Will women lose out if we crack the code to extending lifespans? Is there sex bias in lifespan research? According to a report, experts say mice in labs around the world are all male. Molly Gambhir telling you more!

Sex bias in lifespan research? Why are mice in labs around the world all male?

Disappointment turned to anger for two sisters Parvathi and Janaki in their 20s, as they approached the entrance of the Foxconn iPhone factory in southern India.

Foxconn factory in India accused of denying jobs to married women: Report

Women across the world are often made to pay more for some products which cost less for men. The phenomenon is informally called 'Pink Tax.' Now, the chief of Indian pharma giant Biocoin Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has strongly criticised Pink Tax, denouncing the gender-based pricing disparity faced by women.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw condemns 'Pink Tax' as a disgraceful gender bias. But what is it?

According to a new study, gender disparities in the workplace, continue to affect women disproportionately in India. The findings from a joint survey conducted by CRISIL and DBS Bank India reveal that the perceived gender pay gap at a pan-India level is 23% among salaried women. Across the country, 42% of women said they faced difficulties while negotiating salaries.

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Time spent on leisure activities enjoys that positively impacts our productivity creativity and well-being. But just as inequality pervades every sphere of life it exists in our relaxation time too. So what do we do about this Gap in the gap of gender inequality in leisure? How do we fix it? Can a conversation around it be the starting point?

Who has more time for leisure, men or women?

The year is 2023, on social media and in most narratives, we have gender disparity, that men and women are equals. However, as per a UN report released on Monday, progress in gender equality has remained stagnant for the past decade.

UN survey makes shocking revelation: 25% people think husband beating wife is justified

No woman has held any of the top posts at Japan's national bank in the last 140 years. As per reports, despite the bank's promises of gender diversity, this is not going to change anytime soon.

140 years and counting; Once again, no women nominations for Bank of Japan's top spots

Whether it's editorial leadership or role in news coverage, women continue to be severely under-represented in the media industry and taking the brunt of this are women of colour, shows a new report.

Gender disparity in news: Women, especially of colour, grossly under-represented in leadership and coverage

Aiming to stop or cut down the use of politically incorrect words online, Google has launched an "inclusive language" function to avoid biases, slang or expressions that discriminate against groups of people on the basis of race, gender or socioeconomic status.

Not just spelling and grammar, Google will now warn you for using politically incorrect words

A transgender member from the cast of 'Hamilton' musical had alleged that they were fired from the hit show after asking for a gender-neutral dressing room. According to a discrimination and retaliation complaint filed by Suni Reid--who is Black, nonbinary, and uses the pronouns they/them--said that they were "cast out of Hamilton when the Company's management refused to renew their contract shortly after they requested that the performers have a gender-neutral dressing room in addition to the ones for men and women.

Trans actor fired from Hamilton over gender-neutral dressing room: Experienced discrimination

In a study published in the Lancet, researchers found that despite gender-balanced delegates, female participation in medical and scientific conferences is low. However, changes in conference design significantly improved female participation.

Study shows despite gender balance at medical conferences, women participate less

A new report launched by UNESCO highlights the need for policy measures to reach gender parity in the cultural and creative industries, despite recent progress in promoting gender equality.

UNESCO reports persistent gender bias in cultural, creative industries

Most of us believe that to fix the wrongs of our society, we need to raise the younger generations with more responsibility. It is while we hold this optimism in our hearts that we are encountered with the ground reality of our teenagers and how we are still far away from bridging the gap of inequality between genders.

Bois Locker Room: It's high time to bury 'boys will be boys' excuse

By Valentina Gallo The number of children and infants dying before they reach the age of five is startling. While child mortality varies around the world, 5.9 million children under the age of five died in 2015.

More girls die under age five in countries with high gender inequality

Libraries, museums, individual editors and the Wikimedia Foundation itself continue to make efforts to improve gender representation on sites such as Wikipedia

Opinion: Why Wikipedia often overlooks stories of women in history

Libraries, museums, individual editors and the Wikimedia Foundation itself continue to make efforts to improve gender representation on sites such as Wikipedia.

Panelists at the Women Writers' Festival were divided on the issue

Is India ready for gender parity in the workplace?

Men are also 'human beings', says journalist-turned-filmmaker Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj

International Women's Day: Woman activist fights for men abused by women

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