he book “Navigating Academia: Women’s Stories of Success and Struggle” contains powerful stories about career journeys of women in academia, for women, by women, and with women. Although a range of studies have been conducted on gender equality, critical knowledge gaps remain on gender disparities in academia requiring …
Women are far less likely than men to work in engineering and technical fields, and women’s relative representation in these jobs is lower than it was in 2018.12 As a result, women in technical roles are twice as likely as women overall to say they are frequently the only woman in the room at work. The fact that they are so often “Only” women may partly explain why women in tech face high…
As this report demonstrates, women are often more economically vulnerable than men and thus are less likely to be resilient in the face of the crisis. As economies emerge out of the crisis, it is important that governments generate long-term gender-inclusive growth by addressing the constraints that women face. Although most of this report was prepared prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemi…
This book is a humble attempt to contribute to the subject of Women Empowerment by presenting to you our learnings. We have throughout this book, ensured that we bring you these learnings with key insights from our experts and project partners. Chapter two of the book is dedicated to the same. Chapter one will give you a context of Danone, The Ecosystem Fund and also the reason why this topic i…