by Suneeta Kaul | Jul 18, 2016 | Inclusion Matters
“Indian to nahi lagti ho…” When an immigration officer at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport said this to Monika Khangembam a few days ago, little did the he know that his asinine comment (Kahngembam’s Indian passport was in full view) would make headlines...
by Suneeta Kaul | Jul 4, 2016 | Gender
The Global Gender Gap Report, 2015, of the World Economic Forum indicates that it will take the world another 118 years, or until 2133, to close the economic gender gap fully. Scary, isn’t it? What is scarier, however, is that it might take the world even longer to...
by Suneeta Kaul | Mar 2, 2016 | I Stories, Inclusion
Think fashion, and you conjure images of svelte bodies, hourglass figures, glowing complexion. And perfect faces with flawless skin. Think again. Think fashion, think Laxmi Agarwal, a young woman who happens to be an acid zithromax attack survivor, and the brand...
by Suneeta Kaul | Jan 12, 2016 | Inclusion Matters
The Pirelli Calendar, 2016 – From skin shows to “sheros” Recently, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shared an interesting nugget — female income worldwide totalled $18 trillion in 2014. Antonio Achille, partner and managing director, BCG, calls it “an enormous...
by Suneeta Kaul | Dec 15, 2015 | I Stories
In October this year, a unique event was held at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland – 11 multinational companies signed ILO’s newly created Global Business and Disability Network Charter, pledging to promote and include...