Women Empowerment

As per an Oxfam International report, women in 202 have lost income to the tune of about $800 billion due to the pandemic. Shockingly, the amount is equivalent to the cumulative GDP of 98 countries. While Oxfam international's executive director Gabriela Bucher raised concerns about widening income gap, Women's Economic Empowerment's associate director Maria Bolis insisted on having gender sensitive policies. Notably, around 64 million women… read-more

To support women empowerment and gender equality, India on April 1 made a $300,000 contribution to UN Women. Moreover, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, T.S. Tirumurti, tweeted about the contribution highlighting the UN Women entity’s role in progress from women’s development to 'women-led development'. Thanking India for the support, the UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia said, “Women-led development envisions women… read-more

IT giant 'Cognizant' launched a returnship programme on March 30 for those individuals whose career has been put to a halt due to personal or family reasons. Reportedly, the programme provides a holistic environment to the individuals while offering access to mentors. Besides, the above-mentioned mechanism will churn out the best individuals for filling full-time positions. Notably, the company has vowed to bring 1000 women in mid-management… read-more

After a 25-year gap, the Indian Navy has deployed four women officers on naval warships. An official from the Indian Navy stated that “two women officers…have been assigned duties aboard INS Vikramaditya and INS Shakti." Reportedly, the recent appointments were made at air traffic controller, logistics officers, and women doctor posts. Moreover, the inductions of women were first after the appointment of the first women crew in the 1990s.

Registering active participation in state tourism, 24 women now guide tourists in Madhya Pradesh’s tiger reserves. Two tiger reserves - Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserve-National Park have 13 and 11 women guides each to escort wildlife enthusiasts. Moreover, the Forest Department plans to introduce similar guides at Pachmarhi’s Satpura Tiger Reserve. Interestingly, most of the 24 women are either sisters or the wives of the male staff of the… read-more