Tag: Women
‘Women as likely to be CEOs as men,’say 54% men
With more organisations across the world putting in efforts to make workplaces more inclusive, a significant number of men have begun to see women...
Is gender pay gap lower when the CEO is a woman?
The mean gender pay gap is 50 per cent lower for organisations that have women holding CEO position. That means, the gender pay gap...
WEF recognises Tata Steel as Global DE&I Lighthouse 2023
Tata Steel has been recognised for advancing intersectional gender diversity for employees and students, by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Because of its inclusive...
Woman fighter pilot of IAF to represent India in aerial wargames
The year 2023 will see the Indian armed forces upholding their commitment to gender equality.
As reported by ANI, Veer Guardian 2023, is the name...
L&T hires 3,000+ new engineers, increases women in workforce in FY23
In these times of uncertainty and layoffs, Larsen and Turbo (L&T), the multinational engineering and construction firm has onboarded more than 3,000 new engineering...
BCCI announces equal match fee for men and women players
In an historic move to close the gender pay gap, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has increased the match fee...
HDFC Securities opens ‘women-only’ DC in Bengaluru
Ensuring diversity within the organisation, HDFC Securities has opened its first ‘women only’ digital centre or DC in India. Given the fact that the...
How Page Industries has almost 90% women at the shop floor
Page Industries, the Indian manufacturer and retailer of innerwear, loungewear and socks, which is also an exclusive licensee of Jockey International in India, has...
How Comviva is empowering women employees by enabling them
Comviva, a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra and a global mobile solutions provider has launched a string of initiatives designed to build a more supportive,...
More men re-enter workforce than women: Data
After leaving job or quitting work, it appears that more men re-join the workforce than women. According to the National Statistical Office’s payroll data,...
Lenovo joins mission to ensure inclusion in STEM
With an aim to close the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Lenovo has joined others that share its vision to...
Amazon India’s DSP programme to be truly diverse
Amazon will offer a special grant to enable aspiring entrepreneurs from under-represented communities to join its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) programme in India.
This ‘diversity’...
MakeMyTrip to expand all-women team of ‘holiday experts’
MakeMyTrip aims to expand its team of over 850 women ‘holiday experts’ who have been the reason for the online travel company’s success and...
Shriram Housing Finance aims to improve women’s representation at workplace
Shriram Housing Finance, the affordable housing company, has launched the ‘SHeFirst’ programme to improve the representation of women at the workplace. Under this programme,...
Cathay Pacific to increase women’s representation by 25% in senior roles
Cathay Pacific has pledged that it will increase representation of women in senior positions by 25 per cent. That means, by 2025, the Airline...
Free food, transportation, for women working night shifts
The Uttar Pradesh government has said that no women workers in the State will be forced to work night shifts or between 7 p.m....
Medi Assist helps women relaunch their careers
Medi Assist recently launched a programme called Medi Akanksha, to help women who have taken a professional sabbatical or career break, to relaunch their...
33% reservation for women in outsourced jobs in Karnataka government
Things are looking up for women in the job market across India. Down south, the Government of Karnataka has reserved 33 per cent of...
Treat women with dignity & consideration at workplace: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has said that employers should treat women employees with consideration and dignity, and be sympathetic to their cause.
While ordering the...
56% Indian women more stressed than last year
Burnout stress in Indian women is higher than what is experienced by their global counterparts, reveals the Deloitte Women@Work report. At the same time,...
IIFL Foundation, FinX collaborate to make women ready for BFSI jobs
IIFL Foundation, the CSR arm of IIFL Group has announced its collaboration with FinX (ID Finxperts Skilling Foundation) to skill and train women graduates...
Why Signify wants to hire more women in its sales team
Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) has been focusing on increasing the representation of women at the Company, and overall, the Company has been...
Over 54% of recruits at Eaton India were women engineers in...
Eaton, the intelligent power management company, is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with this commitment, the firm has stepped...
Why Bharat Serums & Vaccines needs more women in its sales...
Ensuring gender equality at the workplace is one of the biggest challenges for any organisation. While many companies are struggling to have equal representation...
Sony accused of sexism, overlooking women for promotions
Emma Majo, former employee of Sony’s PlayStation unit in the US, had alleged that the Company discriminated against women. Now, about five months later,...
Shoppers Stop introduces menstrual leaves for women
Shoppers Stop, the Indian fashion and beauty destination, has introduced a menstrual leave policy for its women employees, who make up 29 per cent...