Page 3 - Gender Discrimination

Equal treatment for women on inheritance

Unequal treatment of women on matters of inheritance is one brick in the wall that holds back engagement of women in the economy

Google's new rules clamp down on discriminatory housing, job and credit ads

Google and Facebook together account for just over half of internet ad sales globally, making their policy actions influential in the industry

Closing the gender gap

The GII has been criticised for its complexity and difficulty in interpretation or understanding

Woman can't be forced to work when she takes care of child: Delhi court

The stern message for the estranged husband came from Judge Ajay Goel, who took note of the fact that the woman, despite being well-qualified, had to quit her lucrative job to take care of her son

There's a 250-year wait for the economic gender gap to close: WEF report

The economic gender gap will take 257 years to close, the WEF said, even more than the 202 years it predicted in 2018

Halliburton to pay $275,000 to two Muslims employees for discrimination

The lawsuit alleged that oilfield workers Mir Ali, a Muslim co-worker of Indian-origin and Hassan Snoubar of Syrian-origin were subjected to a hostile environment

Why economic development may not wipe out gender discrimination in India

The plight of women in India has its roots in Hindu traditions, and a Reformation may be needed to fix it