A new study has found that women in India working for news media are under-represented. The survey of 170,000 people in 522 news companies by the International Women's Media Foundation in Washington found that women were best represented in Europe and worst in Asia. Across the entire newspaper, radio and television workforce studied, the survey found that men held 65 percent of jobs, compared to 35 percent held by women. "There is still...

Women's organisations rise up against a petition that seeks an amendment to Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. A PETITION that alleges the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which has been admitted by the Rajya Sabha Committee on Petitions, has become an object of concern among leading women's organisations in the country. The petition claims that the law, dealing with dowry-related torture and acute domestic...

Stating that there were “fewer women then men in India,” President Pratibha Patil on Thursday cautioned that if this trend continued it would have a negative impact on society. Punjab and Haryana were already seeing the “implications,” she said delivering the Dr. V.N. Tewari Memorial Oration on ‘Women as drivers of a rising India' at the Panjab University here. The President said: “An agenda for empowerment of women should cover Gender needs...

The Supreme Court has declined permission to a women's organisation for seeking a review of the judgment describing a woman as ‘keep' arguing that such an expression was derogatory to and discriminatory against women on the basis of marital status. In an October 21, 2010 judgment, a Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T.S. Thakur said: “If a man has a ‘keep' whom he maintains financially and uses mainly for sexual...

Two correspondents of The Times of India have been recognized for highlighting Gender inequities. The Laadli Award, instituted by NGO Population First, for promoting Gender sensitivity, has gone to special correspondent Himanshi Dhawan and principal correspondent Sukhbir Siwach. Dhawan received the award for her report highlighting single women being left out from government's flagship scheme, NREGS. Siwach received a special award for consistently reporting on khaps and their Gender bias, while factoring in...