of hundreds of women of Kutch’s remote areas and has made their work famous throughout the world.
Despite material progress in Asia, gender-based violence against women is highly prevalent in the continent, a research by International Development Research Center’s (IDRC’s) partners showed.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said that India's national income will increase by 27 per cent if the participation of women in the workforce matches the level of men.
Kareena Kapoor Khan may be playing an independent career-oriented woman in her upcoming film “Ki & Ka,” but the actress says the movie is not about women empowerment.
There was considerable excitement last week when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the new set of 17 goals for sustainable development. These goals replace the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) adopted by the UN in 2000.These MDGs are to
Los Angeles: Actress Ashley Tisdale, who has launched a lifestyle website TheHauteMess.com, will celebrate imperfections and has been created to "empower women"."We built thehautemess.com to empower women. This is a place where we get to
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