UNODC and UN Women Study: Rise in Gender-related Killings
Context: Recently, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women released a study titled-Gender-related killings of women and girls (femicide/feminicide), revealing an increase in gender-related killings of women and girls in 2022. Relevance: GS II: Issues Related to Women Dimensions of the Article: Femicide/Feminicide and the Highlights of the Study Femicide/Feminicide: Deliberate killing of […]
Right to Work: A Far Cry for Women
Context: In 2016, an opinion poll conducted by the ILO and Gallup across 142 countries and territories found that a majority of both women (70%) and men (66%) expressed a preference for women to engage in paid work, even including women who were not part of the workforce. This preference was widespread globally, including in […]
Emerging Countries Need Women-led Climate Action
Context: In 2021, the OECD said-“ Gender equality and environmental goals are mutually reinforcing and create a virtuous circle that will help accelerate the achievement of the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals]”. Additionally, a study by the International Labour Organization in 2019 projected that by 2030, high temperatures would lead to a global loss of 2.2 percent of total working hours, equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs. Relevance: Mains Question: Emerging countries need women-led climate action. Elucidate. (15 marks, 250 words). Impact […]
Policy Interventions to Restore Women Dignity
Context The Centre wants to work with numerous ministries and States to develop various programmes for achieving gender parity and restoring women’s dignity. Relevance: GS PAper-1: Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. Mains Question Explain the government’s major policy actions to restore […]
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Context Relevance: GS Paper -1 and GS Paper-2: Issues related to women, Social Issues Mains Question What are the roadblocks to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013’s implementation? What steps should be taken to improve the act’s implementation? How did the PoSH Act come to be? Under the PoSh […]
Technology Will Advance Women’s Financial Inclusion
Context The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has helped India make significant strides in the last-mile delivery of banking services to underserved communities. Relevance: GS Paper-1: Role of women and women’s organization Mains Question Women in India are opening more bank accounts than ever before, but they aren’t actively working in the formal financial […]
Working Women in India: A Catch-22
Context Time-use studies show the need to address gender bias in work-life balance as India strives for a women-led development model. Relevance: GS Paper-1: Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies Mains Question What role does addressing gender bias in work-life balance play […]
Developing a More Gender Inclusive Workplace
Context: According to a Catalyst study, women in India are less likely to be given credit for their work and are more likely to have their contributions ignored or dismissed. Men taking credit for women’s ideas or work at work is referred to as “bropropriation” in a recent Time magazine article. Relevance: GS Paper-1: Women […]
Marginal Representation of Women in Politics and Bureaucracy
Context Due to social factors like being assigned to distant cadres, patriarchal conditioning, and the need to balance family obligations, women frequently choose to leave the civil service. Relevance GS Paper-1: Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies. Mains Question What social factors […]
Women, Bussiness and Law Index
Context: As per the recent report by the World Bank, Women, on average, enjoy barely 77% of legal rights that men do. Relevance: GS Paper-1: Women Empowerment and related Issues. Dimensions of the Article: About Women, Business and the Law Index: Key Findings of the Index: Mechanisms Existing in India for Vulnerable Sections Constitutional Provisions […]