The increasing gap: Sex ratios and solutions to bridge it Bangalore, May 17: According to the latest Indian Census report 2011, there are 933 females per 1000 males. The stats across the world is very alarming. Although the Growth Rate of Females with 18.3% is higher than Males with 17.1%. In ...
Child Sex Ratio: Male child still the preferred one in AP Hyderabad, May 3: The child sex ratio in Andhra Pradesh has come down alarmingly to 939 as per 2011 census, from 961 in 2001, indicating the continuing preference for boys.The overall sex ratio (Sex ratio is the number of females for ...
India worse than Pak in terms of gender equality: Report New Delhi, March 15: India is the second worst performing nation in south Asia, after Afghanistan, in terms of gender equality, the UNDP Human Development Report 2013 revealed. Countries like Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh, which are poorer than India and have ...
Rainbow Carnival: Why India should accept LGBT community Kolkata, Dec 10: It was a colourful gathering of LGBT community at The Rainbow Carnival in Kolkata on Sunday, Dec 9. The festival celebrated diverse gender-sexual identities. LGBT collectively refers to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The ...
UN Women, the new UN agency for women empowerment New York, Jul 3: The United Nations decided to establish a new organisation called UN Women aimed at intensifying efforts to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide.This historic decision was taken by the UN General Assembly on Friday, Jul ...
Culture, not biology, is to blame for gender disparity in maths performance at all levels Washington, June 2 (ANI): While women have always been considered to be innately less capable than men at dealing with mathematical problems, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have now said in a study report that the primary cause for the gender disparit...
Risks of aspirin-use to prevent heart attack or stroke differ by gender and age Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Risk factors including age, gender, diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, smoking and risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, should be taken into account before patients go for aspirin to prevent heart attacks or strokes, according to new reco...
How gender and moral identity affect donations Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): A team of scientists, including an Indian-origin boffin, has offered new insights into the way gender and moral identity affect donations....
Smoking kills regardless of social class and gender London, Feb 18 (ANI): Neither affluence nor being female offers a defence against the ill heath caused by smoking, according to a new study....
Survey finds gender bias in how students rate high school science teachers Washington, February 3 (ANI): Studying 18,000 students of biology, chemistry and physics, a group of researchers have observed notable gender bias in student ratings of high school science teachers. ...
Race and gender govern politicians' speech patterns Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Analysing the speech patterns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other politicians, scientists have concluded that race and gender greatly influence the way politicians speak, which is not always to their advantage. ...
Oz Human Rights Commission wants official status for third 'intersex' gender Melbourne, Dec 6 (ANI): The Aussie Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission, which is the Federal Government's human rights arm, is looking into getting a new official status called "intersex" legalised. ...