Verbal Violence against women poses a great challenge to democracy. Today women have the access to powerful positions where they can shine their leadership. Despite these significant strides in entering political spaces, they still face disrespectful treatment, sexist comments, and harassment to depreciate their position in a political setting. These traits reflect broader gender inequality and power dynamics in political institutions. There have been various instances which show us that misogyny is so deeply ingrained into our political system, that somehow it forms the core of Indian Politics. Indian Parliament has shown us everything, from sexist comments passed onto female parliamentarians to keeping them outside the important decision making process.
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Forbes Released Its List Of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, Nirmala Sitharaman Among 6 Indians!
Six Indian women on the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women in the world include Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon CEO Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and founder of Nykaa Falguni Nayar. Sitaraman, ranked 36th, is on the list for the fourth year in a row. The 63-year-old minister is ranked 41st in 2020, 34th in 2019 and 37th in 2021. “This list is based on four main indicators: money, media, influence and sphere of influence. For political leaders, they estimate gross domestic product and population. For business leaders, turnover and headcount are mentioned in the media and reach everyone. The result is a pool of women challenging the status quo. Details of Indian women whose name came in the list; The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman is ranked 36 for the fourth time...
Read MoreSignifiсаnсe Of Eduсаtiоn In Aсhieving Gender Equаlity: An Analysis
Where wоmen аre mоre eduсаted аnd emроwered, eсоnоmies аre mоre рrоduсtive аnd strоng. Where wоmen аre completely reрresented, sосieties аre mоre рeасeful аnd stаble .one must understand that the signifiсаnсe оf eduсаtiоn in асhieving gender equаlity аnd mаking соuntries mоre аffluent. Indiа hаs а lоw rаte оf girl- сhild eduсаtiоn аnd is still in the griрs оf раtriаrсhy whiсh results frоm trаditiоnаlly аssigned rоles tо wоmen; hоwever, this, in turn, hаs led tо mоre dire issues where we аre fасing а lасk оf reрresentаtiоn in роliсies аnd рrоblems оf inсlusiоn аs аn аbsenсe оf eduсаtiоn mаkes wоmen ignоrаnt оf these аsрeсts аnd beсоme а раrt оf the sаme viсiоus сirсle. The government did mаke effоrts tо insure wоmen раrtiсiраtiоn in роlitiсs frоm the grоund position by рrоmоting w...
Read Morethe need for greаter reрresentаtiоn оf wоmen nоt оnly in institutiоns аnd рrосesses оf demосrасy but аlsо in every disсоurse оf demосrаtiс роlitiсs must be reiterаted. Studies shоw advanced figures оf wоmen in раrliаment generаlly соntribute tо strоnger аttentiоn tо wоmen's issues. Wоmen's роlitiсаl раrtiсiраtiоn is а fundаmentаl рrerequisite fоr gender equаlity аnd genuine demосrасy. It fасilitаtes wоmen's direсt engаgement in рubliс deсisiоn- mаking аnd is а meаns оf icing better ассоuntаbility tо wоmen. Роlitiсаl ассоuntаbility tо wоmen begins with inсreаsing the number оf wоmen in deсisiоn- mаking роsitiоns, but it саnnоt stор there. Whаt is needed аre gender-sensitive gоvernаnсe refоrms thаt will mаke аll eleсted оffiсiаls mоre effeсtive аt рrоmоting gender equаlity in...
Read More‘Himself Dependent On Bipasha’: Karan Singh Grover Gets Trolled For Neglecting A Beggar
Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu announced that they would be turning parents soon. After the announcement, Karan was in the city at a food mall where he had a handful of superdiets for his pregnant wife. Karan happily posed for the shutterbug and even blushed at the paps' congratulatory comments on soon becoming a father. A beggar asked for money from him by selling a regular handmade fan, and the actor ignored her. The beggar chased him to the car, but seem like Karan probably didn't have anything to give her at that time. At the same time, this ignorance of the Alone actor is getting strongly criticised online by the netizens. Some turned extremely nasty, trolled him badly for ignoring the beggar, and called him a 'beggar' himself. Take a look at how brutally people are cr
Read MoreDua Lipa Becomes Honorary Representative Of Kosovo; Read Here!
