Page 2 - Gender Diversity

A new beginning

Startups are showing the way in gender diversity

India Inc turns more diverse for positions higher up the ladder: EY India

Women account for 23% of permanent employees; differently abled make up less than 1%

More women in Indian boardrooms, but mainly as independent directors

Overall representation has been increasing since Companies Act 2013

Diversity on the bench: Police, judiciary lack caste, gender multiplicity

The report tracks states' progress on justice delivery mechanisms - the judiciary, police, prisons, and legal aid.

Few women in India hold CFA charter; amid social pressures, lack of parity

Country's share of women completing exam for chartered financial analyst is 13%

Corporate India focusing on gender diversity, to hire more women in 2023

Companies are also focusing on hiring second-career women - those who are returning to work after a career break

More people coming forward to undergo gender affirmation surgeries: Experts

How does it feel to know that your body does not belong to you? Trapped, suffocating, frustrating! This is how 25-year-old Nnyra, a trans woman, felt for almost 24 years till she underwent a gender affirmation surgery that helped her get a body she could identify with. Born as a male, Nnyra was identified with gender incongruence, in which a person is in constant conflict with the sex he or she is born in. In gender incongruence, one fails to identify with the gender assigned to them during birth. These individuals are at conflict with their parents, siblings, peers and the society at large, resulting in minority stress and discrimination, which lead to severe distress. "The condition has a definite neurologic, genetic and hormonal basis," Dr Richie Gupta, director and HoD, Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive Surgery and Gender Affirmation Clinic at the Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh here, told PTI. Despite not getting support from the family members and facing societal stigma, N

India will reach 30% gender diversity on company boards only by 2058

2024 'board refresh' could mark opportunity to accelerate change, says IiAS report

Top 500 NSE-listed companies have 18% women directors, reveals study

Gender diversity in boardrooms is picking up, though at a slower pace, with women accounting for nearly 18 per cent of the directorships in the top 500 NSE-listed companies at the end of March this year, according to a study. In the study titled 'Corporate India: Women on boards', proxy advisory firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) on Tuesday said that at a global level, boardroom diversity continues to improve with an average of almost 24 per cent female representation in corporate boardrooms. "India also has progressed in appointing women on company boards; from 6 per cent in 2014 to 14 per cent five years ago. Women now account for 17.6 per cent of directorships of the Nifty-500 companies. "Although the number of women directorships is increasing, the pace of new appointments has faltered with just an aggregate 1 per cent increase over the last three years. Based on these current rates, India will take till 2058 to achieve 30 per cent gender diversity on boards,"

Female CEOs' pay rose 26% in 2021 to $15.8 million, but ranks still small

Pay packages for the women who run S&P 500 companies jumped in 2021 as the economy recovered and stock prices and profits soared. Median pay for the women occupying the corner office rose to nearly $16 million, according to the annual survey done by Equilar for The Associated Press. Still, experts say there's much more to be done to improve gender diversity in the corporate ranks and close the pay gap between men and women. Jane Stevenson, vice chair, Board & CEO Services at organisational consulting firm Korn Ferry said while it is good that women CEO's pay rose, there is still a lot to be done. I think the danger is to look at those cases of CEOs making more their peers and see a message about the pay gap being closed it's not, she said. Of the 340 CEOs in the latest survey of S&P 500 companies, 18 were women, up from 16 in 2020. Profits for S&P 500 companies rose roughly 50% and the index gained about 27%. Because the bulk of a CEO's compensation is tied to such ...

Nestle increasing number of female employees to increase gender diversity

FMCG major Nestle India is increasing the number of its women employees as part of its gender diversity efforts.

Taking steps towards building more diverse organisation: Grofers

The company has over 2,000 employees

The slip is showing

India's gender gap is wider than ever

ASCI aims to break gender stereotypes in advertising, change mindsets

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is hoping to find an answer and help advertisers embrace positive depiction with a first-of-its-kind study on gender in advertising

Best of BS Opinion: Stop the Covid wave, BJP's return to its roots & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Why our brain resists diversity

Although the brain resists variation, in contrast, variation is at the core of evolution and life forms

Women: Educated but unemployed

Indian women work a lot. But, their work is predominantly at home, in service of other members of their household

India's working women still contend with strongest gender bias: Report

According to the LinkedIn Opportunity Index 2021, more women in India have experienced the impact of gender on career development when compared to the APAC region

India fares better than Asia average in boardroom gender diversity: Report

Egon Zehnder's 2020 Global Board Diversity Tracker noted that between 2012 and 2020, India has seen an 8.6 per cent increase in the percentage of women on boards

More women in boardrooms mean better climate change policy, study says

Firms, including electric utilities and oil producers with 30% or more of director roles filled by women, typically score better on environmental disclosures.