India has lately become infamous for its epidemic sexual violence and discrimination against women. Sexual harassment there is so rampant that it even has a nickname: Eve-teasing. But mothers may be ...

The UGC’s 2026 anti-discrimination guidelines mandate Equal Opportunity Centres, set timelines for complaints, and expand protections beyond caste. Here’s what the new rules say, how they differ from ...

India is advancing towards an equitable society with no gender discrimination and equal opportunities for girls, said the government. Initiated in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development ...

An increase in inequality driven by growing discrimination tends to heighten social conflict and perceptions of injustice. As employment discrimination is closely interlinked with wage discrimination, ...

Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta has written to Lt Governor V K Saxena, forwarding a representation from teachers alleging gender discrimination in promotions, officials said on Thursday. Gupta ...

The UGC has introduced new regulations to enforce anti-caste discrimination measures in higher education institutions. However, experts and critics question the need for these rules given existing ...

Of the 347 women who reported discrimination, 65.13% cited gender as the main reason, which was linked to greater pain interference. Experiences of daily discrimination, especially gender-based ...

Laura Doering receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Institute for Gender and the Economy at Rotman, and the Lee-Chin Institute. András Tilcsik has ...