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Women leaders: A way to IPO success?
Indian society may be more advanced than we think it is
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19 state legislatures have less than 10% women lawmakers: Govt data
Women representation in parliament and most state legislatures across the country is below 15 per cent with 19 of state assemblies having less than 10 per cent women lawmakers, according to a government data. The state legislatures which have more than 10 per cent women lawmakers are Bihar (10.70), Chhattisgarh (14.44), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (12.35), Punjab (11.11), Rajasthan (12), Uttarakhand (11.43), Uttar Pradesh (11.66), West Bengal (13.70) and Delhi (11.43). According to the data presented by Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju in the Lok Sabha on December 9, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have less than 10 per cent women legislators. In the recently held Gujarat assembly elections, 8.2 per cent of the elected representatives are women, whereas, in Himachal Pradesh, only one woman has been elected this time. According to the data, the share of women MPs
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India is catching up but the road is still long, say women leaders
For most women chief executive officers (CEOs) in India, the real job begins after overcoming this one big additional hurdle - to be accepted as the leader
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Elaben Bhatt: Prominent Gandhian, founder of SEWA passes away aged 89
Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, Ela founded SEWA in 1972, which has over 2 million self-employed women as members across 18 states in India
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Why women in leadership roles are quitting at faster rate than ever
For every woman at the director level who gets promoted, two female directors are choosing to leave their company, according to a new McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.org report
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WFH to hybrid model: Women workforce gets an inclusive push from India Inc
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that a flexible workplace can be utilised to increase women's labour force participation
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Why so few women at senior levels in banks?
Lack of sponsorship has been cited as the biggest reason for women not reaching the corner office
TMS Ep226: Q1 numbers, Neha Narkhede, markets, recession
What do Q1 numbers tell us about the Indian economy? Who is Neha Narkhede? How are the markets placed ahead of RBI policy? What is a recession? All answers here
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Who is Neha Narkhede?
Pune girl Neha Narkhede (38) has joined the ranks of India's wealthiest women. Narkhede is ranked eighth on the Leading Wealthy Women 2021 list compiled by research firm Hurun. Find out more about her
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Women leaders find favour, but not votes in India, say Pew survey
Only a quarter of Indians say that men generally make better political leaders than women.
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Women reluctant to join company boards, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
The remarks come even as the statutes mandate top 1,000 companies to have at least one independent woman director.
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'Priyanka effect,' says Cong as BJP highlights women leaders in UP campaign
With the BJP taking to the streets with a team of women leaders, at least three of whom joined the saffron party in recent times, the Congress termed it Priyanka effect and a face-saving exercise
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Ladies Who Lead raises seed funding from Akasa Air co-founder Aditya Ghosh
Platform for India's top and emerging women leaders appoints him as Chief Mentor
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From Anupriya Patel to Bharati Pawar, meet newly inducted women ministers
In the 7 July Cabinet reshuffle, seven women ministers were inducted
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Youth shaping climate change response with innovative thinking: Indra Nooyi
Encouraging the younger generation to take charge, Pepsico's former CEO Indra Nooyi has said the youths have begun to shape the response to climate change innovative thinking and appetite for risk
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Women: Educated but unemployed
Indian women work a lot. But, their work is predominantly at home, in service of other members of their household
Top headlines: Apple's India plans, raw material crunch for vax maker, and more
With just about a fortnight left for the suspension on fresh corporate insolvency cases to end, government sources have indicated that another extension is unlikely
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India ahead of world average on women in senior management: Report
The country is ahead of global average in women working in senior management positions, according to a report
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Women have been better leaders than men during the pandemic: Study
On average, the countries run by women suffered half as many deaths from Covid-19 as the nations governed by men, says study
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