A new report has found that European financial services are far from meeting investor expectations regarding gender balance, apart from expectations like technology and sustainability expertise. The EY report covering 300 money managers also revealed that at least 44 percent looked for gender diversity in the boardrooms and that it determined their decision to buy

A 20-country study points out to stereotypical and outdated beliefs still being dictated in the wake of the pandemic. The UN Women and the Unstereotype Alliance, a coalition convened by UN Women aiming to break harmful stereotypes in advertising has launched ‘The Levers of Change: Gender Equality Attitudes Study 2022’. The bi-annual global study looked

On Tuesday, 64-year-old Draupadi Murmu was announced as the Presidential candidate by the ruling National Democratic Alliance. She is the first tribal woman to be chosen as a contender for the top post. Former governor of Jharkhand, Draupadi would be the second woman to occupy the post in India. Pratibha Patil was the first woman

The Agnipath scheme announced recently will recruit women sailors for the first time in the Navy. The move will also enable their deployment in warships in the coming days, as per news reports. “The Agnipath scheme in the Navy will be gender-neutral. As we speak, 30 women officers are sailing on board frontline warships. We

Continuing the partnership between Google, Avtar and ISB, DigiPivot, the free skill development initiative, is aimed at creating women leaders in digital marketing. For the third consecutive year, Avtar Group, India’s pioneer in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Solutions, has partnered with Google India and India’s premier business school – Centre for Executive Education at Indian

Google India on Tuesday rolled out the Google for Startups Accelerator Women Founders programme, which will have a cohort-based approach. The programme addresses aspects like access to networks, funding, hiring challenges, and mentorship for the women founders due to lower representation in the field. Apart from Artificial Intelligence, the programme will also offer machine-based learning

The women in the workforce hold the key to increasing GDP in the Middle East and North Africa, where a gender-balanced workforce can take it to $2 trillion, according to a report by PwC ME. According to reports, the Middle East and North Africa region or MENA can increase the GDP by 57% when women

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has issued a fresh set of guidelines that bars objectifying any gender stereotyping, objectification, and depicting people in a sexualized manner to increase viewership. The new set of guidelines comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding a deodorant ad. Last week, Layer’r Shot’s commercial showed a group

Grey London, a creative company, has called upon its clients to sign the charter on diversity, equity and inclusion, and representation in the organizations, expressing their commitment. According to reports, the clients including the likes of Gillette, Carlsberg, and Coke have already been signing the charter in the form of agreements. The charter implies the

We are a 15-year-old organization functioning under the founder-CEO for all these years. Our systems have been developed from a start-up perspective. To move to the next level of growth, we recently implemented changes in our organization. These include changes in the structure (previously, HR would report to the Head of Sales, now it reports