Work It OutPass It On: A Resume Gap Doesn’t Matter If You Can Explain It With Confidence "If you have an unusual CV, part of owning the story is demonstrating the confidence to show your vulnerability." By The Swaddle Team
Representation Matters!Japanese MP Criticizes New Cabinet, Calls It ‘Democracy Without Women’ Japan’s global ranking on gender parity is 121, out of 153 countries. By Devrupa Rakshit
Institutional SexismWomen Officers Face Systemic Sexism in the Indian Police Force. Here’s How to Change That. In order to break age-old patriarchal notions and recruit more women in the police, recruiters must abandon the perception that policing is a “male-oriented profession." By Senjuti Chakrabarti
Break The CycleHollywood Stars and U.S. Soccer Champions Just Invested in a New Women’s Soccer Team in L.A. Looking at you, Indian celebrities. By Rajvi Desai
Girls Just Wanna Have Jobs‘Brilliance’ Bias Favoring Men Over Women Affects Gender Parity At Workplaces In one study, 70% of men, women, and children showed an implicit bias in associating men with genius. By Devrupa Rakshit
Ration-ality PrevailsOdisha HRC Grants Ration Relief To Sex Workers Under Covid19 Lockdown Under the order, commercial sex workers must receive food and ration, irrespective of whether they have ration cards. By Devrupa Rakshit
#MeTooChinese Legislation Defines Sexual Harassment For The First Time Ever While sexual harassment was prohibited before, there was no uniform definition, leading to a patchwork approach across the country. By Devrupa Rakshit
motherhood penaltyWorking Mothers Get 1/3 of the Uninterrupted Paid Work Hours as Fathers Under Lockdown Experts believe that the amplification of “motherhood penalty” under lockdown could undo decades of progress on women’s participation in the labor market. By Devrupa Rakshit
Lives Vs. LivelihoodsWomen Bear the Brunt of Bangladesh Garment Industry’s Covid19 Layoffs Women account for 85 percent of the total workforce in Bangladesh's export-oriented garment industry. By Devrupa Rakshit
It Is Personal Not Just BusinessLess Than Half of Indian Startups Have Women Directors: Survey Gender bias continues to plague all aspects of India's start-up culture. By Anubhuti Matta