Gender equality was a key aspiration of the popular movements that led to the toppling of Indonesia’s authoritarian New Order regime 24 years ago. The catchcry of that euphoric moment — pemberdayaan, or empowerment — encompassed women’s rights. The years following the fall of Suharto, known as reformasi, have brought gains for women. But progress has been …
Will WIPL deliver audiences? Will it boost sponsorship of women’s cricket? Madison’s Vinay Hegde, Equitas Bank’s Vignesh Murali, Starcom’s Vaibhav Ratnaparkhe and PGI’s Sujala Martis welcome the tournament and weigh in. The inaugural season of Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) is to be hosted from 3 to 26 March 2023. A media tender was floated …
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K Thenmozhi Selvi made history last year when she became the first woman ISRO engineer to speak from the podium at India’s space port – the Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota – after India successfully launched the EOS 6 satellite or the OceanSat. Daughter of a telephone lineman from a town famous for Diwali rockets …
The General Manager and Lead Consultant of the United Kingdom (UK) operations of Africa’s first global integrated communications company, Black House Media (BHM), Enitan Kehinde, has just been announced as the winner of Provoke’s Young Changemakers Award in partnership with WE Communications. In its second year, The Young Changemakers award celebrates the next generation of …
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The ecosystem in India is on a transformational path — an increasing number of women are contributing to the labour force. While several states are making consistent efforts to advocate women’s entrepreneurship, Tamil Nadu leads the race for several reasons. As per the Annual Survey of Industries (2017-18), the state has the highest number of working …
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