Gender Discrimination

A lawsuit has been filed against leading Indian IT company, Infosys for age and sex discrimination. This lawsuit has been filed by former vice president of talent acquisition, Jill Prejean, who has claimed that Infosys has been…

For the first time in the world, an aviation company has brought in reservation for women. In a move which has baffled even the most hardcore feminist and activist of gender equality, Air India has declared 6 seats reservation for women…

After Supreme Court of India scolded search engine giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo for showing gender test advertisements, they have agreed to stop such ads with immediate effect. Health Ministry of India, which was fighting this…

Female foeticide is a serious problem in India; and as per various estimates, around 1 crore female foetuses have been illegally aborted in India since 1990s and 500,000 such cases are witnessed every year. Due to illegal abortion of…

Women empowerment movement in India has received a serious setback after depressing facts were revealed in a latest International Labour Organization report. Within the last 10 years, that is between 2005 & 2014, India witnessed…

Discrimination against women is not new in India; it’s an historical phenomenon. You will be surprised to know that for the same amount of work, women are paid 62% less than males in our country; only 30% of women are economically…