Gender Equality

ISRO's visionaries and Chandrayaan-3: Scripting India's triumph at the lunar south pole

India, a nation left in tatters by the imperialist forces in 1947, has woken up from the ashes like the Phoenix

How Women’s World Cup is kicking off the debate on pay parity

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 has started in style. This edition will see the female footballers earning 25 cents for every dollar that their male counterparts earned last year. While this is an improvement from the past, women have a long way to go on and off the field in the matter of pay parity

Dowry? Dowry? No! Papa: Kerala woman slaps a hard one on the age old custom

Remya Ramachandran, decided to take the malpractice of dowry by the horns and cancelled her wedding after the groom demanded money and gold as dowry.

In Taiwan, same-sex couples now have right to adoption: Which other countries allow it?

Taiwan on Tuesday passed an amendment that permits same-sex couples to adopt children they are not biologically related to. The other countries where such adoptions are legal are Israel, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Australia, New Zealand among others

Making History: How a mother and daughter have become priests in Kerala's ancient temples

Jyotsna Padmanabhan and her mother Archana Kumari have been donning the role of priests at a temple in the central Kerala district and performing tantric rituals in neighbouring shrines and other venues for some time, which is normally considered a male bastion

Explained: The 'eldest daughter syndrome' trending on TikTok and how it can be fixed

'Eldest Daughter Syndrome' is now trending on TikTok, with adolescent girls speaking out about the unfair amount of unpaid labour they do in their families, as well as the negative effects it has on their lives, health, and well-being

Berlin to allow women go topless at public pools: Germany’s brush with nudism and free body culture

Women and non-binary people can now go topless at Berlin’s public swimming pools, just as men can. This new ruling is a nod to Germany’s ‘freikorperkultur’ or ‘free body culture’, which advocates people to sunbathe nude, strip down to play sports and even hike in the buff

International Women’s Day: How perfect are the world’s most gender-equal countries? Where does India stand?

Gender equality is 300 years away, said the UN. The Nordic countries – Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden – have done well when it comes to equality, but the gender pay gap remains and women still invest far more time in household chores. India is taking small steps but has a long way to go

Happy Women’s Day: Is the celebration merely symbolic?

International Women’s Day, 8 March, provides a focus point, a rallying call and important recognition. How these get translated into direct action is a difficult task, but one that a symbolic day cannot be expected to surmount

International Women's Day | SHE makes remarkable contributions in North East India amid challenges and opportunities

While women make up 48 per cent of India's population, their contribution to the country's GDP is a mere 17 per cent. Therefore, it is crucial to promote the concept of women's equal rights and empowerment in politics, economics, and socio-cultural development