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RichaChadha: Ambition Still A Negative Word When Applied To A Woman

Richa has established a permanent place in Bollywood through non-conventional roles from portraying a hot-headed don in "Fukrey" to a small-town girl fighting taboos around...

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Gender

Access To Digital Technology Accelerates Global Gender Equality

In every industry, digital technologies are transforming the status quo. Now we have evidence that they are also bringing us closer to workplace equality. Digital fluency i...

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Gender

Princess Mary Of Denmark Makes Impassioned Plea To Close The Gender Gap

Princess Mary of Denmark has made an impassioned plea for governments and society to do more to achieve gender equality in a speech to open a major conference on women's ri...

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Gender

India Must Close The Gender Gap And Make Every Woman Count

In India, the gender gap — the differences between women and men, especially as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or att...

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The Lenny Interview: Melinda Gates

While I edited this interview, my husband was folding our laundry and my daughter was running around our apartment in one continuous, galloping loop. I mention this because...

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Gender

Gender- Dasra Report: Non-Profits In India Fail To Address The Gender Gap

The Companies Act 2013 mandated that a publicly listed company, which has five or more directors, must have at least one woman director. Even when surveys show that compani...

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Gender

Calling A Solution To Closing The Gender Gap Is Literally In The Palm Of Your Hands

Women in certain countries are less likely than men to own a key tool for fighting gender inequality: smartphones.
A recent studyby the Pew Research Center identified...

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Festivals

Berlin: Meryl Streep On Director Gender GapBerlin: Meryl Streep On Director Gender Gap: "We Need 40- To 50-Year-Old White Males To Be Interested"

Meryl Streep said Hollywood is giving female directors more opportunities to tell their own stories — and the green light is coming from younger decision-makers, not ...

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UN Announces First-Ever High-Level Panel On Women’s Economic Empowerment

Davos— UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment to provide thought leadership and mobilize...

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Gender

Rural Labour Loses Women, Karnataka Worst Offender

CHENNAI: Women in rural areas are increasingly withdrawing from the country’s labour force. This trend is particularly evident in states like Karnataka, Gujarat and M...

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