What Women Can
In a recent conversation, a female colleague used an interesting parenting term. I am trying to raise my children in a ‘gender agnostic’ way, she said. While I may not have articulated it like this, I would like to believe …
Gender Parity
When You Look at Me, Do You Really See Me?
‘When will the doctor come?’ the woman in the Westside kurti with perfect make up wrinkled her nose at me impatiently. Oh no! I said to myself, not again. I blinked to ensure I wasn’t rolling my eyes; then cleared …
Judging Beauty Contests
“Beauty Contests” – whether or not they demean women, objectify women – whether they are regressive or progressive – this is one of the questions that has pivoted the feminist debate for years. And once again it is in focus …
Raising Our Voice for Our Rights
The teen comedy “Never Have I Ever” has dealt with one of the issues that GalaxShe wants its members to be aware of and take a stand on, in a strong, positive way. The show portrays how white male patriarchy …
Want to support your female colleagues — particularly in a male-dominated field? Do this one thing
Use your voice. That’s the conclusion of a series of experiments on how men can support their female colleagues, and published in the latest edition of the peer-reviewed journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. Male colleagues can do so even when there’s …
Women on Boards – We need more
“We cannot dim our light that makes us special.” – Jacqueline Carlyle The Bold Type is one show that portrays the position of women in a workplace which is essentially female-dominated. But the stark reality portrayed is that there are …
Gender Stereotyping in the Film Industry
In the film industry, gender stereotyping continues to persist in the way women are portrayed. A study showed that almost 75% of male characters had an identifiable occupation compared to less than 66% of female characters. And male protagonists were …
Our Mission
Our Mission: Advancing Women’s Voice and Leadership to accelerate Career Equality. We are a family and this mission now belongs to all of us. Through new approaches, techniques and statistics, GalaxShe wants to spread awareness about the biases that hold …
The Spirit of Newness…
Like the essence of newness and brightness with which the rainy season paints the world, GalaxShe is here with its new distilled mission painted by our dreams and thoughts. As our organisation grows, we felt it important to effectively focus …
Women Did Three Times as Much Child Care as Men During Pandemic
The pandemic has merely exposed existing gender disparities in a telling way. With both parents at home, working from home – who still does the bulk of the child care work? Child care demands at home skyrocketed during the pandemic, …
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