"gender-discrimination"

Catchy slogans like ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ may have helped but ground realities pertaining to women’s education, safety, and equal opportunities at workplaces are far from encouraging

Arbitrary imposition of moral standards blurs the line between personal and professional, creating an atmosphere of fear and stifling individuality

Ulku Rowe, Google Cloud engineering director, filed a lawsuit claiming the company awarded higher salaries to less-experienced male executives hired for similar roles simultaneously.

Despite Equal Remuneration Act, passed in 1976, to ensure men and women receive equal pay for equal work, the disparity has only widened

San Francisco: Google has agreed to pay $118 million to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit in the US that includes nearly 15,500 women in 236 job titles. The plaintiffs Kelly Ellis, Holly Pease, Kelli Wisuri, and Heidi Lamar worked for Google in California in a “covered position” since September 14, 2013. The class action […]

Hyderabad: Contrary to popular belief, women in India are looking for growth opportunities and want to take on more responsibility within the company, a global study revealed. According to a study by HP Inc, 92 per cent of women respondents in India confirmed receiving a promotion last year as compared to 40 per cent and […]

The video game industry has faced allegations of harassment and gender-based discrimination for decades, these problems have been quite prevalent even before #gamergate and Anita Sarkesian’s critique of the industry’s practices came to light. While the problematic portrayal of female characters in games is often considered to be the essence of the problem, the deeper […]

More and more women being pushed out of the agriculture sector points to a disturbing trend

Supporters of restrictions on transgender athletes argue that transgender girls, because they were born male, are naturally stronger, faster and bigger than those born female.

It will also pay $1,232,000 in back pay and interest to 1,757 female engineering applicants and 1,219 Asian engineering applicants for "engineering positions not hired."

The settlement includes Pinterest investing another $2.5 million to increase the presence of women and other under-represented groups in the tech industry.