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Obesity Affects Men And Women Differently: Study Reveals Hidden Health Risks, Differences
A new study on obesity reveals that it affects men and women differently. Here are the hidden health risks and differences in how obesity can impact men and women.
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Shortage Of Men Pushes Women In This Country To 'Rent' Husbands: Report
Latvia's significant gender imbalance has led to a rise in women hiring "husbands for an hour" to help with household chores, as they struggle to find suitable male partners.
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Who Will Win The Nobel Literature Prize? Odds Favour A Western Man
The Nobel literature prize to be announced on Thursday is likely to go to a Western male author this year, experts predict after South Korea's Han Kang last year became the first Asian woman to win.
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Ex Supreme Court Judge Underlines Gender Imbalance In Higher Judiciary
Former Supreme Court judge Indira Banerjee on Tuesday underlined the "gender imbalance in the higher judiciary" and said her appointment to the top court in 2018 made her only the 8th woman there in 68 years after the Constitution coming into force.
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Forced Population Control Can Create Gender Imbalances: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that India's population is declining due to education, social awareness and prosperity.
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India, China Grapple With The Consequences Of Too Many Men
Nothing like this has happened in human history. A combination of cultural preferences, government decree and modern medical technology in the world's two largest countries has created a gender imbalance on a continental scale. Men outnumber women by 70 million in China and India.
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Puzzled For Years, IITs Finally Finds A Solution To This Problem
IITs have been trying to find the solution to a fundamental problem that has been troubling them for years. The ratio of XX to XY just doesn't balance, be it in classes, subjects, courses or even campuses across the country.
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UK Video Game Industry, Home of Lara Croft, Fights Gender Imbalance
For the past three years Creative Assembly, one of Britain's largest video game developers, has hosted girl-only workshops at its offices in Horsham, South London.
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Facebook Data Shows India Is Now Its Biggest Market, Ahead of the US: Report
India has seen a 27 percent growth (roughly 50 million users) in the lat 6 months, Facebook data shows.
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China's 'Missing Girls' Theory Likely Far Overblown: Study
The theory that China's one-child policy has led to about 30 to 60 million "missing girls" which has created a gender imbalance in the world's most populous country is likely far overblown, a new study claims.
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Half Of Women On Boards Like Quotas But Male Colleagues Say No: Study
Half of women sitting on corporate boards of directors around the world support quota systems to fix stubborn gender imbalances in the boardroom, but less than 10 percent of their male colleagues agree, said a study released this week.
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Half Of Women On Boards Like Quotas But Male Colleagues Say No: Survey
Half of women sitting on corporate boards of directors around the world support quota systems to fix stubborn gender imbalances in the boardroom, but less than 10 percent of their male colleagues agree, said a study released this week.
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Brides for Sale: Vietnamese Women Trafficked to China
When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party in a tourist town in northern Vietnam. Instead, he sold her to a Chinese family as a bride.
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Coming soon in China: 23 million bachelors
Widening of the gender imbalance in China may result in 23 million Chinese men ending up as bachelors in the next ten years, a new study has revealed. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a government think tank, said in a report that as per 2005 census data the sex ratio of newborn babies was 120 male births to every 10...
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Obesity Affects Men And Women Differently: Study Reveals Hidden Health Risks, Differences
A new study on obesity reveals that it affects men and women differently. Here are the hidden health risks and differences in how obesity can impact men and women.
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Shortage Of Men Pushes Women In This Country To 'Rent' Husbands: Report
Latvia's significant gender imbalance has led to a rise in women hiring "husbands for an hour" to help with household chores, as they struggle to find suitable male partners.
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Who Will Win The Nobel Literature Prize? Odds Favour A Western Man
The Nobel literature prize to be announced on Thursday is likely to go to a Western male author this year, experts predict after South Korea's Han Kang last year became the first Asian woman to win.
-
Ex Supreme Court Judge Underlines Gender Imbalance In Higher Judiciary
Former Supreme Court judge Indira Banerjee on Tuesday underlined the "gender imbalance in the higher judiciary" and said her appointment to the top court in 2018 made her only the 8th woman there in 68 years after the Constitution coming into force.
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Forced Population Control Can Create Gender Imbalances: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that India's population is declining due to education, social awareness and prosperity.
-
India, China Grapple With The Consequences Of Too Many Men
Nothing like this has happened in human history. A combination of cultural preferences, government decree and modern medical technology in the world's two largest countries has created a gender imbalance on a continental scale. Men outnumber women by 70 million in China and India.
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Puzzled For Years, IITs Finally Finds A Solution To This Problem
IITs have been trying to find the solution to a fundamental problem that has been troubling them for years. The ratio of XX to XY just doesn't balance, be it in classes, subjects, courses or even campuses across the country.
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UK Video Game Industry, Home of Lara Croft, Fights Gender Imbalance
For the past three years Creative Assembly, one of Britain's largest video game developers, has hosted girl-only workshops at its offices in Horsham, South London.
-
Facebook Data Shows India Is Now Its Biggest Market, Ahead of the US: Report
India has seen a 27 percent growth (roughly 50 million users) in the lat 6 months, Facebook data shows.
-
China's 'Missing Girls' Theory Likely Far Overblown: Study
The theory that China's one-child policy has led to about 30 to 60 million "missing girls" which has created a gender imbalance in the world's most populous country is likely far overblown, a new study claims.
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Half Of Women On Boards Like Quotas But Male Colleagues Say No: Study
Half of women sitting on corporate boards of directors around the world support quota systems to fix stubborn gender imbalances in the boardroom, but less than 10 percent of their male colleagues agree, said a study released this week.
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Half Of Women On Boards Like Quotas But Male Colleagues Say No: Survey
Half of women sitting on corporate boards of directors around the world support quota systems to fix stubborn gender imbalances in the boardroom, but less than 10 percent of their male colleagues agree, said a study released this week.
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Brides for Sale: Vietnamese Women Trafficked to China
When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party in a tourist town in northern Vietnam. Instead, he sold her to a Chinese family as a bride.
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Coming soon in China: 23 million bachelors
Widening of the gender imbalance in China may result in 23 million Chinese men ending up as bachelors in the next ten years, a new study has revealed. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), a government think tank, said in a report that as per 2005 census data the sex ratio of newborn babies was 120 male births to every 10...
