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Empowerment vs exploitation: Balancing benefits, risks of social media for women

Here's how to navigate digital age challenges, opportunities and tips to to mitigate the adverse effects of social media on women's mental health

Empowerment vs exploitation: Balancing benefits and risks of social media for women's mental health in digital age (Photo by Freepik)
Published on Mar 24, 2024 10:08 AM IST
ByZarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi

All you need to know about ‘Namo Drone Didis’ initiative

PM Modi witnessed agricultural drone demonstrations conducted by Namo Drone Didis at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute on Monday.

Drone Didi Sunita(ANI)
Published on Mar 11, 2024 02:12 PM IST
ByAdarsh Kumar Gupta

Self-empowerment tips for women in leadership roles

Want to be a great leader? Read on as experts share a playbook of self-empowerment strategies that can propel women towards success

Strategies for success: Check out these self-empowerment tips for women in leadership roles (Photo by Pinterest)
Published on Mar 09, 2024 08:10 AM IST
ByZarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi

International Women's Day 2024: Why girls' education can't wait

Despite progress, many girls still face barriers to education, making it imperative to seize the moment and prioritise their access to learning opportunities.

When we empower girls through education, we not only transform their lives but also uplift entire communities and societies.(HT file)
Published on Mar 08, 2024 03:54 PM IST
By, New Delhi

International Women's Day 2024: Promoting gender equality at workplace

A multifaceted approach needs to be taken to promote gender equality, especially in the workplace.

The hiring practices of firms need to be revamped to include diverse candidates, including women at all levels of the organisation.(Pixabay)
Published on Mar 08, 2024 12:15 PM IST
ByTisha Jacob, New Delhi

International Women's Day: Building an inclusive future

Building women's participation through digital literacy among them will increase employment, enhance entrepreneurship and foster economic growth.

Women entrepreneurs comprise around 30% of the Indian startup ecosystem and probably fewer of them are women founders. (Representative photo)
Published on Mar 07, 2024 09:52 AM IST
ByAngeline Gautami Fernando, New Delhi

When is International Women's Day and why do we celebrate it?

International Women's Day 2024: Here's all you need to know about when is International Women's Day, why do we celebrate it, its date, history and significance

International Women's Day 2024: When is it and why do we celebrate it? Know date, history, significance (Photo by Freepik)
Published on Mar 04, 2024 02:22 PM IST
ByZarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi

World Thinking Day 2024: Date, history, significance and all you need to know

World Thinking Day 2024: Celebrated on February 22, World Thinking Day helps in strengthening friendship and sisterhood of young girls and empowering them.

World Thinking Day 2024: Date, history and significance(Unsplash)
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 07:41 AM IST
By, Delhi

IIT Mandi showcases the success of ‘Drone Didi’ program to President

‘Drone Didi’ is an entrepreneurship development program tailored for women in Himachal Pradesh and beyond, with a specific focus on agri-drone applications.

‘Drone Didi’ project aims to not only serve as a skill development endeavour but also as a robust platform for women to establish businesses in the rapidly growing field of drone technology, said IIT Mandi.(HT File)
Published on Jan 24, 2024 05:24 PM IST
By, New Delhi

National Girl Child Day: Top government schemes for empowering girl child

PM Modi said that the government has been making efforts to build a nation where every girl child has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.

 The Ministry of Women and Child Development started the initiative of celebrating National Girl Child Day in 2008 to spread awareness about girl child rights and issues faced by them.
Published on Jan 24, 2024 02:01 PM IST
By, New Delhi

Spice of Life: The glass ceiling that seemingly ceased to exist

True empowerment to me seemed like living in a world where men are not concerned about a woman venturing into a, hitherto, male bastion

My earliest memory of the social studies textbook for Class 4 or 5 is learning about the prominent women in Indian history. (HT File)
Updated on Jun 28, 2023 06:38 AM IST
ByGulbahar S Sidhu

CREDAI pledges 1,000 green buildings by 2025

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), an apex body of real estate developers, on Saturday announced a nation-wide partnership with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) and pledged to get 1,000 projects certified green buildings over next two years

CREDAI pledges 1,000 green buildings by 2025
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 01:03 AM IST

Women-friendly systems needed for them to contribute to innovation: HC judge

Delhi High Court Judge Justice Prathiba M Singh said that India is educating its girls properly as the overall number of women STEM graduates is 43 per cent, more than many developed countries. However, it's appalling that the research papers authored by women in India are only 3-4 per cent, she added.

