Two US nationals, Carolina Bernal Strifling and Willow Wren Turkal, who lost their jobs at Twitter have now sued the company, claiming that their dismissal was part of the bigger scheme of things considering the discriminatory layoffs especially targeted female employees.
The report says that 95 percent of the wage gap between male and female casual wage workers is due to discrimination.
It is important to address the “unfit” remark made for pregnant women and if it is at all true. SheThePeople spoke to obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr Sudeshna Ray over the controversial guidelines.
Commemorating the day, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, tweeted, “Equal pay is essential not only for women but to build a world of dignity and justice for all.”
Thankless office tasks usually fall on women workers in any office. There is a gender gap in play here, and that is just one of the reasons why women need to put their foot down on this matter.
Gender plays an important parameter while determining salaries in India. According to Monster Salary Index (MSI), women in India earn 20% less than the men. The wage gap means that a woman with the same qualifications as a man earns less than him. This prompted Congress MP Husain Dalwai to introduce the Gender Pay Gap Bill, […]
‘Variety’ magazine has been facing backlash over their Hollywood writers’ event. Reason being, the twelve-member panel includes only one woman. The event is scheduled to take place on June 14. One-woman feature gathers criticism The event called ‘A Night In the Writers’ Room’ will be taking place at The Jeremy Hotel in West Hollywood. It […]
British women now want to take the #MeToo movement beyond assault and sexual harassment and move towards achieving equality in pay. A group of female MPs in the UK is working to step up the process of pay equality. They have joined hands to launch a campaign that urges employers to publicly publish details of […]
Comedian Amy Schumer has taken a stand against gender pay gap. While pay disparity is rampant in the industry, the 36-year-old has approached Netflix for a special salary. She decided to negotiate her pay with the online channel after learning how much her co-performers Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle were offered. She learnt that they were […]
It is one of the harsh realities that even in 21st century we still have to fight gender-based discrimination. Even the developed nations are still struggling with it. Especially in the developing nation like ours, disparities on the basis of gender are far more apparent. Gender-based discrimination comes in all forms, be it social inequalities, […]
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