Tag: women empowerment
CSR: Women in the Mining Industry
India has been participating in empowering women in every sector. However, the Mining Industry is still lacking way behind. Mining as an industry has...
PokerBaazi Premier League to sponsor 14 Underprivileged Girls with prize pool
PokerBaazi has announced its association with non-profit NGO Vidya Integrated Development for Youth and Adults (VIDYA). PokerBaazi will donate a share of the rake...
Social empowerment of sex workers
Sex workers routinely face discrimination and extremely high risks of violence, particularly at the hands of the police and clients. In 2004, at least...
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman
Born into a French Catholic family, Simone de Beauvoir was raised to follow the path of religious devotion, marriage and children. Abandoning her predetermined...
CSR supporting Indian women’s cricket team
In 2017, our women’s team was the runners-up in the World Cup. Indian women’s cricket has had consistent performers. There were victories worth celebration...
Telangana corporates spend 2% of CSR funds on women
As is the case every year, big corporates might be going all out to celebrate International Women’s Day. However, a recent report called Telangana...
Women empowerment: Tech Mahindra Foundation launches “All Women” SMART Academy for Healthcare
Tech Mahindra Foundation under its Employability vertical has launched Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Healthcare in Mumbai. Its third SMART Academy is in association...
WorldClass by Deloitte to impact lives of 10 million girls and women in India
Deloitte, a large professional services organisation, Friday announced the launch of its global initiative ‘WorldClass’ in India, which aims to support 10 million girls...
CSR: Closing the mobile gender gap
While mobile phone ownership and mobile internet use have increased significantly among women, there is still a persistent gender gap.
Women’s lower levels of mobile...
CSR: Gender Diversity on Boards improve in India
The revised Companies Act, 2013 made it mandatory for all listed companies and other public limited firms to appoint at least one woman as...
Join the Body Positivity movement
To anybody who has ever denied the beauty of a full-bodied woman, artist Jasjyot Singh Hans’ work will have you eat all your words...
Empowering Women for Environmental Sustainability
Gender bias is ingrained globally in the cultures, economies, political and social institutions. Women are subject to prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination and abuse, causing them...