A week after headlining Lollapalooza, Dua Lipa is top lineup this weekend at her own Sunny Hill Festival in Kosovo. The musician was also called an honorary representative of the European country. Lipa, the daughter of Kosovo Albanian parents, was granted the honour at a ceremony Friday held by President Vjosa Osmani, who applauded the singer’s humanitarian work both in Kosovo and abroad... Aside from standing a world-class and a once-in-a-generation instrumentalist, you are also a role model for many women and girls across the universe as a straightforward and moral activist,” Osmani composed. “But beyond all, what you have done for the people of Kosovo, growing awareness of the Republic of Kosovo, is unpaired and truly priceless.” Lipa counted on the ambassadorship on Instag
Read More‘To Hell With You’: Alia Bhatt Reveals She Confronted Casual Sexism
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt recently spoke about facing casual sexism and how random sexist words made her feel irritated and resentful. Darlings actress Alia said she did not acknowledge sexism when she listened to random sexiest words. But learned it later. Alia even disclosed that she gets irritated and resentful when women are pointed to hide their bras. In a recent interview, Alia disclosed how women are suggested to tolerate immoral things in society. She revealed how she faced sexism on many occasions in the film industry. Alia told Mojo Story that she had faced casual sexism and often did not detect it. She further displayed that she was not much aware of it and stated, 'it just makes so much meaning as 'oh my god that was such a sexist observance, or that I was a subject of i
Read MoreRani Mukerji Affairs: Accused Of Breaking Into Many Actors’ Houses; Check Out Here!
Actress Rani Mukerji has come a long way in Bollywood, working with all the three Khans of the industry from Amitabh Bachchan. Not only did Rani make discussions about films, but with her personal life, the actress also gave a lot of spice to the media. In 2014, Rani got married secretly, but before marriage, her name was associated with many actors, most of whom were already married. In such a situation, the queen was often accused of breaking into the house. Rani Mukerji and Govinda met in the year 2000 during the shooting of the film Had Kar Di Aapne. While working together, there were discussions about the closeness of both of them in the media. At that time, Govinda was married and living happily with Sunita. According to media reports, Govinda was seen in a night dress in Rani
Read MoreAkshay Kumar: Khiladi Kumar Expresses Happiness For Becoming Highest Taxpayer
Akshay Kumar has been entertaining the audience through his films for the last 30 years. The actor has also given many blockbuster films during this journey. However, for some time now, his movies have not been able to do well at the box office. The big reason for this is the statements made by the actor during the film's promotion. Yes, the actor's comments and tweets have hurt the sentiments of the people, due to which social media users keep trolling him every day. Even honoured as the highest taxpayer, the actor had to face trolls. Akshay Kumar spoke about his heart. Indeed, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar was recently honoured by the Income Tax Department as the "highest taxpayer" in the country. During a Wednesday conversation with news agency ANI, Akshay Kumar expressed happi...
Read MoreKoffee With Karan: Chunky Pandey Reacts To Ananya Panday’s Episode
Bollywood actress Ananya Panday is just two films old in the Hindi film industry, but she has garnered a large fan following, and her fans expect a lot from her. She began her career with "Student Of The Year 2", in which she acted with Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria. Dharma Productions produced the film, and it was the second part of the "Student Of The Year" franchise. The flick didn't meet audiences' expectations as it was an average movie at the box office, but Ananya received good reviews for her work. Recently, Ananya Pandey won the Filmfare Best Female Debut for "Student Of The Year 2", and her father, Chunky Pandey, reacted remarkably to this connection. While speaking at a press conference, the "Pati Patni Aur Woh" actress revealed that from age five, she began rehears
Read MoreIndian Men Still Don’t Prefer Working Women As Partners: Oxford
According to a 2022 study by Oxford University, women who are working are less likely to find matches on matrimonial sites than women who are not working. Diva Dhar, the doctoral candidate who conducted the experiment to test her theory, found that women who had never worked received 15 to 20 percent more interest than those who did. Basically, out of 100 men who respond to a woman who has never worked, only 78 to 85 will respond to a working woman. Dhar spends her time researching Indian women's participation in the labor force and how gender roles affect marriage and the lives of working women. The experiment began with her creating 20 fake profiles on a leading matrimonial website. They were similar in age, lifestyle choices, and diet, and the only differences were caste and w...
Read MorePre-Pandemic Developments To Doom: Is Sustainability Possible By Reducing Gender Gap?
The gender gap between working and uncompensated labor has widened, a veritable shadow pandemic unraveling the progress we made towards gender equality within the previous few decades. There has been a realisation lately that it's impossible to actualise sustainable development in our societies without equality between men and ladies. As a result, there has been a surge of conversations on gender equality as people feel it's the need of the hour. One needn't look further than the pandemic for evidence of the correlation between gender and social-economic equity. Women were disproportionately plagued by socio-economic consequences when COVID-19 hit. The gender gap between working and uncompensated labor has widened, a veritable shadow pandemic unraveling the progress we made to...
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