According to a data of 2018-19, the percentage of women in B.Tech program is 42, in M.Tech it is 63 and in medical and health-related courses it is 30-35 per cent. (Saumya Khandelwal/Hindustan Times)
Published on Aug 11, 2022 08:50 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar

The digital divide and is it holding back women in India?

Lotus McDougal, Anita Raj, and Abhishek Singh, on behalf of the GENDER Project

Rural India faces an even more pronounced digital divide, with men being about twice as likely as women to have used the internet (49% vs 25%). While we see the variation in the digital divide by state/Union Territory (UT), there is no single state/UT across India in which more women than men have used the internet.
Published on Jan 16, 2022 05:01 PM IST
ByHindustan Times

UP PCS Results 2020: Women empowerment receives a fillip

UP PCS Results 2020:Women have bagged over one-fourth of all posts on offer. As many as 41 of them made the cut as sub divisional magistrates (SDMs) and 18 were selected as Dy SPs in Uttar Pradesh.

UPPSC office(HT file)
Published on Sep 13, 2020 10:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Prayagraj | By

Triple talaq law contributed to woman empowerment: Javadekar

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act prohibits the practice of instant divorce by Muslim men. Any violation of the law is punishable by jail term of up to three years.

Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jul 31, 2020 08:00 AM IST
New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Shivani Kumar

Shraddha Varma and Riya Sinha, the individuals behind ‘Fuzia’ redefine women empowerment globally

Fuzia is a unique platform that helps bring out creative expressions of women around the world with the help of their talent and expression.

Fuzia began as a ‘Fuzia Writing Club’ in 2012, wherein school girls shared their writings with each other. Today, it is an independent venture lead by Shraddha, that has grown from 2 to 35 team members who’ve made it a mission of their lives to empower creative women globally.
Updated on Apr 17, 2020 12:35 PM IST

Power walk: Hundreds of people march for women empowerment

The walk from India Gate to Janpath, which was led by NCW chief Rekha Sharma, saw the participation of hundreds of people, including students and activists.

National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma. (HT Photo)
Published on Mar 02, 2020 09:08 AM IST
New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

‘Nari tu Narayani:’ Nirmala Sitharaman’s call for woman empowerment in Union Budget 2019 wins Twitter

“This government believes we can make progress with greater woman participation,” said Nirmala Sitharaman.

The slogan quickly caught people’s attention.(HT File Photo)
Updated on May 28, 2020 10:43 PM IST
ByTrisha Sengupta

Toll plazas get a taste of women empowerment

The job was considered fit only for men till recently due to everyday instances of hooliganism at the plazas, most of which are located in far-flung areas.       

Sight of young and confident women collecting toll from users, including ‘notorious’ truckers, is no longer uncommon in UP.(ht photo)
Updated on Jun 09, 2019 01:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By

Country needs to do lot more for women empowerment in sports: Sania

Sania, the first Indian woman tennis player to win a Grand Slam title in doubles and mixed doubles, said the likes of Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu have done the country proud but there is still “discrimination in sports”.

File image of Sania Mirza(PTI)
Published on Apr 13, 2019 04:14 PM IST
New Delhi | ByPTI

For all the talk of women empowerment, they are politically marginalised

It is no one’s contention that electoral rhetoric should be focused only on women but half the population deserves much more attention than it gets now

How heartening it would be if political parties gearing up for elections were to discuss seriously how to push up the number of women candidates. If the last election was about development, this one could be about development plus women’s rights.(Burhaan Kinu/HT)
Updated on Sep 15, 2018 04:26 PM IST

Feminism, women empowerment and the classic Bollywood Rahul on this week’s WTF

Curating the best of the Internet for your Sunday viewing benefits

Here’s what to watch, tap, follow this weekend
Updated on Apr 21, 2018 10:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByTeam HT Brunch
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